Panjab University, Chandigarh Makes Significant Improvement in QS University Asia 2025 Rankings
Panjab University has made significant progress by achieving rank 269 in the QS Asia Rankings this year. The university has surpassed 72.7% Asian institutions in terms of rank. Last year, PU was ranked in the 301-350 bracket. This rank of Panjab University is its highest since QS Asia Ranking 2018 edition.
Furthermore, in the QS Southern Asia Rankings 2025, Panjab University has advanced from 73rd rank to 59th position this year, marking a notable achievement.
The overall ranking has published data from 984 institutions spread across all over Asia.
Universities have been ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted 11 indicators grouped under parameters: Research & Discovery, Learning Experience, Employability, Global Engagement, Sustainability.
| Indicator Scores (1-100) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| Overall Score | 31.3 | 17.5 | 17.1 |
| International Research Network | 44.4 | 25.5 | 34.1 |
| Papers per Faculty | 43.1 | 29.1 | 29.9 |
| Citations per Paper | 35.1 | 24.0 | 30.0 |
| Employer Reputation | 30.7 | 12.1 | 10.8 |
| Academic Reputation | 28.7 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
| Faculty Student Ratio | 15.6 | 8.8 | 11.3 |
| Staff with PhD | 76.8 | 31.7 | 16.0 |
| International Student Ratio | 6.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Inbound Exchange Students | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Outbound Exchange Students | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Panjab University has made noteworthy improvements in most of the indicators.
Responding to the significant improvement in PU’s QS University Asia 2025 Rankings, the PU Vice Chancellor Prof. Renu Vig has congratulated the faculty and the staff of the university for the achievement. She has attributed the consistent improvements in rankings to the focussed approach of identifying areas needing attention, especially global engagements, perception as well as improving quality of research output.
