Chitkara University is a private university located in Rajpura, Punjab, India. It offers undergraduate programs, post-graduate program and doctoral programs in fields of engineering, management, pharmacy, health sciences, nursing, hospitality, art & design and education. It was established and is managed by the Chitkara Educational Trust.

History
Chitkara University, Punjab started its way as Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology established in 2002 and affiliated to Punjab Technical University. The university was established in 2010[4] after being granted university status with the passing of The Chitkara University Act, 2008 in 2009.

Campus
Chitkara's 50 acre main campus is located 33.1 km from Chandigarh.

Academics
Affiliations
Chitkara University is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Relevant programmes are approved by the Council of Architecture (COA), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Indian Nursing Council (INC) and National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT).

Rankings
Chitkara University was ranked in the 151–200 band among universities in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020, 38 in the pharmacy ranking and 75 in the management ranking and 181 in the Engineering ranking. Internationally, the university was ranked in the 401–600 band out of 768 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings's Impact Rankings 2020.

Schools and Institutes
The university includes:-

• Chitkara Business School
• Chitkara College of Sales & Marketing
• Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology
• Chitkara University School of Maritime Studies
• Chitkara College of Applied Engineering
• Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture
• Chitkara Design School
• Chitkara School of Mass Communication
• Chitkara College of Hospitality Management
• Chitkara College of Pharmacy
• Chitkara School of Health Sciences
• Chitkara College of Education
• Centre for Global Education

Student Life
Chitkara University hosts chapters of the Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (AIESEC), Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI), Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAE India) and Computer Society of India (CSI).

(Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitkara_University,_Punjab)