Panjab University, Chandigarh has been ranked no. 2 in India among the top 1250 top Universities globally as per the US News Ranking 2018 and ranked no. 79 in Asia. Apart from this, Department of Physics, PU is ranked no. 1 in India and no. 187 globally.
The scores of PU are way ahead of other Indian Universities, getting 17% more than AMU, the next ranked university and 40% more than JNU. This is because
All academic output is given weightage. Books and Conferences are counted.
Research output of all sorts reported in high quality high impact journals is included.
Research reputation is counted rather than the amorphous category called ‘Reputation’.
‘Teacher student ratio’ is ignored.
Seniority of faculty is given no value.
International collaborations are given value.
US News has been ranking US Universities for 30 years. This is its 4th round of ranking global universities. It evaluated 1250 top global universities based on information collected by Clarivate Analytics.
Prof Arun Kumar Grover, PU Vice Chancellor has congratulated and expressed his satisfaction.
Prof. Navdeep Goyal, Chairperson, Department of Physics said that it is a matter of great pride for the University and the department which has been performing remarkable in different fields of research since its inception.
