Punjab Engineering College

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Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University)

Former names	PEC University of Technology East Panjab Engineering College Mughalpura Technical College Maclagan Engineering College,
Motto	एकता और अनुशासन (Hindi)
Motto in English	Unity and Discipline
Type	Government Funded Technical Institution Public engineering school
Established	1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Affiliation	UGC
Chairman	Rajinder Gupta
Director	Rajesh Kumar Bhatia (acting)
Undergraduates	3,000
Postgraduates	500
Location	Chandigarh , India
Campus	Urban, 146 acres (59 ha)
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Website	www.pec.ac.in

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) (abbreviated PEC or PEC Chandigarh) is a public research & technical institution in Chandigarh. It was founded in 1921 in Lahore, established in Chandigarh in 1953, and focuses on the field of applied sciences, particularly engineering and technology. It is well-known for its ungarduate and graduate programmes in engineering, to which the entry is through the Joint Entrance Examination – Mains and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It offers degrees such as Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology and MBA. It also has a comprehensive graduate program offering doctoral degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.^[1]