Punjab University Area

How much area covers by the Panjab University, Chandigarh? I want information about hotels and hostels situated nearest area of the University? Is there any lake or place where students of Panjab University can go for hangout? Provide list of all visiting place situated near the University Campus?

Can you tell me about area of the Campus of Panjab University? Also list me the names of Faculties, Departments and Centres of Panjab University?

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Panjab University is a public collegiate university located in Chandigarh, India. It originated in 1882, but was established in 1947, making it one of the oldest universities in India. University campus is spread over an area of 550 acres (2.2 km2) in sectors 14 and 25 of the city of Chandigarh.

Campus

Panjab University master plan, a brainchild of Swiss French Architect Pierre Jeanneret, was a pace setter and role model for campus design in India.

The main campus at Chandigarh is spread over 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25, the teaching area is in the north-east, with the Central Library, Fine Arts Museum, and three-winged structure of the Gandhi Bhawan forming its core; the sports complex, the health centre, and the shopping centre in the middle.

There are 16 university hostel and residential area in the south-east, stretching into the adjacent sector 25 which also houses the University Institute of Engineering and Technology and Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of dental Sciences and Hospital, UIAMS, Institute of Biological sciences etc.

The campus has facilities like - State bank of India branch, Post and Telegraph Office, public transport system, open-air theatre, guest and faculty houses, seminar complexes, staff club, several spacious lawns, botanical and medicinal herbs gardens, a newly laid rose garden, a school and a day-care centre for the employees' children.

The campus is adjacent to a medical institution known as the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. The teaching departments, students' hostels, faculty residences and other amenities are all within walking distance of one another.

Faculties, Departments and Centres

Arts
- Centre for Human Rights & Duties
- Centre for Police Administration
- Centre for Social Work
- Department cum Centre for Women's Studies & Development P.U. Chd.
- Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture Archaeology
- Department of Defence and National Security Studies
- Department of Economics
- Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies
- Department of Geography
- Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies
- Department of History
- Department of Library & Information Science
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Sociology
- Institute of Social Science Education and Research(PU ISSER)
- School of Communication Studies

Business, management and commerce
- University Business School Chandigarh
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology
- University Business School Ludhiana
- University Institute of Applied Management Sciences
- University Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management

Design and fine arts
- Department of Arts History & Visual Arts
- Department of Indian Theatre
- Department of Music

Education
- Department of Community Education and Disability Studies
- Department of Life Long Learning and Extension
- Department of Physical Education
- Institute of Educational Technology & Vocational Education
- University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development

Engineering and Technology
- Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, CIL and UCIM
- Stem Cell & Tissue Engineering
- University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- University Institute of Engineering & Technology
- Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hoshiarpur

Languages
- Bhai Vir Singh Chair
- Chinese and Tibetan Languages
- Dayanand Chair for Vedic Studies
- Department of English & Cultural Studies
- Department of French and Francophone Studies
- Department of German
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Punjabi
- Department of Russian
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Urdu
- Guru Ravi Das Chair of Sant Sahitya Studies
- Punjabi Lexicography
- Sheikh Baba Farid Chair
- Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies

Law
- Department of Laws
- University Institute of Legal Studies - Hoshiarpur
- University Institute of Laws Ludhiana
- University Institute of Legal Studies

Medical Sciences
- Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital

Multi-Faculty Departments
- Department of Evening Studies
- P.U. Regional Centre Ludhiana
- P.U. Regional Centre Muktsar
- Panjab University Rural Centre Kauni
- Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre - Hoshiarpur
- University School of Open Learning

Pharmaceutical Sciences
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Science
- Centre of Excellence in Nano Applications (Biomedical Sciences)
- Centre for Medical Physics)
- Centre for Microbial Biotechnology
- Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Centre for Nuclear Medicine
- Centre for Petroleum and Applied Geology
- Centre for Public Health
- Centre for System Biology & Bioinformatics
- Dept-cum-National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR)
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Biophysics
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science & Applications
- Department of Environment Studies
- Department of Geology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Zoology
- Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology
- Institute of Science, Technology & Management

Centres and Facilities
- A. C. Joshi Library
- Academic Staff College
- Ambedkar Centre
- Central Placement Cell
- Centre for IAS & Other Competitive Examinations
- Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme
- Centre for Study of Mid-West & Central Asia
- Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies
- Centre for the Study of Geopolitics
- Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy
- Centre of Excellence in Nano Applications
- Computer Centre
- Dean College Development Council
- Dean of International Students
- Dean Students Welfare
- Department of Alumni Relations
- Directorate of Sports
- Energy Research Centre
- Jyotirgamaya: 91.2 MHz Panjab University Community Radio Station
- Population Research Centre
- Publication Bureau
- Right to Information (RTI) Cell