A number of government as well as private colleges are functioning in the city of Chandigarh, which meets the education requirements of the local students and the students belonging to other neighboring state like Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. It has been assessed that the literacy rate of the city is 73% and most of the colleges functioning in the city are affiliated to the Punjab University.

Government colleges in the city offer courses under different faculties like fine arts, arts, commerce, medicine, engineering, etc…The list of Government colleges functioning in the city under different faculties of education is given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Government Medical College

• Homeopathic Medical College

• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research

Engineering Colleges:

• Punjab Engineering College

• Chandigarh College of Engineering & Technology

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Government College of Boys, Sector 11

• Government College of Girls, Sector 11

• Government College of Girls, Sector 42

• Government College (Co-education), Sector 46

• Government College of Commerce & Business Adminstration

• Government College of Home Science

B. Ed College:

• Government College of Education, Sector 20

Medical Colleges:

The Government-run medical colleges in Chandigarh offer different medical, paramedical, nursing and short-term courses. These two colleges offer MBBS course and the list of para-medical courses offered by them at the UG level is given below:

• Bachelor of Science in Medical Lab Technology with specialization in

o X-Ray Technology

o Radio-therapy technology

o Perfusionist

o Operation theatre technology

• Bachelor of Science in Audiology & Speech Therapy

• Bachelor of Physical Therapies

These colleges also offer Bachelor’s & Master’s degree courses in Dental surgery and MD/MS in different branches of Medicine. The other medical college is offering education in the faculty of Homeopathic medicine and admission to this college is made based on the marks secured by the students in the Common Entrance Test.

Engineering Colleges:

Government Engineering Colleges in the Chandigarh offer degree courses in different branches of engineering like:

• Biotechnology

• Material Science & Engineering

• Robotics and Automation Engineering

• Transportation Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Information Technology

• Marine Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Electronics & Communication Engineering

• Computer Science & Engineering

These colleges offer diploma and Ph. D in engineering in the following branches:

• Production and industrial engineering

• Mechanical engineering

• Electronics & Communication Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Computer engineering

• Architectural engineering

Ph. D in

• Civil Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical and electronics communication engineering

• Computer science engineering

Admission to the UG courses are made by the engineering colleges based on the marks secured by the students in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination.

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

All the Government colleges offering education in the arts, science & commerce stream are affiliated to Punjab University. These government colleges offer courses in business administration, information technology, biotechnology, computer education, science, commerce and arts and three of these colleges offer PG courses in the aforesaid branches of education. They are also offering job-oriented courses in sales management, sales promotion, practices and principles of insurance & advertising, functional Hindi and functional English. These colleges admit students to the different courses on the basis of the merit secured by the students in the higher secondary examination according to the rules issued by Punjab University and Chandigarh administration.

B. Ed College:

The Government College of Education offer Bachelor and Master of Education courses with affiliation from Punjab University.

The functioning of government colleges in Chandigarh is taken care by the Educational Department of Chandigarh. These colleges are offered with wide range of facilities thereby offering a learning-conducive atmosphere to the students.