The city of Jalandhar is located in the Jalandhar District in Punjab and it is located at around 140 km northwest from the state capital Chandigarh. The city is acting as the home for the popular Punjab Technical University, which offers technical education. The names of Government colleges operating in the city of Jalandhar are given below:

Engineering College:

• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology

Education College:

• Government College of Education

Arts College:

• Government Arts & Sports College

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechnic College for Women

Some of the details regarding these government colleges operating in the city are given below:

Engineering College:

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 on joint venture between the Government of India and Government of Punjab in the name of Punjab Regional Engineering College. The institute was given the name of National Institute of Technology and was brought under the control Ministry of Human Resource Development. The institute is offering Bachelor of Technology course in nine different disciplines and is also offering M. Tech and Ph. D courses. Admission to the B. Tech courses is done based on the marks secured by the students in the AIEEE and for M. Tech courses, the admission procedure is GATE score.

Education College:

Government College of Education came into existence in the year 1947 and the college is offering Bachelor of Education and Master of Education courses. The college is coming under the jurisdiction of Guru Nanak Dev University and it is approved by the National Council of Teacher Education. Admission to the B. Ed course offered by this college is done based on the performance of the students in the B. Ed entrance test conducted by the affiliating university.

Arts College:

Government Arts & Sports College:

This college came into existence in the year 1961 in the name of State College of Sports and this college admits people in the sports field with free accommodation and they are also offered coaching on different sports activities. They are also offered educational courses in the faculties of science and arts. The college is offering the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o English

o Physical education

o Geography

o Public administration

o History

o Political science

o Economics

o Functional English

o Hindi

o Punjabi

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Bachelor of Science

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

Polytechnic College:

Government Polytechnic College for Women came into existence in the year 1970 and the college is offering diploma courses in the faculties of engineering/technology, management and arts. The list of courses offered by the institute is as follows:

• Diploma in

o Library & information science

o Architectural assistantship

o Food technology

o Computer engineering

o Electronics & communication engineering

o Modern office practice

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

Admissions to the different courses offered by the college are done based on the performance of the students in the Joint Entrance Test conducted by PSBTE.

The city of Jalandhar has several institutes and colleges that offer degree courses in different branches of education and they offer the best education.