Lucknow: Days after the state assembly passed the Uttar Pradesh Private Universities (Fifth Amendment) Act, 2024 to establish Chandigarh University Lucknow as a state (private) university, Chandigarh University Lucknow has now got recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to start academic courses from the 2025-26 academic year. Chandigarh University Lucknow will offer 30 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate courses from the 2025-26 academic session.
Sharing this information, Chandigarh University Managing Director Jai Inder Singh Sandhu said, “Chandigarh University Lucknow has got recognition from UGC on 24 January 2025 and the university has now been included in the list of public universities of the state under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.”
He said, “With the recognition of UGC, Chandigarh University Lucknow is now offering 43 AI-enhanced futuristic undergraduate academic programmes from the 2025-26 academic session, which includes 30 undergraduate (UG) and 13 postgraduate (PG) courses. These courses include six streams including engineering, computer science and technology, business management, health and life sciences, humanities and legal studies from the new academic year in 2025-26.” “In Engineering, Chandigarh University Lucknow is offering nine undergraduate and three postgraduate courses. In Business Management, Chandigarh University Lucknow is offering four undergraduate and seven postgraduate courses. In Computer Applications, Chandigarh University Lucknow is offering three undergraduate and two postgraduate courses. Apart from these courses, Chandigarh University Lucknow is offering two UG courses in Commerce, three undergraduate courses in Science, one UG course in Pharmacy, three UG courses in Legal Studies and three UG courses in Humanities, which includes Journalism and Mass Communication,” Sandhu said.
