Chandigarh University Placements 2023: Highest & Average Salary Package, Top Companies

Chandigarh University placement drive has the reputation of placing most of the students in reputed companies. CU witnnessed as many as 9124 placement offers for its students. The Chandigarh University highest package offered during 2023 placements is INR 1.7 CPA (International) and INR 54.75 LPA (National).

Department of Career Planning and Development (DCPD), the Chandigarh University placement cell, is entirely committed to providing the best placement opportunities for students. Amazon, Microsoft, SAP Labs, Google, VMWare, HP, Deloitte, Cognizant, Sapient, Hitachi, Practo Technologies, Flipkart, Gwynniebee India, and Zomato are some of Chandigarh University top recruiters.

Table of Contents

• Placement Highlights
• Top Recruiters
• Placement Statistics
• Placement Cell
• Internship
• Placement Process

Chandigarh University Placement Highlights

Chandigarh University has successfully emerged as a placement hub for attracting top-notch multinationals. During the placement season 2023, Chandigarh University highest package (national) was INR 54.75 LPA, and the highest internship stipend stood at INR 1 Lakh per month. The Chandigarh University average package is yet to be released by the university. Some of the prominent CU placement highlights for 2023 are listed below.

Highest Salary Package Offered (International)	INR 1.7 CPA
Highest Salary Package Offered (National)	INR 54.75 LPA
Highest Stipend Offered	INR 1.0 Lakh per Month
Number of Students Placed	9124

Chandigarh University Top Recruiters

Companies from various domains and countries participate in the CUCHD placement drive. Some of the top recruiters of Chandigarh University placement drives are given in the table below.

Amazon	Microsoft	SAP Labs
Google	VMWare	Deloitte
Cognizant	Sapient	Hitachi

Chandigarh University Placement Statistics

At Chandigarh University, campus placements have advanced significantly. The pay packages for management and hospitality have also increased to INR 28 LPA and INR 18 LPA, respectively. Some of the placement statistics, like the highest package Chandigarh University salary trend, year-wise number of students, number of recruiters, package-wise number of students placed, etc., are given below.

Chandigarh University Salary Trend

The Chandigarh University highest package offered has constantly been rising over the last few years. The highest package in 2022 has increased more than 200% compared to 2021's highest package. Chandigarh University average package is yet to be released by the university. Chandigarh University salary trend (highest package) over the last 9 years (2014- 2022) is given in the table below.

Batch	Highest Salary Package Offered (in INR)
2022	1.7 Cr
2021	52.11 LPA
2020	36 LPA
2019	35 LPA
2018	31.77 LPA
2017	31.77 LPA
2016	22.5 LPA
2015	23.65 LPA
2014	24 LPA

Chandigarh University Year-wise Students Placed

The number of students placed has been increasing every year. Around 9500 students have been placed during 2022 placements, and the university witnessed more than 9100 students being placed in 2023 placements. The year-wise number of students placed during Chandigarh University placements from 2014 to 2023 is given in the table below.

Batch	Number of Students Placed
2023	9124
2022	9500
2021	7500
2020	7412
2019	6617
2018	6314
2017	5134
2016	4690
2015	4690
2014	2410

Chandigarh University Year-wise Companies Visited

The number of companies participating in CUCHD placements has reached 900 during 2022 placements. Around 850+ companies participated in the placement drive for the year 2023. The year-wise number of companies participating in the Chandigarh University placement drive from 2014 to 2023 is given in the table below.

Batch	Number of Companies Visited
2023	858
2022	900
2021	757
2020	691
2019	627
2018	627
2017	492
2016	425
2015	425
2014	282

Chandigarh University Course-Wise Placements Offered

CUCHD placements for 2023 included big names like Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Hewlett Packard, SAP Labs, Samsung, and L&T for the engineering stream. Chandigarh University MCA placements and other computer and IT branches have lured top placement offers. The course-wise Chandigarh University placement statistics are given below. It should also be considered that more than 30 companies offered the placement offer of 20 LPA to students from different streams in 2023.

Chandigarh University Engineering Placements (2023)

Chandigarh University CSE placements bagged the highest package offered, INR 1.7 Cr. IT giants like Microsoft, IBM, SAP Labs, and Hewlett Packard visited CU.

• Number of companies offering a salary package of INR 20 LPA or more is 30
• Number of companies offering a salary package of INR 15 LPA or more is 52.
• Companies offering a salary package of INR 10 LPA or more are 100.

The below table displays the data on students' placement from various engineering branches.

Engineering Branch	Total Companies	Number of Students Placed	Highest Salary Package Offered (in INR)
Computer Science and IT	122	2030	1.7 Cr
Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, and Automobile Engineering	115	530	9 LPA
Civil Engineering, Petroleum, and Chemical Engineering	35	178	15 LPA
Electrical and Electronics & Communication Engineering	37	628	10 LPA

Chandigarh University MBA Placements

Multinational companies like Amazon, Flipkart, IBM, Deloitte, E&Y, Danone Foods, KPMG, Bank of America, etc., have recruited management students from Chandigarh University.

• 200 MNCs selected one thousand seventy-eight management students.
• Specialisation-wise highest package (INR): Business Analytics 28 LPA, Banking & Finance 14 LPA, HR & International Business 6 LPA, Marketing 7 LPA.
• The number of MNCs offering a salary package of INR 5 LPA or more touched 118.

The table below shows the data for Chandigarh University MBA placements in 2021.

Course	Total Companies	Students Placed	Highest Salary Package Offered (in INR)
MBA	200+	475	28 LPA

Chandigarh University Hotel Management and Airline-Tourism Placements

Various prominent five-star hotel chains, top airlines & travel management companies like The Oberoi Group, The Grand, JW Marriott, Radisson, ITC Group of Hotels, Hotel Taj, Indigo, Vistara, Spice Jet, and Cox & King etc., hired Hotel Management students during Chandigarh University placement. 

Walt Disney recruited Chandigarh University students for the fifth consecutive time. Some of the CUCHD placement highlights of Hotel Management and Airline-Tourism are given below.

Course	Total Companies	Students Placed	Highest Salary Package Offered (in INR)
Hotel Management and Airlines-Tourism	106+	294	18 LPA

Chandigarh University Job Roles Offered

The highest number of companies, 200+, offered Software Engineer/ SDE job roles during the Chandigarh University placements. The job role-wise number of companies during 2022 placements are given below.

Job Roles/ Profile	Number of Companies
Software Engineering/ SDE	200+
Developer	70+
Associate Role	50+
GET/ PGET	50+
Data Scientist/ Data Engineer	30+
Full Stack Developer/ UI/UX/ Design	20+
Cyber Security/ Information Security	20+
BDEs	20+
Tech Support Roles	20+
Others	150+

Chandigarh University Salary Package-wise Companies

Top FinTech companies hired from CU with starting salaries over INR 50+ LPA in 2022-23. The salary package-wise number of companies for batch 2023 (as of 28th September 2022) is listed below.

Salary Package Per Year	Number of Companies
50 Lakhs and above	2
45 Lakhs and above	2
40 Lakhs and above	4
35 Lakhs and above	6
30 Lakhs and above	9
25 Lakhs and above	10+
20 Lakhs and above	25+
15 Lakhs and above	50+
10 to 15 Lakhs and above	100+
7 to 10 Lakhs and above	160+
5 to 6 Lakhs and above	300+

Chandigarh University Other Recruiters

More than 850 companies have participated in the Chandigarh University placement drive of 2023. Some of the leading recruiters of Chandigarh University are given below.

Just Dial	Flipkart	HP
Dell	Park Ascent Hotel	Directi
VM Ware	Deloitte	Sapient
Hitachi	Practo	Gb
Zomato	Tafe	John Deere
Schindler	Deepak Nitrite Limited	Newgen
ITC Infotech	Claridges	HCL Comnet
L and T Infotech	Dusit Devarana Hotels and Resorts	Khanna
Sufi	Godrej	Hotel Surya
S and P Capital IQ	Royal Orchid Hotels	InterContinental Hotels Group
The Oberoi	Headstrong	Radisson Blu
The Grand	Oracle Financial Services	Emerson Network Power
Everest	Mahindra Satyam	Pyramid Consulting
Weexcel	Fun Dreamz	Allengers
Pingaksho Technologies	Motorola Solutions	Motorola Mobiles
N Frame	Google	Apollo Hospitals
Genpact	The Muthoot Group	Petro IT
Safal Ek	Reliance	Extra Marks
Zee News Ltd.	Sayaji	Essae
JSW	BNB	Clearpath Technologies
Intel Gain Technologies	Unit Nexus	Schlumberger
Verizon	One Infonet Technologies	Dana Spicer
Mahindra	Indiamart.com	Clicklabs
India Invest	I Gate	IndusInd Bank
FMC Technologies	NIIT Technologies	Jaypee Hotels
ICICI Securities	The Pride Hotel	Conjoin IX
Bajaj Allianz	Tata AIG Insurance	Jaro Education
Mathodex Systems Limited	Fast Booking	Karma Infotech
Camlin Kokuyo	CS Soft Solutions	Mirus
Interglobe	Fran Connect	Redington
Kapsons	Yum	Cease Fire
XL Dynamics	Jubilant Food Works	Wase
Asian Paints	Club Mahindra Holidays	Beta Soft Systems Inc.
Future Generali Insurance	Dish TV	IBM
Tommy Hilfiger	ITC Hotel	Anchor
Get it	M Infotech	Meridien
Value Prospects	Inox pps	Yes Bank
Wockhardt	Vardhman	Samsung
Info Edge (India) Ltd.	Nouveau Medicament (P) Limited	Intec Capital Limited
Shoppers Stop	ZS Associates	Eastman Kodak
Satguru	ITC Hotel	ITC Sonar
The Royal Bank of Scotland	Adecco	Videocon
The Leela Goa	Nouveau Cliche	Global Innov
Wipro BPO	Tech Naltra	Coatec India
Country Inn and Suites	Konectors	Accretive Health
EOT Infotech	Eureka Forbes	Mangalam Infra Estate
The Ideas Foundation	Pingaksho Technologies	Honda
Solitaire Infosys	Shangri-LA	V H Group
Creation Softech Technologies	Taj Chandigarh	Siemens
ACS Solutions	Alembic	Apollo Hospitals
Apothecaries	Bayer	Chola MS
Cipla	GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals	Fresenius Kabi
GMH	IOS	Omics International
People Scout	Pharmaffiliates	Roots Analysis
Sagacious IP	Spectra Force	Syngene
Talent O Mind	Vmrite	Zifq
WNS	TNQ	Health Biotech Limited
Dr Reddys	GRG Health	-

Chandigarh University Placement Cell

Chandigarh University has a placement cell, popularly known as the Department of Career Planning and Development, whose main aim is to train students and place them in reputed companies. The placement unit of Chandigarh University helps students from their first semester onward to strengthen their general and technical skills. The Chandigarh University placement cell organises numerous training sessions to hone students' IT, aptitude, and soft skills in addition to placement training sessions. 

Along with placement training, the Chandigarh University placement cell offers training for students preparing for competitive tests, admission exams for higher education, government exams, bank exams, and civil service exams. Some of the important activities of the Department of Career Planning and Development are given below.

• Projects and Workshops
• Placement training
• Internship and placement drives
• Industrial visits
• Seminars
• Guest lectures

Chandigarh University Internship

Along with final-year campus placements, Chandigarh University also organises internship drives. The internships that Chandigarh University offers are often paid positions. The internship duration can be anywhere between one month and six months. The CUCHD highest stipend offered during the latest internship drive is INR 1 Lakh per month. There has been a 24% increase in students bagging multiple job offers, and the average stipend is INR 38,427 per month.

Chandigarh University Volunteer Internships

The Office of International Relations Internship Program offers volunteer opportunities for its students. Volunteer interns are recruited year-round on a semester basis, and all-volunteer internships are filled on a rolling basis. An intern's volunteer duties generally include program coordination, social media, alumni network, follow-ups, documentation, research, editing, and writing. The volunteer internships are unpaid.

Chandigarh University Placement Process

The step-by-step process of conducting the annual CUCHD placement drive is described below.

• First, the Chandigarh University placement cell sends invitations and all relevant details for the placement drive to enterprises and organisations.
• Employers must complete the job application if they want to recruit students.
• Pre-placement discussions and selection processes are conducted for interested and registered students on announced dates.
• The recruiting organisation will make job offers for students who have cleared the selection round.