Panjab University, Chandigarh - Hostels and Facilities

Features of hostels are as follows:

• There are seventeen Residence Halls for students on the campus, 8 each for boys and 9 for girls and a Working Women Hostel. These Halls, which accommodate more than 6000 students.
• The hostel makes sure that the environment that the students reside in are safe and clean.
• There are Wardens/Hostel Staff on duty round the clock to supervise and maintain a check on all the residents.
• Each hostel has a dining hall and canteen and water coolers, a visitors' lounge, and an outdoor court for sports activities like badminton, volleyball etc.
• There is a common room with magazines and newspapers.
• There is also provision for indoor games, LCD TV and music system.
• The hostel also takes the initiative of organising talent shows and literary events.

Health provisions made by the university are as follows:

Bhai Ghanaiya Ji Institute of Health caters to the medical needs of about 40,000 employees and their dependents, students of all the departments, all boys and girls residing in hostels, daily wagers, contractual employees, mess and canteen workers, University conferences, seminars, Syndicate/Senate meetings, sports events and many other health related activities including medical examination of students and employees. A round-the-clock emergency service alongwith 24x7 ambulance is available. The Institute has a fully equipped modern clinical laboratory, latest computerized ECG machine, a fully computerized digital 500mA mammographic compatible CR unit and an X-Ray machine.