Punjab Technical University (commonly known as PTU), at Jalandhar was established by an act of State Legislature on 16th Jan 1997, to promote Technical, Management & Pharmaceutical education in the Punjab (Punjab (India)) state at the Degree level and above. Being the educational and research university, it has the mandate to set up centres of Excellence in Emerging Technologies and for promoting Training, Research & Development in these areas.

PTU under its administration, has 150 Engineering colleges, 156 Management colleges, 96 Pharmacy colleges,68 architecture colleges, 41 B.Sc MLT colleges and 42 Hotel Management & Catering Technology Colleges, and 302 Learning centers under distance education. It has taken new initiatives in technical education to provide latest trends in technology and give opportunity to student and faculty to interact with the technology leaders in the country including e-Governance to PTU.