Courses Offered at PCTE, Ludhiana

Beyond engineering, PCTE runs a two-year MBA programme (including a dedicated MBA in International Business), a four-year BBA, and a four-year BCA, alongside a lateral-entry MCA for BCA or equivalent graduates. Admission to these management and computer-application programmes is largely merit and interview-based, without a mandatory common entrance test, though candidates with valid scores from national-level management or computer-application entrance exams are also considered where applicable. Eligibility for MBA requires a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST candidates) from a UGC-recognised university.

All four B.Tech specialisations at PCTE currently carry a uniform total course fee of approximately ₹3.9 lakh for the complete four-year programme, working out to roughly ₹97,500 per year, inclusive of tuition and standard institute charges. On the management and computer-applications side, the MBA programme (2 years) totals approximately ₹1.97 lakh, the four-year BBA programme totals approximately ₹2.35 lakh, and the four-year BCA programme totals approximately ₹3.9 lakh. Beyond these five flagship programmes, PCTE also runs B.Pharm, D.Pharm, B.Sc. Biotechnology, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Sciences, BHMCT (Hotel Management), BTTM (Airlines & Tourism), B.Com (Hons.), and BJMC (Journalism & Mass Communication) under its other schools.

This breadth of programmes across nine or more distinct schools is one of PCTE's defining characteristics as an institute, allowing students to choose from career paths as varied as core engineering, hotel management, pharmacy, and mass communication, all within a single campus and shared support infrastructure. Seat intake also varies considerably across specialisations, with CSE carrying the largest sanctioned intake among the B.Tech branches, reflecting the sustained demand for computer science education among engineering aspirants in the region, while more traditional branches like Civil and Mechanical Engineering carry comparatively smaller intakes.

Candidates comparing specialisations should check the full course-wise fee breakdown and current admission eligibility trends before shortlisting a programme.