Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar was established in January 1997 for advancement of technical education & development. The University has under its affiliation 40 Engineering colleges,56 Management, 17 Pharmacy colleges ,6 Architecture 2 Hotel Management and 13 colleges imparting courses in Medical Lab Technolgy& IT disciplines. The University has an intake of more than 12700 and total strength of more than 60,000 approx. University has established 12 Regional Centres for M-Tech courses and has established school of Enterprennership 2 TQM as Mohali.

Punjab Technical University was established by an act of State Legislature on 16 Jan 1997, to promote Technical,Excellence in Emerging Technologies and for promoting Training, Research & Development in these areas. One of the main focuses of the University at this time is in the area of providing training in professional & skill oriented technologies to the masses. The University has undertaken the task of training students to help in the development of skilled manpower in this sector in the country in general and in the state particular. With this goal in mind, the University is promoting a number of courses in different stream.

In a country like India, Distance education is an effective way of spreading the education & technology to the people. Distance education is an established and recognized mode of education, which is in consonance with changing soci-economic needs and emerging demands of the knowledge era. Keeping up with the spirit of Open University system and in accordance with National Policy of Education which lays emphasis on continuing and distance education, the University is running various Undergraduate and Post Graduate courses in various disciplines in the rural and urban areas. For the purpose of providing quality education, Punjab Technical University has set up more than 200 state-of-the-art study centres equipped with modern facilities in all the regions of Punjab and other states of India. As we all are well aware of the fact that Distance Education programme was a tremendous success among the students of different streams from our region and a few even from abroad have got themselves enrolled with Punjab Technical University (PTU) has not only raked in revenue for the University and the State of Punjab at the start of academic session but also created hundreds of jobs for the youth of Punjab through its Study Centres and a whole separate distance education department. The major factors of this tremendous response are, on one hand, the economical fee structure and, on the other hand the credibility of Punjab Technical University and well designed courses.