The Panjab University has been recently selected by the UGC as a "University with Potential for Excellence in Bio-Medical Sciences."

The Panjab University has been doing its best to restructure its existing courses, start new courses, undertake research projects and initiate new policies to meet the new challenges emerging from the rapidly changing technological, socio-economic and educational environment. The University hopes to generate an academically vibrant environment through inter-disciplinary lectures and seminars, which will go a long way in giving an impetus to major structural changes in the courses taught at the University as well as promoting an active participation in the cultural pattern of our society. The Panjab University has introduced many new courses in emerging areas and vocational studies during the last few years. These include courses such as M. Tech. in Microelectronics, Nano Technology and nano science, Master's in Business Economics, Master's in E-Commerce, Honours School in Computer Science on the Campus and B.B.A. and B.C.A. in the affiliated colleges.

The Panjab University, with its 46 teaching and research departments besides 10 Centres for teaching and research on the main campus located at Chandigarh, has 150 affiliated colleges spread over Punjab and Chandigarh, Regional Centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Department of Vishweshavaranand Vishva Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies (VVBIS&IS) at Hoshiarpur.

The main campus at Chandigarh is spread over 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25. Sector 14 has the main academic and administrative buildings, besides a health centre, a sports complex, hostels and residential area.

The Panjab University has four museums and the department of Indian theatre has its own theatre lab, which is unique in the country. The university has a Botanical Garden and a Garden of Medicinal Plants on the campus. The Gandhi Bhawan on the university campus attracts scholars as well as tourists from all over the world for its magnificent architectural structure, its library and auditorium.

All the buildings of the university including hostels are connected through ATM and Gigabit technology. The university has distinction of extending Wi-fi facilities to students in their hostel at specified locations.

The Central A.C. Joshi Library of Panjab University has a holding of over 600,000 books and 150,000 periodicals some of which are rare collections from the 19th century. The University Library has been recognised as one of the six national centres for data-information-distribution in the UGC’s INFLIBNET programme. The library works provide services which most effectively meet the needs of faculty, students and staff of the University community.