IKGPTU is undertaking and supervising the instructions and award of 30+ bachelor├oΓe¼Γaos degrees in Engineering & Technology & 20+ in non-AICTE & UGC courses. The University has a land area of 78.16 acres & it owns more than 10 campuses throughout the state of Punjab. University started its journey with 09 Engineering & 05 Management colleges. IKGPTU has its own learning centers under Distance Education Programme. The University has a rich strength of lakhs of students, which also includes 1,500+ international students from 30+ countries. I.K.Gujral Punjab Technical University (PTU) has bagged the much coveted Best Technical University Award for the year 2013. The Award, instituted by Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, encourages technical universities to enhance their performance and to serve the community as well as stakeholders by improving quality and maintaining the standard of the programs offered. Earlier, University had bagged an award in the ├oΓe¼┼oBest University Promoting High Quality Research at Master├oΓe¼Γaos and Doctoral Thesis Work├oΓe¼┬¥ category in the CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2013. This award was instituted by a Consortium of Co-Chairpersons-Industry (CCI) of Gujarat Technological University (GTU), jointly with the Communication Multimedia and Infrastructure Association of India (CMAI) .