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Punjab Agricultural University has MBA programme in agribusiness. It is a post graduate level course some time it is also called as PGDM ( post graduate Diploma course). As an eligibility you must ahve completed your 12th with above 80%. And after that in you must have completed a valid UG digree in any subject, without failed in any accademic year. You can get MBA through CAT or CUET PG, in CAT percentage in 12th and also marks in first three year of college are important they get evaluated for admission, in CUET you only get admission through your CUET marks but cutoff are little high.

Both Universitys are top reputated universitys in India. We can't discuss full fees and so I provide you some information data here MBA at PAU is 1,90,000 INR which is little expensive if we compare it to GTBIMT's MBA programme is 1,60,000 INR. However, the difference in cost is relatively small, and both universities are  excellent in MBA programs in its own ways. 

Selection process for MBA is depend on your choice which college you want to get admission. But most of the college get admission on the basis of CAT entrance exam with 65 percentage in undergraduate degree. Again I cannot say how minimum CAT score required for admission its depend on college cut off but you can check it college previous cut off list which is available on college's official website or Shiksha website. 

Punjab Agricultural University has a very affordable fees structure :-

For BSc in agriculture fess is around 14k to 20 k annually depanding on category and scholarship of students for SC or ST total fee can be waived off.

For Btech in agriculture fees is high around 1.4 Lacs annually without scholarship and with scholarship it can get lower as 40k for category students.

In Punjab Agricultural University minimum and maximum scores required for admission for OBC is around 60-90 percentile, SC 55-85 percentile, General is 60-90 percentile. CAT exam is easy in comparison to other entrance exams. 

Punjab Agricultural University has many different UG and PG courses and fees are quite affordable for students. This University is best for you or not it depends on you choice, University has some good points and some negative side.

 Because of it wide availability of different course, college has a good crowd and alumni network is also good. Each year almost 2000 students completed there education from PAU. Placements are not that good for BSc and MSc they are non and for B.Tech jobs are few. Also faculty are also mediocre.

Percentile depends on your choice if you want admission in NIT, IIT and IIIT then you need 90 above percentile. And if you want to go with normal reputated college then it will be between 75-90. There are some other factors that matters like candidates category, exam difficulty level, and which questions you have solved. 

Last year minimum cutoff is 80 percentile and it changes every year. And also it is depend on your category and which courses you want to get admission. For general category it is usually between 80-90 percentage.

College has very limited seats in MBA course so better not to worry before exam its time for preperation so study hard. 

Yes, you can get admission into Punjab Agricultural University with 70% in graduation but you have to appear an entrance exam also. Because for any course be  it UG or PG, admission are taken only through enterance exam. There are different exam for different courses but as an eligibility scoring above 50% in graduation and above 75% in 12 th is must.

You can check cut off list on college website on the basis of that you can check last year how up cut off is went. 

According to PAU Ludhiana Overall NIRF report 2025, the key highlights of the UG placements 2024 basis on the total number of students placed and median package offered are tabulated below:

Check out the Punjab Agricultural University PG placements 2024 basis on the total number of students placed and median package from the table below:

Note: The above-mentioned data has been taken form the Punjab Agricultural University NIRF report 2025.

If we compare placement records of both these colleges, then we will find Guru Teg Bahadur Institute of Management and Technology offer slightly better placements. The highest package is 12 LPA and average package is 9 LPA. Punjab Agricultural University offers 9 LPA and average package is 4.5 LPA. Around 70-80 percent students got campus placements in both the colleges. 

Top recruiters of Punjab Agricultural University is AMUL, AXIS bank, HDFC bank, CPF, Mahindra, hindustan times, Ralson, akal academy, john deere, deep hospital, nabcons, federal bank, VNR, RALLIS, Nestle, Bonn, king exports, primary Parmary, adventz.

College the highest package is 12 Lacs and average package is 4.5 Lacs and around 60-70 percent students are got campus placement. 

In Punjab Agricultural University 2022, the highest package is 10-12 LPA and average package is 4.5-5 LPA. This year placement information is not shared by college. But we can take a quick look of past few years placement record. Almost 50-60% students got placed in campus placements. In 2020 median package is 3.2 LPA, 2021 is  2.6 LPA, and median package of 2022 is 3.5 LPA. 

Top recruiters of Punjab Agricultural University are AMUL, AXIS bank, HDFC bank, CPF, Mahindra, hindustan times, etc.

Guru Teg Bahadur Institute of Management and Technology and Punjab Agricultural University both colleges are good. If we compare colleges from placement perspective Guru Teg Bahadur Institute of Management and Technology has the highest package of 9 LPA and average 5 LPA and Punjab Agricultural University has the highest package of 12 LPA and average package 6 LPA. From infrastructure perspective both colleges are good they both look beautiful and have all basic facilities. Both colleges has a great faculty members and well qualified saff members. Now its up to you which college is your choice.

Punjab Agricultural University has many UG and PG courses but MSc agriculture and MBA in agribusiness are two most popular courses in University. Punjab Agricultural University is considered amongst top agriculture college in Punjab and faculty and facilities in college make it most popular among students. Msc course has best faculty also college has further PhD programme which make MSc more worthwhile for students also they get research exposure. There are very few government college offering MBA programme and seats are also few this makes the course much competitive.

If you want to take admission for B.Tech at resonable fees then Arka Jain University is best option available for you. B. Tech fee structure is around 1 Lacs and for B.Sc is aroun 80 thousand. And hostel fees is 7 thousand per month with include food break fast, diner, and some other facilities. and also it may be depend on which course do you want to take admission. If you want ROI (Return on Invest), you think how much money you have invested and how much you get then this college is best for you.