Campus
The university campus is spread over an area of 316 acres (1.3 km2), on the Patiala-Chandigarh road, about 7 kilometers from Patiala. The institution has 65 teaching and research departments, covering disciplines in Humanities and Science, as diverse as Fine Arts, Computer Science and Business Management.
The university has five regional centres: the Guru Kashi Regional Center at Bathinda, Guru Kashi Campus at Talwandi Sabo, Regional Centre for Information Technology and Management at Mohali, Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Institute of Advanced Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic at Malerkotla and College of Education at Bathinda. Punjabi University maintains six neighborhood campuses at Rampura Phul, Jhunir, Sardulgarh, Karandi, Ralla and Dehla Seehan.
The university has undertaken the responsibility of maintaining the estate of Norah Richards at Andretta in Himachal Pradesh. Arrangements have been made for faculty members and students who wish to carry out study and research in the fields of theatre and television. The university manages Balbir Singh Sahitya Kendra at Dehradun, the capital city of the Uttarakhand. There is a rich library with rare books and manuscripts bequeathed by Bhai Vir Singh, Balbir Singh and Puran Singh, the doyens of Punjabi literature. Research on comparative religions is carried out at this center.
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