Punjab Engineering College University of Technology - [PEC], Chandigarh - Hostel Details

The hostels of PEC University of Technology are decent in quality, with several factors to consider such as quality of food, wifi availability, quality of rooms, etc. 

The points below give a brief overview of the hostels at PEC University of Technology.

• The entire campus of PEC Chandigarh is provided with high-speed wifi connectivity. There are occasional crashes in connectivity, which are repaired by the institute, but with a little longer time.
• The hostels in PEC have two and three shared rooms, as there is an increasing number of students in subsequent years. The Shivalik hostel has both kinds of rooms, but the size of rooms with three-shared accommodation is larger.
• The room facilities in PEC are quite comfortable and so, it is not a problem to stay in shared rooms at the hostel. There is a newly constructed block in Shivalik which would ease the accommodation of students further.
• The girl’s hostel has three and four sharing rooms, and it is somewhat uncomfortable to stay in those rooms.
• The overall quality of rooms is decent, as expected from a property which is 50 years old.
• The quality of food served in the hostels of PEC is not that good. Students can go to the PEC market where several shops sell good quality food. There are quite a number of dhabas in sector 11 too. Students usually manage their living for the first year and then figure out their comfort in it.

This is the overall condition of the hostels in PEC, which is of average quality, but quite good being an old enough property.

Below listed are the hostel and mess charge at Punjab Engineering College. 

• You will be charged INR 56,00 for the hostel fee and mess establishment charges annually. 
• Mess charges are not included in hotel fees, which have to be paid every month. The approx mess charges are INR 2500.
• You also need to pay INR 9000 as maintenance charges and a refundable security amount of INR 5000.
• The total amount for hostel and mess facilities will be INR 73,100 

Let’s know about the room facilitates at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.

1. Each hostel room has a WiFi facility. The connection sometimes slows down, which might cause inconvenience. 
2. Hostellers are provided with a fully automatic washing machine. 
3. The hostel has AC Common room, where every student can visit it.
4. There is no time restriction in the PEC boys hostel.
5. You can enjoy a meal at night mess and enjoy Maggie, Bread, Egg, or Milk. 

Therefore, life at Punjab Engineering College hotel is good. Also, its fees keep on increasing every year. Make sure to keep yourself updated. Overall the hostel fees of PEC are pretty decent. However, you cannot enjoy your privacy here.

Although students may be told that they won't get a hostel in earlier stages after waiting for a few days the students in the Chandigarh quota can get a hostel in PEC. But there is some process that needs to be completed in order to get a hostel in PEC. 

You have to submit an application to the hostel warden and you have to mention your reason clearly, why do you need a hostel after being from Chandigarh as they don't provide hostel facilities to the students belonging from Tricity (Mohali, Chandigarh & Panchkula).

But the first preference is always given to the students who are taking admission through all India quota and they are allotted the hostel rooms first. But after a few weeks from their allotment of hostel rooms, the students in the Chandigarh quota who have applied and submitted an application will get the hostel rooms.

The chances are very bleak and almost non-existent. 

Nowadays, PEC is going through a space crunch, since the number of seats has been increased by a large amount in recent years. Authorities give top priority to students from outside the Chandigarh quota. 

New hostels are being considered and Shivalik Hostel was recently expanded into a new block, the lack of rooms to house all of the students comfortably is still a sore point. The number of seats has increased but hostel capacity remained the same. 

Hence, by chance, if Hostels do not get filled up completely, you can definitely get a hostel at PEC. So, unless a new batch of students shows a great reduction in hostlers, you should not expect to get accommodations in the hostel.

One of my friends lives in the PEC Chandigarh hostel, so I can give you basic information every hostler there may know. 

1. Locals: If you are local, then you have to wait a bit to get a hostel. Approximately it takes 2 weeks of time to allot rooms to locals. You also have to submit a written application to DSA with attached address proof. 
2. Room: Every first-year student has to share his room with another fresher. After the first year, students are eligible to stay in a single room.
3. Mess: The food quality of the hostel mess is not worth the fees you pay for it. On special days or occasions, special meals are served to the students, which is of good quality as compared to normal days.
4. Electricity and Water: Hostel has a good supply of electricity and water. So, students don’t have to worry about it.
5. Hostel Timings: There is no restriction of timing in the hostel. You can go out of the hostel and can come back at any time. 
6. Laundry: Every student gets laundry service at the hostel. But laundry allowance is not included in hostel fees, so students have to pay separately for it. Also, avoid giving expensive clothes in the laundry, as it might get ruined. 
7. Wifi: The campus has Wifi connectivity around the campus. It faces some network problems, but its speed is good.
8. Cleanness: Hostels are not clean and tidy, neither the washrooms and toilets. Except, the newly constructed building, Shivalik C Block, which is clean. It is better that you keep your room clean, though. 
9. Ragging: There is no ragging at the hostel campus. You will have an introductory session with seniors both in college and a hostel. The introduction is done with a few fun activities so that freshers easily get to mingle with seniors. 

Therefore, hostel life at Punjab Engineering College is overall good. Apart from this, freshers also get hostel parties besides college fresher’s parties. So, the overall experience of PEC is good.

Yes, you can get a hostel at PEC University if you live in Chandigarh. But Punjab Engineering College has its own procedure to allot hostels to students. 

• As per University procedure, firstly University will allot hostel rooms to students living outside Chandigarh. 
• The remaining seats after the allotment will later be given to waiting list students including locals and students with Chandigarh Quota. 
• PEC has huge hostel promises and enough rooms for students. You do not need to worry about not getting the seats. One of my cousins who is a local is also staying in the PEC hostel. 
• You might have to wait a bit to get a hostel. Approximately it takes 2 weeks of time to allot rooms to locals. 
• You also have to submit a written application to DSA with attached address proof.

Therefore, yes Chandigarh locals get hostels. As PEC hostels are big enough to accommodate all students.

PEC Chandigarh is a government college and the hostels are okayish as these are typical government college hostels. There are different hostels for each year students with spacious rooms and from the second year onwards, each student gets their own separate room and this is the best thing about PEC Chandigarh hostels. 

• Food provided in the mess is okay.
• The environment is clean.
• There are good indoor game facilities like Table Tennis, Carrom, etc. The institute also has various hostel clubs.
• The washrooms of the hostel are not clean and the condition is very bad, which is a major drawback. The washrooms are only good at the Shivalik hostel. 
• Also, per room, there will be one fan provided. Although you can secretly use a cooler for the 4 years of your stay. 

These are a few of the major things that you should know about the hostels at PEC Chandigarh.