76 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Hospital Management programme is offered at the Panjab University has been imparting quality education since its inception in 1882 at Lahore, which was relocated to Chandigarh in 1956.

The Hotel Management and Catering Technology programme is offered at the Panjab University aims at becoming one of the premier institutes in the country offering education, training, research and consultancy in the field of hospitality, tourism, travel and allied sectors.

The Food Technology programme is offered at the Panjab University. The University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, UICTE (earlier known as Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, DCET) was established in 1958 in collaboration with I.I.T., Chicago in the present building of the University Campus.

The Industrial Chemistry programme is offered at the Panjab University was established in 1958 in collaboration with I.I.T., Chicago in the present building of the University Campus. Professor R. E. Peck from I.I.T. Chicago joined as the first Head of Institute.

 The Community Education and Development programme is offered at the Panjab University  trains the students to develop skills and competence for catering to the learning needs of the students so that they could contribute to the overall development of the society.

The Law programme is offered at the Panjab University. The Department of Laws, originally established at Lahore in 1889, was re-established at Shimla in 1948, shifted to Jalandhar in 1950 and finally re-located at the University Campus at Chandigarh in 1959.

The Department of Public Administration at the Panjab University is among the oldest departments in the discipline in India.

The Department of English at the Panjab University is one of the premier centres of Language and Literature in the country. 

The teaching of History at Panjab University during its first three decades of existence (1882-1913) was in its colleges. The university at this time was merely an examining body with its entire library, the Vice Chancellor reported in 1903, occupying just two almirahs. The History programme is offered at the Panjab University.

The Library and Information Sciences programme is offered at the Panjab University. Panjab University, realizing the need of trained library personnel, instituted a training course in librarianship at Lahore before the partition of India. 

At Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics at Panjab University University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University is a premier institute of pharmaceutical education and research assigned NIRF Rank 2 in the country.

The Stem Cell Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Excellence programme is offered at the Panjab University. Panjab University is pioneer in running a two years (four semesters) Masters course in Stem Cell & Tissue Engineering under CEAST since 2008. The field is a relatively vey new. Its discovery has been suggested to be one of the most important medical discoveries of past 100 years.

The Microbiology programme is offered at the Panjab University is one of the oldest and pioneer Microbiology departments in the country. 

The Forensic Science and Criminology programme is offered at the Panjab University. The application of science to the law and exploring the body of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime as social phenomena is what comprise the Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology (IFSC).

The admission in Defence and National Security Studies master course at the Panjab University is open to all the students from various streams but, preference is to the applicants who have studied Defence Studies/Military Science at graduation level.

 The Commerce(Hons)  programme is offered at the Panjab University has been imparting quality management education to develop dedicated, innovative and effective managers, researchers and teachers for four decades.