The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) was established in 2009 by an Act of Parliament. CUPB has completed a remarkable journey of 15 years and accredited with an ‘A+’ grade by NAAC. Since last five years, CUPB is amongst the top 100 universities in the NIRF India Rankings. The University is granted Category-II status (Graded Autonomy) by UGC and is ISO-9001:2015 certified for quality management in education

CUPB has received 3rd Prize in the National Water Award 2022 in the category of ‘Best Institution for Campus Usage’ conferred by Ministry of Jal Shakti.

The university is equipped with a state-of-the-art infrastructure and research facilities and promote innovation in teaching, learning and cross-pollinate new ideas and technologies. The faculty members are working in the frontier areas of research getting research grants from various funding agencies. Nine Departments of the University have received prestigious DST FIST grant. The University is promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and recently granted a DST-PURSE grant of Rs 8.5 Cr. CUPB has an innovation and entrepreneurship oriented ecosystem and established an iTBI under NIDHI scheme of DST with a funding of Rs 5 Cr and also received a grant of Rs 2.6 Cr under E-Yuva scheme of BIRAC. According to Scopus database, CUPB has an h-index of 87 with 55229 citations and 2968 research papers. The University has 31 departments, 11 schools and hosts students from 17 different countries, 28 States and 8 Union territories of India belonging to diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds. The Central Instrumentation Laboratory is equipped with sophisticated instruments such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR-600 MHz), Powder X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field-Emission Scanning Electron microscope, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope, Flow-cytometer, ICPMS, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, GCMS, and High Resolution Mass Spectrometer.

CUPB is working in collaboration with the neighbouring Institutes, Universities and played a pivotal role in setting up two Consortiums for Higher Educational Institutions of North India and Bathinda.  University is committed to create an ignited workforce responsive to regional, national and global needs in tune with the requirements of academia and industries.