Chitkara University is a private university located in Rajpura, Punjab, India and was founded by the Punjab State Legislature under “The Chitkara University Act” in 2010. The university comes under the establishment of the Chitkara Educational Trust, based in Chandigarh and founded by Dr Ashok K Chitkara and Dr Madhu Chitkara in 1998. The University is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The university offers undergraduate programmes, post-graduate programmes and doctoral programmes in fields like Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and other courses in Health Sciences, Nursing, Hospitality, Art & Design, and Education with relevant programmes being approved by the Council of Architecture (COA), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Indian Nursing Council (INC) and National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT).

It has been ranked # 1st in research quality in India by THE World University Rankings and #9th best university in India by DataQuest T-School Rankings 2024. Many other independent Publications and Ranking agencies have consistently ranked Chitkara University among the best in India