In 1999, the Punjab Management Education Trust established the Punjab College of Technical Education to provide management and IT education in the region. Since then, PCTE has expanded into Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Medical Lab Sciences, Airlines, Tourism, Hotel Management, Fashion Designing, Journalism and Mass Communication and Agriculture. PCTE has approximately 2700 students from more than seven countries. All the PCTE courses are affiliated with Punjab Technical University. PCTE has been ra