PUC is a constituent college of Mizoram University, a central university established by an Act of Parliament of India. Founded in 1958, it is the oldest and the most premier college in the entire state of Mizoram, India. It is situated in College Veng, a locality located at the eastern side of Aizawl city. The 136 acre campus covered with a verdant reserve of forest makes a serene environment and a picturesque scenery. It remains the only institute of higher education in Mizoram to manage undergraduate courses in three disciplines, namely arts, science and commerce.

It is also the only institution in Mizoram to be awarded the Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra (IPVM) in 1995, the national award for pioneering and innovative contribution in the field of afforestation/wasteland management, from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, and the Best College award from the Zoram Research Foundation, twice, consecutively in 2004 and 2006.

Department of Statistics is functioning since 1993. The strength of students increasing day by day, besides the department is only in Pachhunga University College. In present, there are six faculty, among the faculty three (3) have obtained PhD degree in different area of statistics. One is waiting the result and others two are pursuing PhD.

The Department have been organized several workshops, seminar and conferences based on different trend in applied as well as pure statistics. Most of the faculty have got minor/major project, which was funded by UGC and some other agencies.