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The Lovely Professional University (LPU) was established in 2005 at Jalandhar, Punjab. This private University has over 20 schools that offer various diploma, UG, PG and doctoral courses such as BTech, MBA, BSc, BBA, BA, BArch, BDes, MTech, LLB and MFA amid others. Approved by UCG and a member of AIU, LPU has received the ‘Best Private University Award’ by ASSOCHAM in 2017. Being one of the largest single-campus universities in India with over 30,000 students and more than 4,000 faculty and staff members, LPU currently offers over 300 programmes to the students. The campus of LPU houses a central library, a mac lab, an aviation lab, cultural clubs, a hospital, hostels, a gymnasium, an indoor stadium, outdoor playgrounds, ATMs, over 300 eating kiosks, and University mall. Amid the Covid-19 crisis, the University has developed a live app to support students utilise their time during the lockdown. It also introduced various scholarships worth Rs 20 crore for Covid-19 Frontline Warriors. Over the years, the University has built mutually beneficial international accreditations with a number of universities and institutes abroad. These are: International Association of Universities (IAU), France Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK Institute of International Education (IIE), New York Accreditation Council for Business Schools And Programs (ACBSP), USA What's New LPU The LPU admission 2025 is open. The LPU NEST 2025 (current schedule) applications are open for UG & PG courses. A few more updates are as follows The LPU NEST 2025 (Schedule-2) for BTech, BDes, MBA, PG Pharmacy courses, is being conducted in two modes: the remotely proctored exam is scheduled from February 15, 2025, to March 31, 2025, while the test center-based exam will take place from March 15, 2025, to March 31, 2025. LPU Highlights The University has over 200 tie-ups with several universities from over 30 countries, including USA, UK, China, France, Spain and Australia. It has a large international demographic, with students applying from all over the world. A few highlights of Lovely Professional University are mentioned below: ParticularsStatsYear of establishment2005Campus size600 acreRankings (2020)- 29 for Pharmacy by NIRF - 49 for MBA by NIRF - 87 for Engineering by NIRF - 40 for MBA by OutlookRecognitionUGC, AIU, UGC-DEB, NCTE, COA, PCI, ICAR, BCI Institution of Engineers (India) and ITPIInstitute typePrivateAccepted examsLPUNEST, JEE Main, NATA, LPUPETHighest salary offered (2020)Rs 42 LPANumber of courses offered327 courses across 19 streamsOfficial websitewww.lpu.inTop recruitersHewlett Packard, Amazon, Abbott, IBM, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Google, Microsoft, etc.Type of scholarships16 typesGender intakeCo-edApplication modeOnline Rankings In the recent NIRF rankings released by the Ministry of HRD for 2020, LPU was again successful in attaining top positions for multiple categories. In addition to that, LPU has secured top ranks in various rankings. Some of the rankings are mentioned below: Ranked 29 for Pharmacy by NIRF 2020 Ranked 49 for MBA by NIRF 2020 Ranked 87 for Engineering by NIRF 2020 Ranked 22 for Private MBA by Outlook 2020 Ranked 60 for MBA by The Week 2019 Ranked 65 for University by The Week 2019 Ranked 87 for MBA by Composite Rank 2019 Ranked 92 for MBA by BW Business World 2019 LPU Admission Process LPU admission to each course follows a specific admission criteria and LPUNEST is the official entrance (for BTech, MSc in agriculture and LLM) and scholarship exam (for all programmes) conducted by this University. It also offers admission to students based on their academic performance for a majority of programmes. Eligible students are required to register online on the official website. In addition to that, LPU also offers a few admission relaxations to certain category students. The details are as follows: There is a 5% relaxation for students from North-East states and Sikkim/ defence personnel and their dependents/ wards of Kashmiri migrants Also, a 10% relaxation for sportspersons, i.e. A/A+ category students is there as per sports scholarship (subject to verification from selection committee of the University) A detailed course-wise break for the entrance exams accepted by the University for admission is tabulated below: CourseAccepting Entrance ExamBTechLPUNEST or JEE MainBArchJEE Main Paper-II or NATA BSc (Health and Physical Education) and Bachelor of Physical Education & SportsLPUPETMSc in agriculture and LLMLPUNESTMTechGATE (preferred, not compulsory)PhDLPUNEST Admission to all the remaining UG, PG, diploma, PG diploma and PhD programmes are based on a valid score in last qualifying exam. In addition to this, LPU also offers a number of programmes through distance education via its distance learning cell referred to as LPUDE. LPU Courses LPU currently offers over 300 degree and diploma programmes to aspirants at the UG, PG and doctoral levels. The programmes offered by LPU are from a variety of disciplines such as Engineering, IT & Software, Science, Teaching & Education, Management, Commerce, Law, Design, Arts, Physiotherapy and Physical Education, among others. To offer courses across all these streams, LPU has been divided into 20 stream-specific schools that offer the related courses. Some of the top LPU courses are listed in the table below along with their minimum eligibility criteria and fee structure: CourseEligibility CriteriaCourse Fee (in Rs lakh)BTech - Automobile Engineering - CSE - Civil Engineering - Information Technology - Mechanical EngineeringQualifying exam: JEE Main/ LPUNEST Minimum 60% aggregate in Class 12 with Physics, Mathematics, and English as compulsory subjects 6.27MBA - International Business - Supply Chain and Logistics - Financial MarketsGraduation with a minimum of 60% aggregate4.64MCAMinimum 60% aggregate in BCA /BSc/ Graduation with Computer Science/ Mathematics/Statistics/ Business Maths/ Business Statistics/QT3.7MA - Sociology - History - Political ScienceGraduation with a minimum of 50% aggregate1.6BBA -General - IT - Rural ManagementMinimum 50% aggregate in Class 12 with English as a compulsory subject2.86BA LLB (Hons)A minimum of 60% aggregate in Class 12 (any stream) with English or equivalent 6.86BCom LLB (Hons)BBA LLB (Hons) LPU Placements With an active placement cell, Lovely Professional University offers placements under various disciplines such as Engineering, Management, Design, and Hotel Management. LPU also introduced PEP classes for its students to provide training regarding aptitude, reasoning, soft skills and interview skills to make them industry-ready and also offers free preparation classes for government exams. During the recent recruitment drive, over 2,500 offers were made by Fortune-500 companies such as CTS, Amazon, IBM, Verizon, Xerox, and HP. A few more highlights LPU placements drive (2020) are listed below: The University recorded 100% placements for most of its courses More than 2,000 students were offered international packages in countries such as USA, UK, Canada, and Australia Top recruiters were Hewlett Packard, Amazon, Abbott, IBM, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Google, and Microsoft Microsoft offered the highest salary of Rs 42 lakh which was bagged by a final year BTech CSE student The highest stipend also touched Rs 80,000 for the final placements 2020 Scholarships In order to help students with their finances, LPU offers a number of scholarships to students. In the past seven years, the University has awarded more than Rs 500 crore worth of scholarships to the students. These scholarships are awarded to candidates for all programmes, ranging from Diploma to PhD based on candidates’ performance. A number of LPU scholarships awarded to the students based on their performance on any of the following categories: Eligibility qualification (on the basis of performance in Class 12 for UG programmes and based on graduation for PG programmes) Qualification previous to eligibility qualification (on the basis of performance in Class 10 for UG programmes and Class 12 for PG programmes) On the basis of LPUNEST (scholarship test for all programmes) Based on certain national-level tests like JEE Main, NEET, UCEED, CAT, CLAT, LSAT, GPAT, NMAT, NATA, MAT, GATE, GPAT, MAT, etc. Performance in sports, cultural, R&D, co-curricular and social service activities LPU has also started a special COVID-19 frontline scholarship initiative worth Rs 20 crore. Under this initiative, following scholarships are offered: CategoryApplicable toTuition Fee Waiver (in %)Survivors of Covid-19Self/wards100Deceased due to Covid-19Wards100Medical Staff/ Health WorkersWards 20Police Personnel of all States/UTsIndian Railways employeesBank employeesAirline employees A few other scholarships offered by LPU are: Scholarship for orphan applicants Scholarship for persons with certain disability Special Scholarship Scheme for CTA (Tibetan) Special Scholarship Scheme for Sikkim and Manipal applicants For more details on the scholarships awarded by Lovely Professional University, Campus and Facilities With a campus area of 600 acre, LPU offers a number of unconventional facilities to its students apart from regular facilities such as well-equipped classrooms and labs. Some of the prominent ones are mentioned below: With students coming in from all the states and countries from India and abroad, respectively, LPU offers a rich cultural diversity among its students. And to accommodate its students, LPU has built one of the largest residential capacities in the world. LPU has a huge library system with 11 branches. It has more than 43 lakh books and e-books around all subjects and fields and all the library systems are subscribed to a number of journals, magazines and newspapers from India and abroad. The University provides office space and equipment, technology support and seed capital to nurture the upcoming entrepreneurial talents for viable projects through its very own Incubation Centre also referred to as its Startup School The University has six theatres, three auditoriums, two yoga rooms, three full-fledged gyms and 10 open gyms for the overall development of the students FAQ's:

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