lovely professional university or lpu is a private institution situated in chaheru, phagwara, punjab, india. established in 2005 under the lovely professional university act, 2005 (punjab act 25 of 2005), it began operations in 2006. lpu holds multiple approvals and recognitions from bodies such as the university grants commission (ugc), council of architecture, association of indian universities (aiu), national council for teacher education (ncte), pharmacy council of india (pci), council of architecture(coa), indian council of agricultural research (icar), the institution of engineers (india), institute of town planners, india (itpi), and bar council of india (bci). in its first naac accreditation cycle, lpu achieved an a grade. the university offers programmes across diverse fields, including business, fashion design, engineering, law, education, agriculture, humanities, and tourism. admission to the majority of the courses is based on the lpunest. lpu has also started few new courses - bachelor of social work (hons.) of 4 years duration, diploma in child and elderly care, and bsc in child and elderly care. this national entrance and scholarship exam evaluates the academic performance to check the eligibility for admission to various ug ; pg programmes. this offers scholarships of up to rs. 9.52 lakhs. lpunest has helped more than 1 lakh students for admission to over 150 programmes. with 300 test centers across india and 8000 scholarships awarded to the aspirants based on lpunest performance. apart from this, exams like gate, nata, cuet, cat, xat, neet, etc. are also accepted. lpu has recently launched b.tech cse work-integrated programmes in collaboration with futurense, kalvium, and quantiphi. lpu hosts over 30,000 students and employs 4,000 faculty members across its 600-acre campus. the campus features extensive amenities such as hostels, transportation services, a university hospital, shopping and dining facilities, banking services, and well-stocked libraries. in the 2024 nirf rankings, lpu has positioned 27th under overall category.
