Lovely Professional University Campus

4 mins readUpdated on Jun 19, 2022 17:00 IST

Lovely Professional University has given large space to sports grounds to meet the requirement of national and international level sports.

Front Area of the Lovely Professional University

Lovely Professional University has a lush green beautiful and unmatchable campus on the outskirts of Jalandhar. The whole campus is spread over 600 acres consisting of 57 buildings each having eight floors. Each floor on average has around 13-14 halls including classrooms and labs. Each building has spacious, neat and clean washrooms and an RO-fitted drinking water facility. If you start from the front entrance, you will find two main gates. One of the gates is used for vehicle entries and another is used for students and staff members. Moving ahead approximately 400 meters through the lush green pathway on the left-hand side one can see block one from where the present university was actually started as an institution in 2001. Adjacent to it is a campus cafeteria which is the oldest and one of the most lively places in the university. The cafeteria has all the delicious cuisines to satisfy one's taste buds, not only this but the price is also pocket friendly considering the varied financial backgrounds of the students. The huge open space in front of the campus cafeteria is also used for annual celebrations like “Sanidhya” every year in the month of December, various cultural events and celebrity programs.  

On the back side of the campus cafeteria, the university has its first auditorium named Shri Baldevraj Mittal auditorium, named after the name of the Chancellor's father Shri Baldev Raj Mittal. This auditorium building has facilities like ATM and stationery shop. In front of this building lies a huge open area used for various food kiosks, where students can enjoy their leisure time and enjoy delicious food at a reasonable cost. On the left, there is block three, where the University hospital is located and is meant for the purpose of pharmacy students. So far this whole description gives us the picture of the front part of the university but this is just the small trailer of the big picture of Lovely Professional University. Moving straight ahead one can find block 14 Mittal School of Business and on the right-hand side, is the University Mall and hotel and hospitality management block sharing the common building. 

Back Side of the Lovely Professional University

A huge sitting area has been prepared to accommodate thousands of people, especially meant for big programs like convocation and special addresses by the ministers including the highest dignitaries like the prime minister and the president of various nations. This is exactly on the right-hand side of Mittal School of Business. The whole area is covered by the shed having big helicopter blade fans to take care of the audience during summer. Solar panels have been installed on the roof of the area, which shows the sustainability concern of the university along with its core function of transforming education. This covers almost 35-40 per cent of the LPU campus and almost 60 per cent is still left. On the right side of this gigantic sitting is the girl’s hostel, and various academic blocks related to film production, journalism and fine arts, facilitated by large car parking at the back side of these blocks.  

Q:   What is LPU famous for?

A:

LPU is famous for its infrastructure and the various facilities offered by the university. LPU faculty are experienced and are one of the best faculty in India. The accepted entrance exams at LPU are LPU NEST,   JEE Main, and CUET. Candidates must keep a check on the LPU NEST application form. Apply as soon as the LPU NEST dates are released. After that give the exam and wait for the LPU NEST result. Take part in the LPUNEST counselling. If selected, confirm the admission as soon as possible because the seats are limited for this famous university.

Q:   Is LPU good for MBA?

A:

LPU has been ranked at 32 under 'Management' category in NIRF 2023 Rankings. MBA is one of the recognised courses of LPU. After completing course from the university, students are open to multiple placement opportunities. Find below the key highlights for LPU Placements 2022:

Particulars

Statistics (2022)

Highest international package

INR 300 LPA

Highest domestic package

INR 64 LPA

Companies visited

1,050

Companies offering package above INR 5 LPA

504

MBA median package

INR 8.50 LPA

Note: In the absence of course-specific data, generic placement data is taken.

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Q:   Is LPU good for BTech?

A:

BTech is one of the top courses of LPU. The Engineering course of LPU has been ranked by multiple ranking bodies. In NIRF 2023 rankings, LPU was ranked at 50 under the 'Engineering' category. Apart from NIRF, other ranking bodies have also ranked LPU. Check the details below:

Ranking BodyRank
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 202323 (overall)
6 In Engineering
Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 202227
Times Higher Education Emerging Economics University Rankings 20225

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Mittal School of Business and the sitting area mentioned above are opposite each other and separated by a road in between. Moving straight ahead from both of these locations is the admission block and chancellery adjacent to it. This part of LPU has all the Central Departments like Examination, Division of Academic Affairs, Division of Quality Assurance, Division of Human Resource, Security Department of University, Infotech and Department related to Residential Services along with the office of Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor. All these departments are mainly covered under blocks 29, 30 and 32. LPU also has a Central Postal Department from where they distribute letters and parcels to staff members. There is a large open area with benches available in front of these buildings. 

On the back side of these buildings, LPU has its central library and its second but the huge auditorium named after the mother of the Chancellor. It is named Shanti Devi Mittal Auditorium, it is centrally air-conditioned and used for freshmen induction and all big events of the university. Moving ahead is the first covered swimming pool in Jalandhar (a swimming pool with a roof and covered from all the sides). It has been designed at par with international standards. LPU has given large space to sports ground to meet the requirement of national and international level sports and adjacent to it are the civil and mechanical engineering blocks and boys' hostel.

About The Author

Amit Kumar Sharma is an Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University. With ten years of experience in teaching organisational behaviour and HRM, he has also conducted 13 faculty development programs at the school level and two management development programs at the industry level.

Q:   Is LPU good for a BCA?

A:
  • The BCA at LPU is designed to develop skills for building efficient and resource-optimised software/website/cloud/mobile applications. The eligibility for the course is pass with 50% aggregate marks in Class 12 (with English or equivalent). LPU School of Computer Application is ranked among the top four Computer Applications Institutes of North India by NASSCOM. Industry certifications, MOOCs, Hackathons / Co-curricular Competitive events, Workshops, Guest lectures, Educational Trips, Live projects, Incubation projects, Community projects, projects with NGOs, etc. Are an integral part of the curriculum.
  • BCA graduates have a good scope in jobs as a Web Developer, Web Designer, Network Administrator, System Manager, Computer mer, Software Developer, Software Tester, etc. Depending on the skills you acquire during your BCA. Various companies, organizations, and MNCs offer the above-mentioned jobs to BCA candidates. Provide an introduction to the fundamentals of Information Technology, Imparts knowledge of networks tools and techniques by understanding various existing wired and wireless networking models and protocols.
  • The course includes Open Systems Interconnection communication model, local area networks, bridges, routers, and gateways, addressing, and local and remote procedures. Simulating the physical layer basics, network protocol algorithms, error handling, flow control, multihop routing network reliability, timing, advanced network protocols, and infrastructure, applications of high-performance networks.
  • Computer architecture is a set of rules and methods that describe the functionality, organisation, and implementation imparting knowledge with a systematic way to create, retrieve, update and manage data. This course would examine the concepts and principles of DBMS, database design, data modeling, database management, data & query optimisation, and database implementation. Provides skill in the system software for creating and managing database learning and how mers create, retrieve, update and manage data. It provides knowledge of relational database models, manipulating data with an interactive query language (SQL), and database ming.
  • The highest salary offered was INR 19.25 LPA and the average package was INR 3.1 LPA.

Q:   Is LPU good for MCA?

A:

MCA is one of the top courses of LPU. LPU School of Computer Application is ranked among the top four Computer Applications Institutes of North India by NASSCOM. After completion MCA from LPU, students are open to plethora of jobs. Check below the job profiles available after completing MCA from LPU:

  • App Developer
  • Database Engineer
  • Manual Tester
  • Hardware Engineer
  • Ethical Hacker
  • Business Analyst

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Q:   Is LPU good for BBA programme?

A:
Yes, LPU is best for BBA course. LPU's business school is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and programme (ACBSP). Recently Ministry of Human Resource Government of India Ranked Lovely Professional University No. 2 in India in Management. Every year Around 550+ companies visit every year for such activities and campus-recruitment of students from LPU. Companies likes Colgate Palmolive, Hindustan Unilever, Godrej Consumer, SAP Labs, Asian Paints, Bajaj Allianz, Federal Bank, Moodys Analytics, Blue Star, Zomato, Berger Paints, Marico etc.

Q:   Is PhD from LPU valid?

A:

Yes, PhD degree from LPU is valid. The university provides a part-time and a full-time PhD in various specialisations. LPU's PhD programme is recognised by UGC and NAAC. The university is also ranked by various renowned ranking agencies like NIRF, THE, AIIA, etc. Interested candidates can visit the university's official website to apply or enquire about the programme. The university shortlists applicants for interview based on their score in the LPUNEST (PhD) entrance examination conducted by the university. The final selection for admission in PhD will be based on the performance in entrance test (70% weightage) and Interview (30% weightage), subject to scoring minimum marks in the interview.

Q:   Is CAT compulsory for MBA in LPU?

A:

CAT is one of the accepting exams for LPU admission. LPU conducts LPUNEST Lovely Professional University National Entrance and Scholarship Test for admission to MBA course. It is conducted in online mode every year. The test acts as an Entrance Test as well as Scholarship Test. The amount of scholarship is determined by the marks and rank obtained by candidates in the exam. LPUNEST is a 2.5 hours exam including 125 questions. Apart from LPUNEST, the university also accepts MAT, XAT and other Management entrance exam scores for admission. The shortlisted candidates are further called for GDPI round. 

Note: The views expressed in this article are solely the author’s own and do not reflect/represent those of Shiksha.

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