Agriculture

Of course LPU has its own farms, trained faculty, cutting edge course content. It surely is good for B.Sc. Agriculture. Let me tell you agriculture courses are very popular because LPU is the first private university to get an ICAR approval. The programme the LPU agriculture programme is designed with a target of holistic development of students. School of Agriculture offers programs with up-to -date curriculum designed to suit the aspirations of agricultural industries as well as major research and development sectors. The laboratories of the School are world class. The dedicated faculty gives the students a hands -on training experience by assigning live projects (Agricultural work) in university agricultural research farms and experiential learning on different agricultural units. It includes disciplines like Agronomy, Horticulture Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Economics, Extension, etc. The major emphasis of the programme is to get the students acquainted with knowledge and hands-on experiences in the above mentioned discipline and apply that knowledge to high value agricultural production in a sustainable manner. The ICAR approved programmes include:
B.Sc (Hons. ). Agriculture
M. ScAgriculture {Horticulture (Fruit Science)
M. ScAgriculture (Agronomy)
M. ScAgriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
The minimum age required for enrolling in the programme is 16yrs. Merit in qualifying examination LPU NEST subject to eligibility criteria. Students may be given an option to go for a 4 weeks study tour to USA/ European countries or any other country as decided by the University subject to conditions. There is also an option to join a partner university abroad for a semester. Students are engaged towards evergreen agriculture, keeping in view the RAWE programme to build interpersonal skills. The students are exposed to Commercial farms to get know-how that create an opportunity for students to engage and tone up their endurance, confidence and management skills. Emphasis on case studies and inter-personal based teaching to develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios is given. This year the maximum salary offered to a student was 9.55 Lacs per annum while average salary was 4 Lacs. The overall NIRF rating of the university is LPU is 62.

Dear Kusuma,
My cousin took admission to MSc. in Agriculture this year. You should have passed with 60% aggregate marks in B.Sc. Agriculture or B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) (4 years) or equivalent to get admission to the MSc in Agriculture programme at LPU. Moreover, you have to qualify for the LPUNEST exam conducted by LPU.
LPU is the first private university that got approval from ICAR.
The following degree programs were approved for accreditations for a period of five years
BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture with GPAP of 3.72
MSc. Agriculture {Horticulture (Fruit Science)} with GPAP of 3.75
MSc. Agriculture (Agronomy) with GPAP of 3.60
MSc. Agriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding) with GPAP of 3.60
Placement: LPU students got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of the School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Sanra organics, and many more. The highest package of this programme at LPU is 9.55 LPA and the average package is 3.6 LPA.
Scholarships: LPU provides very good scholarships to bright students with good academic records, sports, or extracurricular activities achievement. LPU also helps students in the Education loan facility.
Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from IITs, NITs, IIMs, and top-ranked universities all over the world.
Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc.
Ranking:
1. For Focus on Affordable and clean energy, LPU has 1st rank in India
2. For Decent Work and Economic Growth, LPU has 2nd rank in India
3. Ranked 62 Universities in India
4. Ranked 66 engineering colleges in India
5. Ranked 37 business management schools in India
6. Ranked 23 Indian pharmacy colleges
7. LPU ranks amongst the Top 200 universities of the world as per the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, which assess universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
8. It is among the top 20 Indian organizations that have filed the highest number of patents in India in the last 10 years including IIT Madras.
I hope this helps
Thanks!

Dear Akshay,
To the best of my knowledge, you should have passed with 60% aggregate marks in B.Sc. Agriculture or B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) (4 years) or equivalent to get admission to the MSc in Agriculture programme at LPU. Moreover, you have to qualify for the LPUNEST exam conducted by LPU.
LPU is the first private university that got approval from ICAR.
The following degree programs were approved for accreditations for a period of five years
BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture with GPAP of 3.72
MSc. Agriculture {Horticulture (Fruit Science)} with GPAP of 3.75
MSc. Agriculture (Agronomy) with GPAP of 3.60
MSc. Agriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding) with GPAP of 3.60
Placement: LPU students got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of the School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Sanra organics, and many more. The highest package of this programme at LPU is 9.55 LPA and the average package is 3.6 LPA.
Scholarships: LPU provides very good scholarships to bright students with good academic records, sports, or extracurricular activities achievement. LPU also helps students in the Education loan facility.
Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from IITs, NITs, IIMs, and top-ranked universities all over the world.
Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc.
Ranking:
1. For Focus on Affordable and clean energy, LPU has 1st rank in India
2. For Decent Work and Economic Growth, LPU has 2nd rank in India
3. Ranked 62 Universities in India
4. Ranked 66 engineering colleges in India
5. Ranked 37 business management schools in India
6. Ranked 23 Indian pharmacy colleges
7. LPU ranks amongst the Top 200 universities of the world as per the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, which assess universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
8. It is among the top 20 Indian organizations that have filed the highest number of patents in India in the last 10 years including IIT Madras.
I hope this helps
Thanks!

Dear Deepshikha,
The fee of LPU for the MSc in Agriculture(Agronomy) is INR 120000 per semester without any scholarship. However, you may get a scholarship as well. LPU is the first private university that got approval from ICAR.
The following degree programs were approved for accreditations for a period of five years
BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture with GPAP of 3.72
MSc. Agriculture {Horticulture (Fruit Science)} with GPAP of 3.75
MSc. Agriculture (Agronomy) with GPAP of 3.60
MSc. Agriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding) with GPAP of 3.60
Placement: LPU students got top packages from leading Agriculture companies. Students of the School of Agriculture are placed in Dhanuka, HDFC Bank, Reliance retail, Syngenta, Bio Seed, Nestle, Smur Agro, VLCC, Virbac, Sanra organics, and many more. The highest package of this programme at LPU is 9.55 LPA and the average package is 3.6 LPA.
Scholarships: LPU provides very good scholarships to bright students with good academic records, sports, or extracurricular activities achievement. LPU also helps students in the Education loan facility.
Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from IITs, NITs, IIMs, and top-ranked universities all over the world.
Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc.
Ranking:
1. For Focus on Affordable and clean energy, LPU has 1st rank in India
2. For Decent Work and Economic Growth, LPU has 2nd rank in India
3. Ranked 62 Universities in India
4. Ranked 66 engineering colleges in India
5. Ranked 37 business management schools in India
6. Ranked 23 Indian pharmacy colleges
7. LPU ranks amongst the Top 200 universities of the world as per the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, which assess universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
8. It is among the top 20 Indian organizations that have filed the highest number of patents in India in the last 10 years including IIT Madras.
I hope this helps
Thanks!