LPU - Lovely Professional University

Admission in any programme depends on qualifying the Eligibility criteria for that programme. So, first of all decide the programme that you want to join and check its Eligibility criteria for Admission. LPU conducts LPU NEST as an entrance test for all the programmes. LPU NEST is National Entrance and Scholarship Test for admission to various programmes in Lovely Professional University. This test forms the basis of eligibility and scholarship for most of the programmes and for some of the programmes test is applicable only for scholarship. For most of the programmes, it serves both the purposes. As per the official website of LPU, the Schedule for LPU NEST has been started for all the programmes for this current session I. e 2021. As far as Scholarship is concerned, the amount of scholarship depends on the fee of the programme, date of admission and performance of the student in LPU NEST. Scholarship for a specific Programme depends on Performance in LPU NEST. There are three brackets:
LPUNEST score more than or equal to Category I cut-off
LPUNEST score more than or equal to Category II cut-off
LPUNEST score more than or equal to Category III cut-off
This cut off depends on various parameters like number of students appeared, the highest marks in the exam and many more. Also, there is no negative marking in this exam so chances of scoring well are more in this. As per the website, Last Date of submission of Application for LPU NEST 30th April 2021. In order to apply for the Exam, you can refer the following steps :
1 Register yourself on the portal
2. Fill the details
3. Choose the programme
4. Apply for LPUNEST
5. Make the payment for LPU NEST and Book the slot for the Exam I. e date and time for the exam as per your availability.
6. Appear and Qualify the LPU NEST and wait for Result
7. Participate in Online Counselling and Seat Allotment Process if applicable
8. After the seat allotment, proceed for Admissions. You can register yourself on the portal at this link - admission. Lpu. In
Hope this information helps !

Being studied at LPU I would like to say that LPU has a very simple admission process when it comes to Ph.D. For admission to Ph.D. the criteria are 55% aggregates marks in your Masters and you have to qualify interview along with LPU NEST. Also, LPU is the only university in India that gives multiple coursework options for Ph.D. (Part-time) students. LPU follows the eligibility norms very stringently, so the research scholar has to fulfill the criteria. LPU offers flexible coursework options-
1) Classes on weekends (Saturday & Sunday only)
2) 4 days course work every month (Preferably every second week: Thu-Sun)
3)15 days course work (November/December)
During your coursework, you will taught courses like Research Methodology, Foundations of Research, Research Writing and Presentation. The eligibility is:
Masters degree with 55% aggregate marks in a relevant discipline or equivalent, subject to clearing LPU NEST and Interview. If you are UGC/NET qualified then you are exempted from LPU NEST but to avail the maximum scholarship it is advisable to appear in LPU NEST. LPU has the most advanced labs dedicated to research work. Many labs are maintained by Cisco, Cadence. LPU also has a Central Instrumentation Facility which is one of its kind. It has high-end instruments and these instruments and facilities help the faculty members, research scholars, and students to carry out globally competitive research in basic, applied, and medical sciences. The Lab has many instruments like Powder X-ray diffractometer, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Density Meter, Viscometer, Probe Sonicator, Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer, and much more. I would suggest going for LPU if you are thinking of pursuing a Ph.D. LPU has over 2300 highly qualified faculty, and most of them are either Ph.D. or pursuing Ph.D. You can interact with the faculty members of other domains and they can be your guides, co-guides. For more information regarding Ph.D. you can give a call on 01824-404404.