LPU BA Courses & Fees 2026: Eligibility, Admission, Placements, Seats

LPU offers decent placements annually for courses like BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA BTech, etc. The LPU average package offered to the top 25% students of the batch 2025 stood at INR 10.23 LPA and the top 10% was INR 12.3 LPA. Tabulated below are the top department wise average salary offered to the top 10% students of 2025 batch:

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The remote proctored exam and test centre exam started on April 4, 2026. The remote proctored exam will be conducted till April 20, 2026, and test centre exam will be conducted till April 30, 2026. 

LPU offers above 300 degree and Diploma courses at the UG, PG and PhD levels. It also offers distance learning courses through LPU Distance Education (LPUDE). LPU admission process includes application, selection rounds and result declaration. LPUNEST is the official entrance and scholarship exam. Lovely Professional University accepts other national-level entrance exams such as JEE Main Part 2,  NATA,  CAT,  MAT and XAT for admission to UG and PG programs.

Candidates can apply in online mode. The exam fee is INR 1,000 for males (INR 500 for female candidates). Aspirants have to register on the university's website. Candidates need to then login to fill out the application form.

LPU NEST application form fee for a soft copy of the LPU NEST 2026 Kit is INR 1000 for boys and girls. The printed copy of the LPU NEST Kit is available for INR 1500 for boys and girls. The application fee can be paid online if the application form is filled out online. The application fee can be given as a demand draft if the application form is submitted offline. If the DD is not enclosed or DD is wrongly drawn, the application form will not be accepted. The application fee has to be paid to submit the application form.

Students can get provisional admission and confirm their seats by paying a nominal fees. The nominal fees is INR 10,000. This applies to all courses and would be adjusted against the programme fees of the semester. MSc Agriculture and MA Hindi/ Punjabi are exempted from this case.

Lovely Professional University (LPU University) offers over 300 degree, Diploma and Certificate programmes to aspirants at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. It offers BTech, MBA, BSc, BBA, B.A., B.Arch, BDes, MTech, LL.B. and various other courses to students. LPU admission 2023 to most of the courses is entrance-based. LPU NEST 2023 is the official entrance and Scholarship Exam conducted by the university. Apart from LPU NEST the university accepts several other national-level entrance exams, such as JEE Main, CLAT, CAT, NATA, etc. So prepare well for the entrance test. Do keep an eye on LPU NEST pattern, LPU NEST exam dates, and go through the LPU NEST result to check the latest trend. Over the past few years, LPU has been ranked by the top-notch ranking bodies under several streams, including Management and Engineering. In 2023, LPU was ranked 23 among the top universities of the country by Times Higher Education. The college offers several courses to students at the UG and PG levels. The college has collaborated with various organisations to offer courses to students. It is noticed that these collaborations have benefitted the students in many ways like now the students can attend guest lectures and can take part in various educational workshops.

LPU is famous for its BTech & MBA programmes. LPU Engineering courses are becoming famous as the placements offered to the BTech students are good. LPU is one of India’s the largest private universities which is offering modern CSE Education to students integrated with AI, Machine Learning (ML), & Data Science (DS). The university infrastructure is also quite good. 

At LPU, students are offered several BA courses. These are offered in full-time mode. Some of the popular LPU BA courses are as below:

• BA in Journalism & Mass Comm
• BA (Hons) in English
• BA (Hons) in Psychology
• BA (Hons) in Political Science
• BA in Fine Arts
• BA in Culinary Arts
• BA (Hons) in Geography

If you want to sit in the placement process at LPU, follow below tips:

• Work on building a strong resume
• Do proper research on the company you want to join
• Take assessment test to check your knowledge of fundamental concepts. This you can take online or offline.
• Improve communication and interpersonal skills.
• Prepare yourself for group discussion.

Yes, students can get admission in LPU without LPUNEST if they have scores of other accepted exams. The university conducts LPUNEST as both a scholarship and entrance test. Students can instead submit scores of the following exams as well:

• JEE Mains for BTech admission
• CAT/ XAT/ MAT for MBA admission
• CUET-PG for MSc, MCA, etc. 
• GATE for M.Tech admission
• NATA for BArch admission

According to the data gathered from unofficial sources, Engineering sector has placed the most number of LPU students. The sector-wise LPU alumni placement statistics are presented below:

More than 2,225 companies visited the campus for LPU placements 2025. In 2024, a total of 1,611 recruiters participated in the placement process. Going back to 2023 placements, 1,107 recruiters participated and placed students in various sectors. The total of recruiters participated in LPU placements betwenn 2023 and 2025 are tabulated below:

According to the latest report, LPU recorded the highest international package of INR 2.5 crore per annum in the academic year 2024-25. Earlier, the LPU highest package offered to the BTech and MBA students during the LPU placements 2024 was INR 53 LPA and INR 29.3 LPA, respectively. The key highlights of LPU placements for the Class of 2023, 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below: