Lovely Professional University is a private semi residential university created under the state government private university act

Lovely Professional University

Lovely Professional University
Main gate of Lovely Professional University
Chancellor	Ashok K. Mittal
Vice-Chancellor	Ramesh Kanwar
Location	Phagwara at the entry of Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Campus	600+ acres
Nickname	LPU
Affiliations	UGC
Website	lpu.in

Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a private semi-residential university created under the state government private university act. LPU claims to be the largest private university in India in terms of number of students on a single campus and is situated on 600+ acres of green area on NH-1 at the entry of Jalandhar city. The university has more than 25,000 students from 26 states and 16 countries. It is recognized by UGC under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956.

Strict discipline is maintained on campus: students are not allowed to leave without written permission from their parents and have to wear a uniform on weekdays. It is a residential university with separate hostels for boys and girls housing more than 10,000 students. AC and non-AC facilities with different fees are available in hostels depending on student need.

LPU provides education through more than 150 doctorate, post graduate, graduate and diploma programmes in a variety of disciplines.

Lovely Professional University has tied with international universities for twinning programs and international exposure programs.

Facts and figures

The following facts are told by people from LPU and are repeatedly cited in their advertisements on television and newspapers.

• 25,000+ students
• 600+ acre campus
• 150+ programmes
• 25+ international tie-ups
• Students are from 26 states of India and 16 countries
• 6000+ placements so far in fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Tech Mahindra, Reliance, HSBC, Mishra cement, INfoysys, Accenture, TCS,Samsung, IBM, Nestle, WIPRO Technologies, Convergys, Axis Bank, DELL, Head Strong, Johnson & Johnson, Sasken Technologies, Cipla, HDFC Bank, ICICI, etc.

Rankings

The Lovely Faculty of Technology and Sciences was not ranked in either the Outlook India Top 75 Engineering Colleges of 2011, the India Today Best Engineering colleges of 2011 or Dataquest's Top Engineering Colleges in India of 2010. In rankings limited to private institutes, it didn't rank in the Electronics for You Top 50 Private engineering colleges of 2011, nor was it ranked on the Mint Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2009. On the very limited CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011 it was ranked #29.

The Lovely Faculty of Business and Applied Arts was not ranked in the India Today The 50 best business schools of 2011, nor was it ranked in the CSR-GHRDC's B-School Survey of 2011.

Recognitions and approvals

Lovely Professional University has recognitions and approvals of the following:

• UGC (University Grant Commission)
• Association of Indian Universities
• Distance Education Council
• NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education)
• PCI (Pharmacy Council of India)
• IAP (Indian Association of Physiotherapists)
• Council of Architecture
• Bar Council of India
• The Institution of Engineers (India)

Student services

• Hostel facilities
• Transportation
• Cafe and kiosks
• Campus clinic
• Physiotherapy clinic
• Gymnasium
• Bookshop
• Career counseling
• Banks
• Loan facility
• Library
• Computing services
• Information Technology support
• Sports facilities

Faculties in LPU

Lovely Faculty of Business and Applied Arts

• Department of Management
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Economics
• Department of Hotel Management
• Department of Architecture
• Department of Multimedia
• Department of Journalism and Film Production
• Department of Interior Design
• Department of Fashion Technology
• Department of Fine Arts
• Department of Performing Arts
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Languages
• Department of Social Sciences

Lovely Faculty of Technology and Sciences

• Department of Engineering
• Department of Computer Applications/IT
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Botany
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Physics
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Agriculture

Lovely Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Physiotherapy
• Department of Paramedical Sciences

Lovely Faculty of Education and Humanities

• Department of Education
• Department of Physical Education
• Department of Library Sciences

Lovely Faculty of Education

• Department of Education
• Department of Physical Education

Distance Education

LPU offers affordable university education through its distance education programme. The directorate may be contacted at 01824-510301, +91-98760-11133 for information regarding admissions, programmes, examinations, study material, contact classes, etc.

The LPU Directorate of Distance Education caters to the needs of students who cannot pursue formal education in colleges and universities.

The distance education programmes at LPU are DEC recognized. In the distance education programmes offered by are Comprehensive Study Material, Interactive Contact Classes, Exhaustive Online Support, Academic Resources (in the form of Study Guides, Resource Library with Powerpoint presentations, Case studies, Reading references e-Books, Scheme and Syllabus, Instruction Plans, Digital Library with links to online journals and reading material assignments), Online Mentoring (via E-mails, Discussion Forum, Chat Sessions), Online Administrative Facilitation (similar to a notice board for up-to-date information, Academic and Administrative Guidelines, Online Grievance Cell, Online Feedback Form), Student Support Services, Actively Operational E-Learning Portal and many more.

Violence on campus

In April 2011, a Lovely student was beaten by other players and fans during a football game and died a few hours later. The beaten student was from Mizoram and the three accused were Sudanese and Tanzanian.

The racial aspect of the crime led to near-rioting on the campus, destroying a number of kiosks and cars. Tension continued with the university closed for three days, and with police being pelted with stones by angry students. LPU Pro-Chancellor Rashmi Mittal described the attack as, "students didn’t take the spirit of the game in a positive manner". The university's management have also been criticised for ignoring earlier racial attacks.