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Other name | LPU |
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Motto | "Transforming Education Transforming India" |
Type | Private |
Established | 2005 |
Chancellor | Ashok Kumar Mittal [1] |
Vice-Chancellor | Jaspal Singh Sandhu |
Academic staff | 2066 [2] |
Students | 34,871 (2024) [3] |
Location | , , India [a] 31°15′13″N75°42′13″E / 31.253609°N 75.70367°E |
Campus | Rural, 90 acres (36 ha) [b] [4] |
Colours | Orange |
Affiliations | UGC, AIU, PCI, NCTE, COA, ACBSP, ACU, ICAR, BCI, |
Website | www |
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Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a private university located in Phagwara, Punjab, India. [5] [6] Established under the Lovely Professional University Act, 2005, it commenced operations in 2006. [7] [8]
The university is founded and governed by Chancellor Ashok Kumar Mittal, while administration and operations are governed by his wife, Rashmi Mittal, as the pro-chancellor of the university. [9] [10]
LPU has schools on various subjects including business, fashion design, engineering, law, education, agriculture, humanities, and tourism. [11]
The Lovely Professional University is affiliated and recognised by national facilitators such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), [12] the Pharmacy Council of India, [13] and the Bar Council of India. [14] [15]
LPU's School of Agriculture is accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. [16] It has accreditations and memberships of the National Board of Accreditation (NBA),[ citation needed ] Council of Architecture (CoA), [17] and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). [18]
LPU is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. [19]
The distance education programmes are approved by the UGC's Distance Education Bureau. [20]
University rankings | |
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General – international | |
Times (World) (2022) [21] | 1001–1200 |
General – India | |
NIRF (Overall) (2022) [22] | 58 |
NIRF (Overall) (2023) [23] | 46 |
NIRF (Research) (2023) [24] | 42 |
NIRF (Universities) (2022) [25] | 47 |
NIRF (Universities) (2023) [26] | 38 |
Engineering – India | |
NIRF (2022) [27] | 51 |
NIRF (2023) [28] | 50 |
NIRF (2024) [29] | 50 |
Law – India | |
NIRF (2022) [30] | 13 |
NIRF (2023) [31] | 16 |
Business/Management – India | |
NIRF (2022) [32] | 34 |
NIRF (2024) [33] | 38 |
Pharmacy – India | |
NIRF (2022) [34] | 19 |
Architecture – India | |
NIRF (2022) [35] | 12 |
In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, LPU secured the 38th position nationally. In 2023, NIRF ranked Lovely Professional University 46th overall and 38th among universities. [36] It also ranked 32nd in management, 17th in pharmacy, 50th in engineering, 16th in law and 16th in architecture ranking in India. [37]
LPU ranked 601-800 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2025. [43]
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