LPU Scholarship - Eligibility Criteria, Types, Amount

LPU scholarships are offered for all the programmes of the university, ranging from Diplomas to PhD. Students were awarded with scholarship worth Rs. 100+ crores in the last year itself.

All the AICTE-approved colleges were eligible for GPAT-based scholarships as well as the AICTE-M.Arch scholarships. The same has been discontinued from 2023. However, LPU is still continuing with its GPAT-based scholarships and interested candidates can apply for the same. 

LPU Scholarship Categories:

Scholarships are awarded to candidates based on their performance on any of the following categories:

• Merit Scholarship: Scholarships are awarded to candidates based on their performance on any of the following categories:
  • Eligibility Qualification: (for example, on the basis of performance in10+2 for Undergraduate Programmes and graduation for PG Programmes)
  • Qualification previous to eligibility qualification: This scholarship is applicable After Graduation Programmes, scholarship on the basis of qualification previous to eligibility qualification.
  • LPU’s Entrance and Scholarship Test: LPUNEST
  • Certain National Level Tests (NEET, UCEED, CAT, MAT, GATE, GPAT, MAT etc.)
  • Scholarship based on Innovation, Start-up & Entrepreneurship
  • Performance in Sports, Cultural, R&D, Co-curricular, Social Service and Bravery Awards.
  • Ph.D. programmes Scholarship
  • For Toppers of Centre and State Boards
• Financial Aid
  • Need Based
  • Defence and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel and their dependants
  • For Orphan Applicants
  • For Person with Certain Disability

LPU Scholarship Brackets

The scholarship percentage varies programme-wise at LPU University as per the following table. For each category mentioned above, 1-3 brackets of Scholarship (Bracket 1, 2, and 3) are defined. Each bracket represents specific criteria which an applicant must fulfil, for him/her to fall in that particular bracket. Criteria in bracket 1 is most strict and the conditions are relaxed in subsequent brackets and LPU scholarship is also reduced in each next bracket. So, the students meeting the requirement of Bracket1 (top bracket) gets the highest LPU scholarship and those in Bracket 2 or Bracket 3 gets relatively lesser scholarship.

Provided below are the details of the programme-specific scholarships provided to deserving candidates. Some of the popular courses and the LPU scholarships are given here for your reference:

LPU Scholarships: Course Specific: UG Courses

LPU Scholarships: Course Specific: PG Courses

LPU University offers a special scholarship scheme on performance in Innovation, Startup, Entrepreneurship & Hackathons. This scholarship is offered to students who would like to continue their pursuit of creative minds. This scholarship is primarily meant to inspire students to follow their dreams.

• Scholarship will be awarded to the students based on achievements in the previous two years.
• Students will be selected on the basis of their achievements at the international/national level.
• Final recommendation for the policy will be given by the selection committee.

LPU scholarships are also offered for various programmes on the basis of Performance/rank in the national level entrance exam such as JEE Main, NCHM JEE, NEET, CLAT, CAT, MAT etc. The exam-wise LPU scholarships for the academic year 2024 is mentioned below. 

LPU Entrance Based Scholarships 2024

Scholarship for a specific Programme depends on Performance in LPUNEST.

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

Group 1: For All Engineering and Architectural Assistantship Diploma (After 10th) programmes (Including Lateral Entry Programmes), B.Sc. Hons. (( Zoology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), B.Sc. (Hons.) Statistics in tie up with IBM, B.Com. (Including Lateral Entry, International Credit transfer and it's Specialization) Programmes, B.Sc. (Hons.) Economics, B.A./ BPA (Music Vocal/ Theatre), B.A./ B.A. (Hons.), UG Physical Education Programmes, M.Com., M.Sc. Economics, M.Arch. Executive (Part Time), M.Plan., M.Design and M.Sc. (Design) Programmes, M.Sc. (Film and T.V. Production) and M.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication), M.A. (Music Vocal), M.A. English, M.A. Public Administration, M.A. Psychology, M.A. Clinical Psychology, M.A. Sociology, M.A. Political Science, M.A. Philosophy, M.Sc. Geography, Bachelors of Library & Information Science, Master of Library & Information Science, LL.B., LL.M., M.Ed., M.P.Ed., B.P.Ed., M.Tech. Programmes, M.Sc. [Forensic Sciences, Food Science & technology, Nutrition and Dietetics, (Hons.) Biotechnology, (Hons.) Microbiology], M.Sc. [(Hons.) Zoology, (Hons.) Botany, (Hons.) Physics, (Hons.) Chemistry, (Hons.) Mathematics, Statistics and Data Analytics] Programmes, M.Pharm. (Ayurveda), M.Sc. Clinical Biochemistry, M.Sc. Clinical Microbiology, Integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.

Group 2: For Diploma (After 10th) in Business Administration, Diploma in Fashion Design and Medical Lab. Technology programmes, All B.Tech. Programmes (Including Specializations, Hons., International Credit transfer and Lateral Entry except B.Tech. CSE Programmes), BCA Programmes (Including Lateral Entry, International Credit transfer and its Specialization), B.Sc. [Forensic Sciences, Food Technology, Nutrition and Dietetics, (Hons.) Biotechnology, (Hons.) Microbiology], BBA Programmes (Including Lateral Entry, International Credit transfer and its Specialization), Hotel Management (Including Lateral Entry and International Credit transfer) Programmes, B.Arch., B.Plan., B.Design Programmes (Including International Credit transfer) and B.Sc. (Design) Programmes (Including Lateral Entry , International Credit transfer and it's Specialization), B.A.-LL.B., BBA-LL.B., Bachelor of Fine Arts, B.A. (Fine Arts), B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication), BPT (Including Lateral Entry), B.Pharm. (Ayurveda), B.Sc. MLT (Including Lateral Entry), MBA Programmes (Including, International Credit transfer and its Specialization), M.Sc. Hotel Management, MFA, MCA Programmes, MPT Programmes.

Group 3: For B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering Programmes (Including Hons., Lateral Entry, International Credit transfer and it's Specialization), Under Graduate Agriculture Programme, BCA Hons., BBA Hons., B.Com Hons., B.Pharm., B.Pharm. [Lateral Entry], Post Graduate Agriculture Programmes and M.Pharm Programmes, M.Sc. (Clinical Embryology).

For All Programmes: Phase II

LPU defines different phases of admissions depending on the time an applicant registers himself/herself with the University. The Scholarship as mentioned in above table is for the first phase of admission. Subsequent phase of admission may be defined as per the availability of seats, where the scholarship will be reduced.

• All other conditions as mentioned under the head “Terms and Conditions for LPU-Scholarship and its different phases” in Part B of Prospectus-2024 will also be applicable.

The categories of scholarship are based upon performance in LPUNEST (Ph.D.) The cut-off for each category will be announced along with the result of the respective schedule. The scholarship details are as per the following table:

Note:
Applicant seeking test (LPUNEST (Ph.D.)) exemption on basis of, UGC (NET/ JRF)/ CSIR (NET/ JRF)/ ICAR (JRF/ SRF) examination/ SLET (Punjab only)/ GATE/ GPAT/ ICAR (NET), Teacher Fellowship holder or passed M.Phil. Programme (in Regular mode only) may appear for test LPUNEST (Ph.D.) in order to avail the scholarship as mentioned above.

The result of the scholarship for Ph.D. applicants will be declared along with the Ph.D. Interview results.

Scholarships are applicable on the basis of:

• Sports
• Cultural
• R & D
• Co-curricular
• Social Service
• Bravery Awards

There are several subcategories in this category of LPU scholarships.

1. Defence and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel and their dependants
2. Toppers of Education Board
3. Scholarship for Orphan Applicants
4. Scholarship for Person with Certain Disability

Note: Scholarship brackets and/or Phases are not applicable for special scholarship and /or fee concession.

Scholarship Brackets:

For each category, there exists three brackets of Scholarship (Bracket 1, 2 and 3) are defined. Each bracket has its own respective criteria that need to be met for availing the applicable scholarship. Therefore, the students meeting the requirement of Bracket- 1 gets the highest Scholarship and those in Bracket - 2 or 3 get a relatively lesser scholarship.

Scholarship Phases:

Admissions in LPU are done in different Phases, which are bifurcations of the Admission time period. The amount of Scholarship also depends on the Phase in which the candidate takes admission in the University. (Phase – I) starts as early as January 2024 and continues till the end of April 2024. The subsequent phases (Phase-II, III, IV,V) are conducted only if the seats in the concerned Programme remain vacant. The amount of Scholarship reduces with each passing phase and no scholarship is offered in Phase - V (if conducted).

Lovely Professional University work experience-based scholarship is for all MBA programmes. Candidates have to adhere to the following LPU scholarship criteria before applying for the scholarship: 

• The applicant shall have a minimum of 2 years of work experience for the scholarship prior to the application submission. 
• Only Full-time employment shall be accepted for the calculation of work experience. 
• The work experience attained only after meeting graduation shall be counted for this purpose.
• Students shall note that even the full-time internships included in the graduation programme shall not be accepted for the analysis of two years work requirements.
• The work experience is not required to be from a single employer.
• The applicant can propose work experience from distinct employers but at least 6 months of work experience shall be from 1 employer i.e. if the student has worked for less than 6 months with an employer, then the same shall not be considered for the analysis of two years of work experience. 
•  Applicants would be called for a personal interview (PI) to validate the affirmations and documents presented.

LPU Scholarship Details 

Note* For the benefit of the aforementioned categories, students shall have at least 6 months of experience in the organisation. Scholarships will be awarded according to serial number 2, for instance, if a student has worked for 5 months in a Fortune Global 500 business and 18 months in a publicly traded company.

Documents Required for LPU Work Experience Based Scholarships

Candidates shall submit the following documents while applying for the scholarship at Lovely Professional University: 

• Experience certificate that specifically states the date of hire, working hours, date of release, job responsibilities, salary received, and any other supporting documentation.
• At least one letter of recommendation from a former job.
• Candidates shall not have been terminated from his/her job and had a clean reputation during their employment at the organisation.
• Candidates may have their employment from more than one organisation subject to a minimum of 6-month recruitment from each organisation. Hence, an experience letter mentioning the date of joining and leaving the organisation shall be on the paper mentioned. 
• No request for review will be entertained in this regard; the university's decision will be final and binding.

The scholarship will also be offered on the basis of Eligibility qualification.

Scholarship Brackets

For each category, there are three brackets of Scholarship (Bracket 1, 2 and 3) that are defined. Each bracket has its own respective criteria that need to be met for availing the applicable scholarship. Therefore, the students meeting the requirement of Bracket- 1 gets the highest Scholarship and those in Bracket - 2 or 3 get a relatively lesser scholarship amount.

Scholarship Phases

Admissions in LPU are done in different phases, which are bifurcations of the admission time period. The amount of scholarship also depends on the phase in which the candidate takes admission to the university. Phase I starts as early as January and continues till the end of April. The subsequent phases, Phase II, III, IV, and V, are conducted only if the seats in the concerned programme remain vacant. The amount of scholarship reduces with each passing phase and no scholarship is offered in Phase V (if conducted).