LPU PhD Admission 2024 (Jan): Dates, Application, Entrance (LPUNEST)

LPU PhD Admission
LPU PhD Admission

LPU PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) – Lovely Professional University (LPU) Jalandhar invites application for PhD admissions through entrance test LPUNEST (PhD) for 2024 (Jan).

Check full details on LPU PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) here.

LPU PhD Programs

Full-Time Mode PhD Programs

  • PhD Aerospace Engineering
  • PhD Agronomy
  • PhD Architecture
  • PhD Ayurvedic Pharmacy
  • PhD Biochemistry
  • PhD Bioinformatics
  • PhD Biotechnology
  • PhD Botany
  • PhD Chemical Engineering
  • PhD Chemistry
  • PhD Civil Engineering
  • PhD Clinical Biochemistry
  • PhD Clinical Microbiology
  • PhD Commerce
  • PhD Computer Applications
  • PhD Computer Science and Engineering
  • PhD Economics
  • PhD Education
  • PhD Electrical Engineering
  • PhD Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • PhD English
  • PhD Entomology
  • PhD Environmental Sciences
  • PhD Fashion
  • PhD Film and TV Production
  • PhD Fine Arts
  • PhD Food Science and Technology
  • PhD Forensic Sciences
  • PhD Fruit Science
  • PhD Genetics & Plant Breeding
  • PhD Geography
  • PhD Geospatial Information Science and Technology
  • PhD Hindi
  • PhD History
  • PhD Hotel Management
  • PhD Interior and Furniture Design
  • PhD Journalism and Mass Communication
  • PhD Law
  • PhD Management
  • PhD Mathematics
  • PhD Mechanical Engineering
  • PhD Microbiology
  • PhD Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
  • PhD Performing Arts-Music
  • PhD Performing Arts-Theatre
  • PhD Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • PhD Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • PhD Pharmaceutics
  • PhD Pharmacognosy
  • PhD Pharmacology
  • PhD Pharmacy Practice
  • PhD Physical Education
  • PhD Physics
  • PhD Physiotherapy
  • PhD Planning
  • PhD Plant Pathology
  • PhD Political Science
  • PhD Product and Industrial Design
  • PhD Psychology
  • PhD Public Administration
  • PhD Punjabi
  • PhD Sociology
  • PhD Soil Science
  • PhD Tourism Management
  • PhD User Experience
  • PhD Vegetable Science
  • PhD Zoology

Part-Time Mode PhD Programs

  • PhD Aerospace Engineering
  • PhD Architecture
  • PhD Ayurvedic Pharmacy
  • PhD Biochemistry
  • PhD Bioinformatics
  • PhD Biotechnology
  • PhD Botany
  • PhD Chemical Engineering
  • PhD Chemistry
  • PhD Civil Engineering
  • PhD Clinical Biochemistry
  • PhD Clinical Microbiology
  • PhD Commerce
  • PhD Computer Applications
  • PhD Computer Science and Engineering
  • PhD Economics
  • PhD Education
  • PhD Electrical Engineering
  • PhD Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • PhD English
  • PhD Environmental Sciences
  • PhD Fashion
  • PhD Film and TV Production
  • PhD Fine Arts
  • PhD Food Science and Technology
  • PhD Forensic Sciences
  • PhD Geography
  • PhD Geospatial Information Science and Technology
  • PhD Hindi
  • PhD History
  • PhD Hotel Management
  • PhD Interior and Furniture Design
  • PhD Journalism and Mass Communication
  • PhD Law
  • PhD Management
  • PhD Mathematics
  • PhD Mechanical Engineering
  • PhD Microbiology
  • PhD Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
  • PhD Performing Arts-Music
  • PhD Performing Arts-Theatre
  • PhD Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • PhD Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • PhD Pharmaceutics
  • PhD Pharmacognosy
  • PhD Pharmacology
  • PhD Pharmacy Practice
  • PhD Physical Education
  • PhD Physics
  • PhD Physiotherapy
  • PhD Planning
  • PhD Plant Pathology
  • PhD Political Science
  • PhD Product and Industrial Design
  • PhD Psychology
  • PhD Public Administration
  • PhD Punjabi
  • PhD Sociology
  • PhD Soil Science
  • PhD Tourism Management
  • PhD User Experience
  • PhD Zoology

About LPUNEST (PhD)

  • LPU Jalandhar is conducting National Entrance and Scholarship Test (LPUNEST) for PhD aspirants.
  • LPUNEST (Ph.D.) will provide a gateway to all Ph.D. Programmes in LPU and will act as Entrance test for admission in Ph.D. Programmes at LPU.

LPU PhD Admission Jan 2024 Important Dates

EventsDates
Online Registration starts on25th September 2023 onwards
Last date of Registration22nd November 2023*
Dates of Entrance Test#24th and 26th November 2023
Result of LPUNEST (Ph.D.)2nd December 2023
Interview Slot Booking2nd December to 5th December 2023
Interview Schedule8th December to 13th December 2023
Result of Interview18th December 2023
Last Date of Admission10th January 2024

Eligibility Criteria for LPU PhD Admission 2024 (Jan)

For Non Agriculture Programmes

Eligibility Criteria (Qualifying Exam)

Pass with 55% aggregate marks or equivalent grades prescribed by UGC in the Master’s Degree* (2 year or 4 semester Master’s Degree after a 3-year Bachelor’s Degree #) or equivalent in the relevant subject to qualifying LPUNEST and Interview.

# Candidate who has completed 1-year/2-semester master’s degree* programme with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks or equivalent grades prescribed by UGC after a 4-year/8-semester bachelor’s degree is also eligible.

(A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC or ST or OBC (non-creamy layer) or Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.)

Note:

  • Applicants having relevant Post Graduation degrees in Engineering are only allowed to apply for the Ph.D. in engineering disciplines.
    For example, applicants with M.Tech./ ME in CSE would apply for Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering), and applicants with MCA or M.Sc. (CS/IT) degrees should apply for Ph.D. (Computer Applications).
  • The applicants with master❜s degree in distance education or online mode are not allowed to take admission in the Ph.D. Engineering Programmes.
  • An applicant who has completed the Company Secretary(CS) course from ‘The Institute of Company Secretaries of India’ (ICSI) with a Minimum of 55% aggregate marks is eligible to apply for admission Ph.D. (Commerce) and Ph.D. (Management).
  • An applicant who has completed the Chartered Accountancy (CA) course from ‘The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’ (ICAI) with a Minimum of 55% aggregate marks is eligible to apply for admission to Ph.D. (Commerce).
  • An applicant who has completed PGDBM (2 Years), which is equivalent to Master❜s Degree by AIU is eligible to apply for admission to Ph.D. (Management)

Selection Criteria

  • An applicant will be short listed for interview on the basis of his/ her score in the entrance examination LPUNEST (Ph.D.).
  • The final selection for admission in Ph.D. will be based on the performance in Entrance Test (70% weightage) and Interview (30% weightage) subject to scoring minimum marks in the Interview.

Exemption from Entrance Test

Applicants who have qualified UGC (NET / JRF) / CSIR (NET/ JRF) / ICAR (JRF / SRF) examinations / SLET (Punjab only) / GATE or GPAT score card / ICAR (NET), SPM, Teacher Fellowship holder or passed M.Phil. Programme (in Regular mode only) are exempted from entrance examination LPUNEST (Ph.D.).
Note:

  • The Exemption is for LPUNEST (Ph.D.) only but the applicant will have to fill out the LPUNEST (Ph.D.) form and appear for the Interview. The applicants are required to bring the original documents against which exemption is sought at the time of the interview.
  • All documents presented for exemption should be valid at the time of admission.
  • The final selection for admission in Ph.D. will be based on the performance in Entrance Test (70% weightage) and Interview (30% weightage) subject to scoring minimum marks in the Interview. However, if anyone is exempted from LPUNEST (Ph.D.) entrance test, then 100% weightage will be given to the Interview only.

For Agriculture Programmes

Eligibility Criteria (Qualifying Exam)

  • Master’s degree with 65%* marks in aggregate in a relevant discipline or equivalent, subject to qualifying LPUNEST and Interview.
  • For SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer) / differently-abled candidates relaxation of 5% of marks from 65% to 60% will be applicable.

Selection Criteria

  • An applicant will be short listed for interview on the basis of his/ her score in the entrance examination LPUNEST (Ph.D.).
  • The final selection for admission to Ph.D. will be based on the performance in Entrance Test (80% weightage) and Interview (20% weightage) subject to scoring minimum marks in the Interview.

Exemption from Entrance Test

Applicants who have qualified UGC (NET/ JRF)/ CSIR (NET/ JRF)/ ICAR (JRF/ SRF) examination/ SLET (Punjab only)/ GATE or GPAT score card/ ICAR (NET), SPM, Teacher Fellowship holder or passed M.Phil. Programme (in Regular mode only) are exempted from LPUNEST (Ph.D.).

Note:

  • The Exemption is for LPUNEST (Ph.D.) only but the applicant will have to fill out the LPUNEST (Ph.D.) form and appear for the Interview. The applicants are required to bring the original documents against which exemption is sought at the time of the interview.
  • All documents presented for exemption should be valid at the time of admission.
  • The final selection for admission in Ph.D. will be based on the performance in Entrance Test (80% weightage) and Interview (20% weightage) subject to scoring minimum marks in the Interview. However, if anyone is exempted from LPUNEST (Ph.D.) entrance test, then 100% weightage will be given to Interview only.

LPU PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) Application Process

Eligible candidates can apply online only through the official website of LPU.

Read instruction carefully given on their website before applying.

Application Fee

For BoysRs. 1000
For GirlsRs. 500
Mode of PaymentThrough online

LPUNEST PhD Entrance Exam Details

Exam Pattern

It is divided into two papers, i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II.

Mode of testNo. of Questions
Duration2 Hours
No. of Questions for Paper-I50 Objective Type
No. of Questions for Paper-II50 Objective Type

Paper-I(Teaching and Research Aptitude) shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/ research aptitude reading comprehension, communication, reasoning (including mathematical), logical reasoning, data interpretation, information and communication technology (ICT), people and environment, higher education system: governance polity and administration.
Paper-II (Programme wise) shall consist of multiple objective type compulsory questions based on the subject selected by the candidate.

Note:

  • Paper I of Agriculture disciplines will consist of questions from basic agriculture
  • Each question will carry 1 mark. There would be no negative marks for a wrong answer.

Syllabus

Syllabus will be as per UGC-NET, UGC-CSIR, GPAT, ICAR, and GATE.

For more details – click

Fee & Scholarship

For details of Fee & scholarship – refer “Fee and Scholarship”.

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Previous Admissions

LPU PhD Admission Aug 2022

Important Dates

EventDates
Online Registration starts on26th May 2022
Last date of Registration6th July 2022
Dates of Entrance Test8th and 10th July 2022
Result of LPUNEST (Ph.D.)15th July 2022
Interview Slot Booking15th to 18th July 2022
Interview Schedule20th to 24th July 2022
Result of Interview28th July 2022
Last Date of Admission10th August 2022

LPU PhD Admission Jan 2022

Important Dates

 EventsJanuary (2022) Schedule
Online Registration starts on28th September 2021
Last date of Registration24th November 2021
Dates of Entrance Test26th and 28th November 2021
Result of LPUNEST (Ph.D.)4th December 2021
Interview Slot Booking4th to 7th December 2021
Interview Schedule10th to 15th December 2021
Result of Interview20th December 2021
Last Date of Admission5th January 2022

LPU PhD Admission Aug 2021

Important Dates

ParticularsAugust (2021) Schedule
Start of Online Registration24 March 2021
Last date of Registration26 May 2021
Dates of Entrance Test28 and 30 May 2021
Result of LPUNEST (PhD)04 June 2021
Interview Slot Booking04 to 07 June 2021
Interview schedule10 to 15 June 2021
Result of Interview19 June 2021
Last Date of Admission05 July 2021