Lovely Professional University is a semi-residential university college in North India created under the Punjab State Private University Act 2005 and recognized by UGC[6] under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956.[7] LPU offers around 200 programmes and courses at diploma, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The university has more than 30,000 students graduating every year

Situated on National Highway-1, at the entrance to Jalandhar City, the university offers separate residential facilities for male and female students. It has connections with universities and institutes in the USA, UK, Germany,UAE,China, MIT,Australia, Canada, Singapore, Brazil, Poland, and Ghana for twinning programmes and student exchanges.