What are the educational qualifications required, age limit and which country's citizenship is required to apply for the LPUNEST for BTech?
LPU NEST Required Eligibility Criteria for Admission in BTech:
The LPU NEST is organized by Lovely Professional University to offer admission to Undergraduate Engineering courses. The applicants must have qualified 10+2 examination with an aggregate of 60%with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology and English as the core subjects from the recognized board. Only Indian citizens are considered for admission.
Lovely Professional University organizes LPU NEST (Lovely Professional University National Entrance and Scholarship Test) every year to the Engineering aspirants through this gateway. The COVID-19 Pandemic has let the admission procedure shift to the online mode. The online proctored test will be a scholarship test. The applicants have to book the slot to appear for the online test that they can give from their home.
The online test for BTech will be conducted in the online mode till June 30, 2020 for the June schedule. The candidates are required to book the slots for the online exam within 5-15 days after the successful form filling. The results will be declared after four days of the successful commencement of the online examination.
The detailed eligibility criteria for LPUNEST (BTech):
Nationality:
Only Indian citizens are considered to be eligible for the application of LPU NEST for admission in BTech.
Educational Qualifications:
1. The candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with an aggregate of 60% from the recognized board such as CBSE/ICSE/CISCE/ any state board that is recognized. The relaxation in 60% marks is given below:
a. SC/ST Applicants: 5%
b. OBC Applicants: 3%
c. Applicants from North East States and Sikkim Candidates: 5%
d. Defence Personnel/ Kashmiri Migrants: 5%
e. Sports Personalities (Outstanding in the category: A/A+ category)
The certificate must be verified from the Selection Committee
2. The meritorious students who have scored marks more than 90% marks in the 12th standard or JEE Maines Exam will have the chance to apply for direct admission.
3. Applicants who have qualified 12th standard in the year 2019 or have prepared for appearing for the 2020 exam are considered eligible for the admission.
4. For BTech (Biotechnology, Food Technology, BioInformatics, Biomedical Engineering), Biology is a mandatory subject at 10+2 level for eligibility.
The admission will be given on the basis of the merit scored by the applicants in the LPU NEST for BTech. The direct admission is for the meritorious students.