Lovely Professional University introduces US based Major & Minor System for Engineering Students from this session

*LPU extending beneficial multi-disciplinary learning in same duration of the Programme at no additional    cost
* Changing perspectives want students to hone their skills in more than one stream of learning: Chancellor Ashok Mittal
*Engineering students can choose ‘Major’ for one specialization, and Minor from other offered disciplines
*Specializations in engineering are: ME, CE, Nano-Technology, Bio-Technology, CSE, IT, ECE, EEE.

Jalandhar: The demand for Multi-disciplinary studies, during a single study-programme, has been continuously increasing on the preference of Industry Employment, worldwide. Such a study provides strong foundation in allied topics of interest through coursework from multiple disciplines and participation in other skills & culture. Pacing along with the global trends and traditions for the increased employability of its students; Lovely Professional University has started with US based Major and Minor system, so as to diversify students’ learning across multiple specialties.

Under this new system, LPU students can choose a specialization in ECE, CSE and Management, in addition to the core area of their study. Presently, LPU offers eight specializations in engineering- ME, CE, Nano-Technology, Bio-Technology, CSE, IT, ECE, EEE. To specialize, a student can go for two specializations- one Major and another Minor.  For this, an Electronics and Communication Engineering student can take ECE as Major and, say, Computer Science as Minor. Similarly, Mechanical Engineering student can choose ME as core subject and, additionally Management or IT as Minor. This Concept of Minor, available for Engineering, will be applicable to all branches of Engineering.  The minors available are ‘CSE, Management and ECE’.

In this context, Mr. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor LPU stated:  “This adoption of Major and Minor specializations is very common in US. During our recent visit to Harvard University and other US Universities, we observed that students benefit a lot with such system. Our Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, who himself has spent 35 years in US, is pushing hard on these lines to enable students to take two subjects during the same duration and fee structure. This all is because present day recruiters want professionals equipped with multiple skills. As such, keeping in view the changing perspectives, it will be extremely beneficial for the students to hone their skills in more than one stream of learning.”

He added: “This system will be optional on the part of the student, and the students will start pursuing their studies for Minor from 3rd semester onwards. The students will not be charged any additional fees for choosing these additional subjects, to their core discipline of study. Under this newly designed concept interested students will have to study six additional courses. This idea has been a big hit with the students, who want to sharpen their understanding of diverse domains of engineering and management, and widen their sphere of acceptability among recruiters of various fields.”