Is CAT compulsory for taking admission in LPU or LPUNEST will do for 2016-18 batch?
No, CAT is not compulsory for MBA admission at Lovely Professional University. Students can take admission either through LPUNEST, or through national-level management exams like CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, or NMAT, depending on their situation. If you already have a valid CAT or MAT or XAT or CMAT, or NMA
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No, CAT is not compulsory at Lovely Professional University. LPUNEST or graduation marks are enough for admission.
Upvote No, CAT is not compulsory for MBA admission at LPU. You can rather apply through LPUNEST, it is accepted both for admission and scholarships, so that works even if you do not have CAT. Also LPU accepts valid scores from national-level exams like CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, and NMAT , so in case you do not
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