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IIM Lucknow Admissions 2025: Courses, Fees, Eligibility & Selection Criteria

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Autonomous UniversityUGC, AACSB, AMBA Approved

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IIM Lucknow Admission Updates

IIM Lucknow is inviting applications for the MBA in E&I program. Apply till May 31, 2024. IIM Lucknow is inviting applications for the Ph.D program. Interested Apply till February 25, 2024.


IIM Lucknow offers admission to various PG courses in Management. The PG courses include PGPs and PhD programs. IIM Lucknow offers PGP- ABM as the flagship course.

  • PGP total fees is INR 20.7 Lakhs.
  • PhD Application fee is INR 1000 (INR 500 for SC/ST candidates).
  • IIM Lucknow provides 5% relaxation in marks to reserved categories in all programs.

Interested candidates can register for PhD programs at IIM Lucknow from the link given below.

IIM Lucknow DPM Admission 2026 IIM Lucknow EFPM Registration 2026

IIM Lucknow Admission Important Dates 2026

IIM Lucknow Important dates (tentative) for PhD (DPM & EFPM) admission are given below.

Particulars Date
DPM
Application Deadline Feb 16, 2026
Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates First week of March, 2026
Personal Interviews First week of April, 2026
Announcement of Selected Candidates Third week of April, 2026
Deadline for Submission of Acceptance Fee First week of May, 2026
Commencement of Program June, 2026
EFPM
Application Deadline Jan 20, 2026
Entrance Exam Feb 01, 2026

IIM Lucknow PGP Admission 2026

IIM Lucknow offers admission to Post Graduate Program which is a two year, full time, residential program. It is offered in two specialisations namely PGP (MBA) and PGP- Agribusiness Management (PGP- ABM).

  • IIM Lucknow also provides a two-month compulsory Summer Training in industrial and business organisations.
  • IIM Lucknow total Fee for both specialisations is INR 20.7 Lakhs.

IIM Lucknow eligibility and selection criteria required for admission to PGP & PGP- ABM are given below:

Particular Details
Eligibility Criteria Candidates with a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.
CAT 2025
Selection Criteria Writing Ability Test + Personal Interview
Work Experience

IIM Lucknow PGP Admission Process 2026

IIM Lucknow admission process for both specialisations of PGP is given below.

IIM Lucknow PGP Admission Process

IIM Lucknow bMBA Admission 2026

IIM Lucknow also offers a blended MBA Program (bMBA) as a two-year MBA, offered in a blended format, combining live online & offline classes at the university. Total fee for bMBA is INR 29.4 Lakhs.

Eligibility criteria for bMBA is as follows:

  • Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 50% marks.
  • Minimum of 15 years of formal education (10 + 2 + 3/4 system).
  • Must have a valid CAT/ GRE/ GMAT/ GMAT (focus) score (centre-based only) valid for the last five years.
  • Minimum 3-years of full-time work experience after graduation.

IIM Lucknow bMBA Admission Process 2026

IIM Lucknow shortlists candidates based on the following three-stage evaluation process:

  • Shortlisting Stage
  • Interview Stage
  • Final Admission Stage

IIM Lucknow parameters for Shortlisting Score Calculation:

Parameter Weightage
Entrance Exam Score 50
HSC Marks 10
Bachelor’s Degree Marks 20
Work Experience 15
Gender Diversity 5
Total Marks 100

IIM Lucknow calculates final score for admission to bMBA program on the basis of the assigned weights as given in table given below:

Parameter Weightage
Interview 40
Entrance Exam 20
HSC Marks 5
Bachelor’s Degree 15
Work Experience 15
Gender Diversity 5
Total Marks 100

IIM Lucknow EFPM Admission 2026

IIM Lucknow offers Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EFPM) as a doctoral level program. EFPM total fee is INR 7.5 Lakhs. Fee for exempted candidates who join the EFPM directly in second year is INR 5 Lakhs.

Particular Details
Eligibility 10+2 with minimum 55% marks
Graduation (non-engineering) with minimum 50% marks and Post-graduation with minimum 55% marks OR Graduation (engineering) with minimum 65% marks OR any professional qualifications such as CA, ICWA and CS with a minimum 55% marks and B.Com. as a UG degree with minimum 50% marks.
Entrance Exams Accepted CAT/ GATE/ GMAT / GMAT Focus Edition / GRE score OREFPM Entrance Exam (conducted by IIM Lucknow)

IIM Lucknow EFPM Admission Process 2026

IIM Lucknow admission process for EFPM is as follows:

IIM Lucknow EFPM Admission Process

Note:

  • First-year-exempted candidates are required to provide an accreditation certificate/letter from the concerned institute or university.
  • While applying, candidates must choose their area of specialization.
  • Only one application is allowed, in which a candidate may apply for up to two areas.
  • Final selection is based on the candidate’s performance in the interview along with their academic and professional profile.

IIM Lucknow DPM Admission 2026

IIM Lucknow offers admission to Doctoral Program in Management (DPM). The candidate admitted to the first year is expected to complete the program in four and half years. The candidate admitted to the second year is expected to complete the program in three and half years. DPM Course- structure is described below:

  • The first two years are for course work and the last two years and six months are for research and thesis preparation.
  • Two month summer internship (After 1st year)
  • Compulsory Dissertation (2 Credits).
  • Thesis writing

To be eligible for DPM program at IIM Lucknow, candidates must have any one of the following:

  • Minimum of 55% marks in 10+2.
  • A Masters' Degree with minimum 55% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates OR
  • A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / four-year graduate degree with 75% marks (70% for SC/ST candidates) OR
  • Any professional qualifications such as CA, ICWA and CS with a minimum 55% marks and B.Com. as undergraduate degree OR
  • Applicants already holding a two/ three year-full-time classroom based PGDM from any of the IIM with a minimum of 6 CGPA OR
  • PGP-WE of IIM Lucknow with a minimum of 6 CGPA.

IIM Lucknow DPM Admission Process 2026

IIM Lucknow admission process for DPM is shown below.

IIM Lucknow DPM Admission Process

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff

IIM Lucknow CAT 2025 Sectional Cutoff for both PGP specialisations is shown below in the table.

Sections Percentile
Overall 97
QA 97
DILR 97
VARC 97

The CAT 2025 overall percentile and sectional cutoffs are the same for both PGP programs (97 percentile).

IIM Lucknow Admission 2026 FAQs

Ques. What is the EFPM Entrance exam pattern at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. IIM Lucknow pattern for EFPM Entrance Exam is as follows:

Particular Details
Mode of Exam Offline (At Noida Campus)
Medium of Exam English
Exam Type MCQ
Total No. of Ques 100
Exam Date Feb 1, 2026
Duration of Exam 120 minutes
Sections

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Ques. What are the areas of specialisations available for EFPM at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. At IIM Lucknow, candidates need to choose the area of specialization from the available academic areas for which they want to apply in the application. EFPM academic areas provided are as follows:

  • Agribusiness Management
  • Economics and Business Environment
  • Business Sustainability
  • Business Communication
  • Decision Sciences (Statistics and Operations Research)
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Human Resource Management
  • Information Technology and Systems
  • Marketing Management
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Management

A candidate can fill only one application in which they can apply in two academic areas.

Ques. Are international candidates eligible for admission to IIM Lucknow?

Ans. Yes, international candidates (including NRIs and foreign nationals) are eligible for admission to DPM at IIM Lucknow. Admissions for overseas applicants are based on GMAT or GRE scores obtained within the previous one year. Additionally, academic background and interview performance are other parameters for selection to the university.


IIM Lucknow Admission 2026 Dates

Important Events

EventDate
Acceptance Fee Payment for Second List for Admission 2026 [BS]Jul 30, 2026
Third Merit List for Admission 2026 [BS]Aug 03, 2026
Acceptance Fee Payment for Third List for Admission 2026 [BS]Aug 10, 2026
Programme Registration and Document Verification for Admission 2026 [BS]Aug 17, 2026
Commencement of Classes for Session 2026 [BS]Aug 18, 2026
Admission Timeline [MBA/PGDM]Aug 01, 2026 - Sep 13, 2026
CAT RegistrationAug 03, 2026 - Sep 25, 2026
Admission Timeline [Ph.D] (Management)Sep 01, 2026 - Nov 20, 2026 (Tentative)
CAT Admit CardOct 26, 2026 (Tentative)
CAT Admit CardOct 31, 2026 (Tentative)

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Reviews found (3)

Overall Rating7.7
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Remarks:

Yes wat and pi were done cut off for cat is generally. More than 99 percentile for shortlisting. It’s a reputed place. No GD was done and then acads and work ex are also taken into account

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Overall Rating7.7
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First you need to take the CAT exam, then if you clear every college's cutoff they'll invite you for a GD/PI. If cleared then you'll get admission, there are multiple lists released over the course of 2 month

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Overall Rating6
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Remarks:

IIM Lucknow has been among the top 5 IIMs in the country. Moreover, the Agribusiness course at IIM Lucknow is the top agri business course in the country and coming from the food technology background I wanted to make a career in agribusiness hence I choose IIM Lucknow

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