IIM Lucknow Placement 2026 for the 2024-26 batch reported a highest domestic CTC of INR 1 crore per annum and a highest international CTC of INR 65 LPA. The average CTC stood at INR 33.2 LPA. Recruiters included Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, American Express, Bain & Company and many more.

IIM Lucknow Summer Placement 2025-27 closed with 572 offers for students from the 41st PGP and 22nd PGP-ABM batches. The average monthly stipend was INR 1.67 lakh, and the highest stipend reached INR 3.95 lakh per month, with Finance recording the highest domain-wise stipend.

IIM Lucknow Placement Highlights

Program Batch Size Highest CTC Average CTC
PGP & PGP-ABM 559 INR 1 Crore INR 33.2 LPA
IPMX 114 - INR 27.65 LPA
PGP-SM 45 INR 45.37 LPA INR 22 LPA

The highest international package stayed at INR 65 LPA from the previous year. The highest domestic package rose by 33.3% in 2026 compared with 2025. Peak packages moved sharply across years, while average salaries remained steadier.

IIM Lucknow Placement 2026 (PGP & PGP-ABM)

IIM Lucknow Placement 2026 for PGP and PGP-ABM saw more than 580 offers for 559 students. The average CTC was INR 33.2 LPA, and the median CTC was INR 32.9 LPA. The highest domestic CTC touched INR 1 Crore per annum, while the highest international CTC was INR 65 LPA.

In IIM Lucknow Summer Placements 2025-27, students of the 41st PGP and 22nd PGP-ABM batches received 572 offers. The average monthly stipend moved up to INR 1.67 lakh, the median stipend was INR 1.72 lakh per month, and the top stipend stood at INR 3.95 lakh per month.

Salary outcomes were stronger for the top segments of the batch. The average CTC by student group is listed below:

  • Top 5%: Average CTC of INR 59.7 LPA
  • Top 10%: Average CTC of INR 52.6 LPA
  • Top 20%: Average CTC of INR 48.7 LPA
  • Top 50%: Average CTC of INR 42.2 LPA

Domain-Wise Salary 2026

Domain Highest CTC Mean CTC
Finance INR 100 LPA INR 34.8 LPA
Consulting INR 45.4 LPA INR 36.9 LPA
Product, Tech & Analytics INR 80.0 LPA INR 33.2 LPA
Sales & Marketing INR 51.6 LPA INR 28.5 LPA
General Management INR 56.0 LPA INR 30.9 LPA
Operations INR 40.0 LPA INR 30.1 LPA

Consulting had the largest placement share at 39%. General Management followed with 20%, Finance with 17%, and IT, including Technology, Analytics and Product roles, with 13%.

Top Recruiters 2026

Consulting, finance, technology and management recruiters joined the final placement process. Among the listed companies, Accenture gave the highest number of offers.

Recruiter Offers
Accenture 56
Deloitte 26
PwC 24
American Express 23
Bain & Company 18
BCG 18
EY 13
McKinsey & Company 12
Navi 12
Alvarez & Marsal 11

Final Placements Batch Profile 2026

The final placement batch had 559 students. It included 90 CFA-qualified students and 23 CA-qualified students.

Particulars Details
Male Students 364 (65%)
Female Students 195 (35%)
Top Feeder Institute NIT - 57
Other Top Feeder Institutes IIT - 50, SRCC - 31, BITS - 10

IIM Lucknow Summer Placements 2025-27

IIM Lucknow Summer Placements 2025-27 generated 572 offers for the 41st PGP and 22nd PGP-ABM batches. The average stipend rose by 16.5% over the previous year to INR 1.67 lakh per month. For the top 10% of students, the average stipend was INR 2.64 lakh/month.

Domain-Wise Summer Stipends 2025-27

Domain Highest Stipend/Month Median Stipend/Month
Consulting INR 2.50 lakh INR 2 lakh
Product, Tech & Analytics INR 2.25 lakh INR 1.75 lakh
Finance INR 3.95 lakh INR 1.50 lakh
Operations INR 2.20 lakh INR 1.60 lakh
Sales & Marketing INR 2.50 lakh INR 1.50 lakh
General Management INR 2.25 lakh INR 1.50 lakh

Summer Placement Batch Profile 2025-27

The 2025-27 summer placement batch had 572 students. By education background, the batch had 68 students from IITs, 13 from BITS, 66 from NITs, and 39 from SRCC.

  • Gender Distribution: The batch had 399 male students (70%) and 173 female students (30%).
  • Professional Qualifications: 44 students were CFA-qualified, 15 had CA qualifications, and 18 had other professional qualifications.

Work Experience

Work Experience Students
0-1 Year 227
1-2 Years 142
2-3 Years 161
3-4 Years 33
4+ Years 9

Summer Placements Top Recruiters

Category Recruiters
Major Recruiters Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, McKinsey & Company, BCG, Bain & Company, Deloitte, Accenture, Adobe, American Express, Morgan Stanley and many more.
First-Time Recruiters Salesforce, Morgan Stanley IB, Wells Fargo, DE Shaw, Crisil, Mondelez, Dell Technologies, I Squared Capital, Nestle, Galderma, Eternal, Neo Asset Management etc.
Legacy Recruiters Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, BCG, Bain & Company, Amazon, Accenture, Deloitte, American Express, Deutsche Bank, Citi, PwC, EY Parthenon etc.

IIM Lucknow Placement Trends

IIM Lucknow placement reports show year-wise changes in batch size and median CTC across recent placement cycles. The latest batch is listed first in the table below.

Placement Batch Batch Size Median CTC
2025-26 559 INR 32.9 LPA
2024-25 583 INR 31 LPA
2022-24 576 INR 27 LPA
2021-23 571* INR 30 LPA

*The 2021-23 report lists 407 male and 164 female students, adding up to 571 students, while 556 students participated in the placement process.

IIM Lucknow IPMX Placement 2026

IIM Lucknow placements for the International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX) take place at the IIM Lucknow Noida Campus. Recent batches had 8 years of average work experience. Students received senior and middle-management roles in consulting, IT/ITeS, BFSI, product management, analytics and general management.

IPMX Placement Highlights 2026

The Class of 2026 recorded an average CTC of INR 27.65 LPA and a median CTC of INR 27 LPA. Out of 114 students, 108 sought employment. The batch received 100 job offers through campus placements, off-campus routes and rejoining options. The average salary increase from pre-MBA to post-MBA was 54%.

Particulars Class of 2026
Batch Size 114
Students Seeking Placement 108
Average CTC INR 27.65 LPA
Median CTC INR 27 LPA
Top 10% Average CTC INR 37.89 LPA
Top 50% Average CTC INR 31.56 LPA
Average Salary Growth 54%

IIM Lucknow IPMX Placement Trends

Batch Average CTC Median CTC Top 25% Average Top 50% Average
2025-26 INR 27.65 LPA INR 27 LPA Not reported INR 31.56 LPA
2024-25 INR 27.72 LPA INR 27.19 LPA Not reported INR 32.50 LPA
2023-24 INR 25.53 LPA INR 24.47 LPA INR 34 LPA INR 30 LPA
2022-23 INR 26.47 LPA INR 26.62 LPA INR 32 LPA INR 30 LPA
2021-22 INR 24.66 LPA INR 24 LPA INR 31.26 LPA INR 28.17 LPA

Across the period shown, the average CTC moved from INR 24.66 LPA in 2021-22 to INR 27.65 LPA in 2025-26. The median CTC changed from INR 24 LPA to INR 27 LPA in the same span.

IPMX Placement by Roles and Functions

The latest IPMX placements covered strategy, consulting, IT/ITES, sales and business development, product management, BFSI and analytics. For the Class of 2026, IT/ITES formed 26% of placements, while Strategy & Management Consulting formed 24%.

Function / Sector Class of 2026 Class of 2025 Class of 2023 Class of 2022
Strategy & Management Consulting 24% 17% 30% 12%
IT / ITES 26% 38% IT + 6% ITeS 16% IT + 5% ITES 52% IT + 12% ITeS
Sales & Business Development 12% 18% Not reported Not reported
Product Management 11% 6% Not separately reported 6%
BFSI 11% 11% 19% Not separately reported
Analytics / Digital Strategy 10% 1% 10% 6%

IPMX outcomes also show career changes for experienced students. In the Class of 2026, 79% of students changed functions and 78% moved to another industry. Also, 39% of the batch secured placements within the first week.

In the Class of 2025, 87% changed functions and 78% shifted industries. The Class of 2024 had 84% functional transitions and 70% industry transitions. For the Class of 2023, these figures were 87% and 82%, respectively.

IPMX Top Recruiters

IPMX recruiters have come from consulting, technology, BFSI, analytics, manufacturing and other sectors. Recent recruiters included Accenture, McKinsey & Company, PwC, EY, Genpact, Infosys, LTIMindtree, ICICI Bank, HSBC, GEP, CRIF, Delhivery, Persistent, TCS, Axis Bank, Capgemini, Jio Platforms, Quantiphi and others.

For the Class of 2026, 29 companies made final offers, and 35% were first-time recruiters for IPMX. Students received roles such as Senior Consultant, Director, Vice President, Manager, Product Manager, Engagement Manager, Program Leader, Strategic Business & Change Manager and Technology Consultant.

IIM Lucknow MBA-SM Placement 2026

IIM Lucknow placements for the Post Graduate Program in Sustainable Management (PGP-SM) covered sustainability, consulting, general management, finance, technology and analytics roles. In the 2024-26 placement report, the highest CTC was INR 45.37 LPA. The average CTC was INR 22 LPA, and the median CTC was INR 20.5 LPA. A total of 68 companies took part, and 45 students participated in placements.

Batch 2024-26 2023-25 2022-24 2021-23
Students Participated 45 44 41 33
Companies 68 30 25+ 25+
Highest CTC INR 45.37 LPA INR 45.37 LPA INR 45.37 LPA INR 66 LPA
Average CTC INR 22 LPA INR 22.66 LPA INR 20.14 LPA* INR 30.44 LPA
Median CTC INR 20.50 LPA INR 20 LPA INR 18.05 LPA* INR 28 LPA
Top 25% Avg. CTC INR 30.31 LPA INR 31.92 LPA INR 30.21 LPA INR 52.04 LPA
Top 50% Avg. CTC INR 25.80 LPA INR 27.27 LPA INR 25.25 LPA INR 41.05 LPA

IIM Lucknow MBA-SM Placement Roles

For 2024-26, General Management made up 77% of roles, and Sustainability made up 23%. Function-wise, General Management had 23%, Corporate Sustainability had 21%, IT Software/Analytics had 17%, Finance had 12%, and Strategy & Consulting had 10%.

Batch Sustainability Roles General Management Roles
2024-26 23% 77%
2023-25 65% 35%
2022-24 90% 10%
2021-23 76% 24%

MBA-SM Placement Recruiters

PGP-SM recruiters included Accenture, Bain & Company, Deloitte, EY, PwC, Morgan Stanley and other companies from consulting, technology, finance, energy and sustainability sectors.

MBA-SM Summer Placements

For 2025-26 summer placements, 46 PGP-SM students participated and were placed, including one off-campus placement. The highest stipend was INR 3.5 lakh for the full internship period. The average stipend was INR 1.2 lakh, and the median stipend was INR 1.0 lakh.

  • Highest Stipend: INR 3.5 lakh
  • Average Stipend: INR 1.2 lakh
  • Median Stipend: INR 1 lakh
  • Top 25% Average Stipend: INR 2.5 lakh
  • Top 50% Average Stipend: INR 1.6 lakh
  • Students Participated: 46

Major summer placement roles were Sustainability/ESG at 52%, Marketing at 16%, Consulting at 13% and General Management at 11%. Recruiters included Accenture Strategy, Asian Paints, Britannia, Cipla, Cummins, Emami, EY, Fidelity, Grant Thornton, Michelin, NTPC, ReNew, Tata Motors and Volvo.

IIM Lucknow Placement FAQs

Ques. How can students apply for off-campus placement at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. Students planning for off-campus placements should follow these steps:

  • Check websites that regularly share off-campus job updates.
  • Make a clear resume of up to two pages. Freshers should try to keep it to one page.
  • Build strong command over one programming language. Depth matters more than learning many languages lightly.
  • Prepare two core subjects well, preferably Data Structures and Algorithms or Operating Systems.
  • Work on communication, aptitude and logical reasoning.
  • Before an interview, learn about the company, its products and its work.
  • Stay confident in the interview. Recruiters usually check basics and confidence rather than expecting advanced knowledge.

Ques. What is the average salary after MBA from IIM Lucknow?

Ans. For the 2024-26 PGP and PGP-ABM batch at IIM Lucknow, the average CTC was INR 33.2 LPA, and the median CTC was INR 32.9 LPA. The average CTC for the top 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% groups was INR 59.7 LPA, INR 52.6 LPA, INR 48.7 LPA and INR 42.2 LPA, respectively.

During final placements, first-year CGPA at IIM carries strong weight. Other shortlisting factors can change from one firm to another. Consulting and Finance firms are known to give more importance to CGPA than many Marketing and Technology firms.

Ques. How good is the IIM Lucknow PGPSM course in terms of placement?

Ans. IIM Lucknow PGP-SM placements for the 2024-26 batch recorded an average CTC of INR 22 LPA, a median CTC of INR 20.5 LPA and a highest CTC of INR 45.37 LPA. Among 45 participating students, 77% of roles were in General Management and 23% were in Sustainability.

Ques. Does a work experience of 4 years reduce my chances of getting certain jobs during placements at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. Work experience of more than 4 years does not automatically reduce placement chances at IIM Lucknow. Some strong placements at IIM Lucknow have gone to students with more than 4 years of experience. Relevant or even unrelated experience can still help because:

  • You may understand business better than a fresher.
  • You already know how corporate workplaces function.
  • Your past work may have helped you build people management skills.

Ques. How are placements at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. IIM Lucknow has a strong placement record and attracts top recruiters. For the 2024-2026 batch, students received more than 580 offers for 559 students. The average salary for the 2026 batch was INR 33.2 LPA. The highest domestic salary reached INR 1 crore, and the highest international salary was INR 65 LPA.