Great Lakes Opens PGPM Admissions for Academic Year 2025-26

Great Lakes Institute of Management PGPM Eligibility Criteria 2025-26

To be eligible for admission to the Great Lakes PGPM course, candidates must meet the following requirements:

• All applicants are required to apply with a valid GMAT/CAT/XAT/NMAT score. Previous year's scores are also accepted.

• Candidates should have between 2-10 years of prior work experience as on April 30, 2025.

• Eligible candidates can apply online at app.greatlakes.edu.in.

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Talking on the commencement of the GLIM admission process, Mr. Gautam Lakhamraju, Admissions Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management said, “Great Lakes has done exceptionally well over the last year with record placement and admission outcomes. The PGPM class of 2024 witnessed fantastic placements with the highest annual CTC of the batch going to Rs. 39.3 lakhs which is 15% higher than the previous year. We had also seen a fantastic response from aspirants last year with a 23% increase in overall applications which are at an all-time high.

As we commence the admissions process for the academic year 2025-26, we are very optimistic that we will have a similar response this year too and attract some of the brightest young minds to our programmes. We are very keen to encourage diversity in gender, education backgrounds, and pre-MBA work experience in the class and are offering diversity and merit-based scholarships to outstanding candidates. In addition, we are also offering Dr. Bala V Balachandran scholarships to exceptional students which entails a full tuition fee waiver for highly meritorious candidates.”

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Great Lakes Institute of Management: Highlights

• World Class Faculty: More than 25 International visiting faculty from the likes of Kellogg, Stanford, Yale, etc. and over 50 renowned full-time faculty offer unparalleled learning and global perspectives.

• Innovative Curriculum: Great Lakes has a future-oriented business curriculum and has been a pioneer in introducing Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning specialisations, in addition to courses and pedagogy which incorporates Generative AI, AR, VR, etc. GLIM also offers Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Strategy specialisations, from which students can choose a major and a minor.

• Great Lakes Rankings: Great Lakes is ranked 3rd by Outlook in Top standalone institutions, 9th by Business India in top Indian B-Schools, 31st among top b-schools by NIRF under Ministry of HRD, and among Super League 2 institutions by Business Standard (Chennai Campus).

• Globally Benchmarked: Great Lakes is double crowned with the highly reputed international b-school accreditations - AACSB (US) and AMBA (UK), making it the youngest and among the top 10 b-schools in India to receive these accreditations. GLIM also has collaborations with Top Global B-Schools and Universities like Cornell, Bordeaux, SKEMA, Frankfurt, IÉSEG, and Chicago Booth (Executive Education) to name a few.

• Great Lakes Placements: Great Lakes has recorded 100% placements for the last 20 years. The batch of 2024 has witnessed an average CTC of Rs. 17.3 LPA. Some of the top recruiters in Great Lakes Chennai placements include Accenture Strategy, Aditya Birla Capital, Cognizant, Decathlon, Deloitte, Freshworks, Infosys Consulting, PepsiCo, Mastercard, and Ford.

• Experiential Learning: Emphasis on experiential learning which helps leadership and analytical skills to the test through Karma-Yoga - the Leadership Experiential Action Program (LEAP), Empirical Studies, and student-driven initiatives.

• LEED Certified Campus: The pristine campus of Great Lakes Chennai is Asia’s 1st LEED Platinum Rated campus. The Great Lakes Gurgaon campus also offers world class facilities and is located in the corporate hub of Delhi-NCR.

Disclaimer: The content is sourced from the official press release shared by Great Lakes Institute of Management.