K J Somaiya Institute of Management MBA Admissions 2025
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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow released the IIM L PGP admission criteria on its official website- iiml.ac.in. Candidates can visit the IIM Lucknow official website to know the IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2024 and the admission policy of MBA programmes for the academic year 2025-27. IIM Lucknow will announce the list of shortlisted candidates for its PGP selection process in online mode after the declaration of the CAT result. IIM Lucknow admission criteria include a Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and a Personal Interview (PA).
IIM Lucknow considers the candidate’s cumulative performance in the CAT entrance exam, relevant work experience, and academic and gender diversity for the selection process of the IIM Lucknow PGP programme. The weightage and cutoffs allocated for the evaluation parameters for MBA admissions will vary from IIM to IIM. Read this article by Careers360 to know about IIM Lucknow's MBA admission criteria and the IIM Lucknow cutoff 2024.
Students are required to stay updated with all the events related to IIM Lucknow admission. Check out the table below for the latest updates.
IIM Lucknow Events | Dates (Tentative) |
Release of CAT 2024 notification | July 28, 2024 |
Availability of CAT application form | August 1, 2024 |
CAT 2024 registration last date |
September 20, 2024 |
CAT 2024 exam date | November 24, 2024 |
Declaration of CAT 2024 result | December 21, 2024 |
Availability of IIM Lucknow admission form for MBA(E&I) | To be announced |
Release of list of shortlisted candidates | To be announced |
IIM Lucknow Online interview application deadline | To be announced |
Release of final admission list | To be announced |
IIM Lucknow will announce the CAT 2024 result on December 21, 2024, on its official website. Candidates who appeared for CAT 2024 can download their CAT scorecard after inputting their login credentials created during CAT registration. The CAT 2024 scorecard contains sectional and overall scores along with the CAT percentile.
After the declaration of the CAT result, IIMs, and other top B-schools released the required CAT cutoff for admission on their official website. Students who satisfy the CAT cutoff will be shortlisted and they will get a call for the MBA admission process of the respective institutes. Read more about IIM selection procedure.
To participate in IIM Lucknow MBA admission, candidates need to meet the following criteria
They must have a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) are eligible for 5% relaxation.
The percentage obtained in Bachelor’s degrees will be calculated as per the norms followed by the degree awarding institution and conversion of CGPA will be as per the institution's guidelines. In case of non availability of the same, equivalence will be calculated by dividing the student’s CGPA by the maximum CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.
Candidates appearing for their final year degree examination can also apply, but have to produce the requisite documents in original before the admission deadlines.
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Candidates must submit all requisite mark sheets in original for verification along with attested copies of the same at the time of Personal Interview (PI). At the time of joining the program, candidates will have to submit mark sheets (both semester and yearly wise) in original.
Candidates belonging to reserved categories (SC/ ST/ PwD) produce the required original class/ caste or disability certificate on getting shortlisted.
Final year graduating students must submit an original certificate from the Registrar/ Director of the University/ Principal/ institution verifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks in aggregate as per latest available marks/grades. Such students will be granted admission on a provisional basis which stands cancelled in case of non submission of the documents.
Students aspiring to take admission to IIM Lucknow's flagship PGP program must fulfill the criteria for the following stages that are mentioned below.
Stage 1- Shortlisting for Writing Ability Test (WAT) – Personal Interview (PI)
The initial IIM Lucknow shortlist is released based on their CAT 2024 scorecard, past academic performance, and other criteria. For MBA-SM, a minimum work experience of 24 months is an additional requirement. The CAT cutoff for IIM Lucknow is given below.
Stage 1a: Eligibility Criteria for WAT-PI
Check out the IIM Lucknow sectional and overall CAT cutoff percentile required for the MBA admission process:
Table 1: Minimum Sectional and Total Cut-off Percentile for Shortlisting for WAT- PI Stage | ||||||||||||
Category | MBA | MBA-ABM | MBA-SM | |||||||||
VARC | DILR | QA | Total | VARC | DILR | QA | Total | VARC | DILR | QA | Total | |
General | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 85 |
EWS | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 |
NC-OBC | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 |
SC | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 60 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 |
PwD | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 |
VARC=Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension; DILR=Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning; QA=Quantitative Ability
Stage 1b: Calculation of the Composite Score for Shortlisting for WAT-PI stage
Only the candidates securing the above-mentioned minimum sectional and total percentiles for the respective category in CAT 2024 will be considered for Stage 1b. The composite scores in Stage 1b shall be computed based on the factors described in Table 2.
Table 2: Weights Assigned to Various Components for Generating the Shortlist for WAT-PI Stage
Component | Weight (MBA) | Weight (MBAABM)# | Weight (MBASM) | Method of scoring | |
Scaled CAT score (CS) | 60 | 60 | 60 | CS = (Candidates CAT score/ Highest CAT score 2024)x 60 | |
HSC marks (12M)^^ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12M = [{Max (P, 80) – 80}/20] x10, where P = Candidate’s Class 12th percentile based on applicants’ pooled data for the respective Boards and Disciplines | |
Graduation^^ marks(GM)@ | 10 | 10 | 10 | To be normalized as per Academic Discipline: (i) Engineering; (ii) Science; (iii) Commerce; (iv) Arts; (v) Others GM = [{( Candidates Grad % Score - U/ a) x (50/3)} + 50] x 10/100 Marks will be amended to take values between 0 – 10. ( = Mean and = Standard Deviation of the respective Academic Discipline) | |
Work Experience (WE)$ | 10 | 0 | 10 | IF (Prog = MBA & x > 6) | WE = min{(x – 6)×0.50, 10} |
ELSE IF (Prog = MBA-ABM) | WE = 0; | ||||
ELSE (Prog = MBA-SM & x > 24) | WE = min{(x - 24)×0.50, 10} | ||||
Where, x = Number of completed months of work experience as on July 31, 2024. | |||||
Work Experience (WE)$ | 10 | 0 | 10 | IF (Prog = MBA & x > 6) | |
ELSE IF (Prog = MBA-ABM) | |||||
ELSE (Prog = MBA-SM & x > 24) | |||||
Where, x = Number of completed months of work experience as on July 31, 2024 | |||||
Diversity Factor: (DFa): Academic Discipline (AD) | 5 | 20* | 5 | IF (Prog = MBA/MBA-SM) & Bachelor level degree is NonEngineering | DFa = 5 |
ELSE IF (Prog = MBA-ABM & AD listed in Table 3) | DFa =20 | ||||
ELSE | DFa = 0 | ||||
Diversity Factor (DFb): Gender | 5 | 5* | 5 | IF (Prog = MBA/MBA-ABM/MBASM & Gender = Female) | DFb = 5 |
ELSE | DFb = 0 | ||||
Composite Score | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Academic Disciplines (AD) for MBA-ABM Program
Table 3: Academic Disciplines (AD) for MBA-ABM Program |
Agriculture: (including Agriculture, Agronomy, Soil Science, Agricultural Biochemistry, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Entomology, Plant Pathology) |
Science (including Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biotechnology Engineering, Botany, Home Science, Life Science, Zoology) |
Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Science |
Agricultural Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food Technology, Food Technology & Management |
Forestry, Horticulture |
Rural Studies, Rural Sociology, Rural Cooperatives, Rural Banking |
Stage 1c: Scheduling for WAT-PI
The composite score of a candidate who is shortlisted for WAT/ PI on the basis of Stage 1b shall be made available on the official website of IIM Lucknow. Such candidates must thereafter fill and submit the WAT-PI online form within the stipulated time. Candidates who fail to submit their WAT-PI online form before the deadlines, will not be allowed for the WAT-PI process. Furthermore, no queries in this regard will be entertained by IIM L.
Stage 2: Criteria for Final Selection of Candidates for MBA/MBA-ABM/MBA-SM program
A candidate’s final score for selection in MBA/MBA-ABM/MBA-SM program for the batch 2025–27 will be calculated on the basis of the assigned weights as summarized in Table 4.
Table 4: Weights for Final Score calculation after WAT-PI stage | |||
S.No | Component | Weightage | |
MBA & MBA-SM | MBA-ABM | ||
1 | Common Admission Test (CAT) | 30 | 35 |
2 | Academic Performance (12M + GM) | 5+5 | 5+5 |
3 | Diversity Factor (DFa +DFb) | 5 | 5 |
4 | Work Experience | 5 | NA |
5 | Writing Ability Test (WAT)* | 10 | 10 |
6 | Personal Interview (PI) | 40 | 40 |
Final Score | 100 | 100 |
Note:
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow will release the IIM Lucknow fee structure for the academic batch of 2025-27 shortly. However, if one considers the previous year’s fee structure, the PGP fee for the program is expected to be Rs 19,25,000 for the whole program. Authorities will soon release the completed breakdown of the IIM Lucknow PGP fee structure.
Also See: IIM Lucknow Scholarship: Types, Eligibility, How to Apply
IIM Lucknow admission application form will be open. For MBA(E&I), the application form is available till May 31, 2025.
CAT exam date is November 24, 2024.
CAT 2024 results will be declared on December 21, 2024.
No. All IIMs accept only CAT scores. Therefore its mandatory have CAT scores for admissions to IIM Lucknow.
Students must have opted for IIM Lucknow while filling out the CAT 2024 registration form. Only students who applied for IIM Lucknow in the CAT application form will be considered for shortlisting.
No, IIM Lucknow will release the sectional cutoff of CAT 2024 for shortlisting candidates.
Hi!
MIT-WPU and IIM Lucknow are quite different institutions offering the MBA programme. While MIT-WPU is a private university offers an MBA through its WPU School of Business, IIM Lucknow is a public institution established by the Government of India, and is recognised as the 'Institute of National Importance' . Getting admission to the MBA programme of IIM Lucknow is comparatively more difficult than getting admission in MIT-WPU .
However, given below are some of the points of differentiation between MIT-WPU and IIM Lucknow based on which you can make a decision:
You might consider other factors as well according to your wish. But the conclusion is that IIM Lucknow is better option than MIT-WPU . But you need to score an exceptional percentile in CAT to get admission to the MBA programme offered at IIM Lucknow. On another hand, you might get an Interview call from MIT-WPU even at a lower percentile.
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See, your academics are the most problematic things, as with 75%, 87% in schooling (10th and 12th), and 75% in your graduation, you are in quite disadvantageous position. And since you are in B.Sc, you'll be counted in the same bucket as engineers, you you'll get no diversity points as well.
The best thing will be that you re-attempt CAT after getting some work experience, because workex is the only thing which can counter all the negative things in your CV. All the best!
Hi,
Both MDI Gurgaon and IIM Lucknow are top tier B-Schools of India and getting an oppurtunity to study in any of them is a blessing in disguise. However there are few differences in the courses we must consider:
Course details:
Think about your priorities clearly. If you want to contribute to the agro industries then definitely you should pursue ABM course. Else you can go for PGPM course.
Course details for future reference is given below:
https://mdi.ac.in/post-graduate-programme/post-graduate-programme-in-management.html
Hope it helps.
Hi,
IIM Lucknow's PGP- Agribusiness Management (ABM) is a two year full time residential course. The course has a seat capacity which changes every year. But overall the seat capacity is close to 55.
Hope it helps
Hi,
IIM Lucknow is one of the top B-Schools of India and it offers many courses. One of the unique courses is PGP in Agribusiness Management (ABM). It is a two year full time residential course designed to develop not only agribusiness leaders, but also entrepreneurs with a vision to promote agro-based businesses even internationally.
The admission process is as follows:
The detailed eligibility criteria is as follows:
The total fees for this course is 19.05 lakhs. The institute offers stellar placements in the courses. Median salary goes upto 23 LPA and highest salary goes upto 51 LPA (domestic) and 56 LPA (international).
Hope it helps.
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