IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2019-21: IIM Lucknow has declared the final admission criteria for its flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGP-ABM) and Post Graduate Programme in Sustainability Management (PGP-SM) programmes for the 2019-21 batch. The CAT cutoffs for General Category candidates for the PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM are same as last year - 90 percentile, 85 percentile and and 85 percentile respectively. The cutoff and selection procedure for IIM Lucknow has also remained the same as last year. Take a look at the detailed IIM Lucknow admission criteria 2019-21 here.
Candidates are shortlisted on the basis of their CAT performance, past academic records and diversity factors. The following table brings to you the sectional and overall CAT 2018 cutoff across programmes and categories.
IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2019-21: CAT Cutoff
Category | PGP | PGP-ABM | PGP-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 | ||
NC-OBC | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | ||
SC | 55 | 55 | 55 | 70 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | ||
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | ||
PWD | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | ||
As compared to the IIM Lucknow cutoff of last year, the sectional and overall cutoffs for all categories have remained unchanged for PGP-ABM and PGP-SM programmes.
IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2019-21: Shortlisting Criteria
Components | Weights (PGP) | Weights (PGP-ABM) | Weights (PGPSM) | Method of scoring |
CAT Score (CS) | 60 | 60 | 60 | CS = (Candidates CAT Score/Highest CAT Score of 2015) * 60 |
Class XII Marks (12M) | 10 | 10 | 10 | Candidates’ Class 12 Percentage in respective Board Percentage 12M 98.01-100.00 10 84.01- 86.00 3 82.01- 84.00 2 80.01- 82.1 1 <=80 0 |
Graduation Marks | 10 | 10 | 10 | To be normalized as per Academic Discipline: (i) Engineering; (ii) Science; (iii) Commerce; (iv) Arts; (v) Others Marks will be amended to take values between 0 – 10. ( m = Mean and s = Standard Deviation of the respective Academic Discipline) |
Work Experience | 10 | 0 | 10 | IF (Prog = PGP & x > 6) WE = min{(x – 6)×0.50, 10} Where, x = Number of months of work experience$ as on 31 July, 2016. |
Diversity Factor: Academic Discipline (DFa) | 5 | 20 | 5 | IF (Prog. = PGP/PGPSM and Academic programmes are listed by the institute) DFa = 5 ELSE IF (Prog. = PGP-ABM and Academic Disciplines listed by the institute) DFa = 20 Else DFa = 0 |
Diversity Factor: Gender (DFb) | 5 | 5 | 5 | IF (Prog. = PGP/PGP-ABMPGPSM and Gender = Female) DFb = 5 ELSE DFb = 0 |
Shortlist Total | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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To shortlist the candidates for the selection rounds, CAT 2018 scores will be given the maximum weightage followed by past academic records (Class XII and Graduation marks). IIM Lucknow has given the maximum weightage to the Academic diversity factor for PGP-ABM programme.
The shortlisted candidates will appear for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. For the final selection, IIM Lucknow has given a certain weightage to each factor. The table given below explains the same.
IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2019-21: Final Selection Criteria
S.No. | Component | Weightage | |
PGP & PGP-SM | PGP-ABM | ||
1 | CAT | 30 | 35 |
2 | PI | 40 | 40 |
3 | Academic Performance (12M + GM) | 5 + 5 | 5 + 5 |
4 | Diversity Factor (Academic + Gender) | 5 | 5 |
5 | Work Experience | 5 | NA |
6 | WAT | 10 | 10 |
| Final Score | 100 | 100 |
For PGP-ABM programme, the weightage for CAT is higher than that assigned to PGP and PGP-SM. On the other hand, while work experience is assigned five points for PGP and PGP-SM, the factor is not considered for PGP-ABM.
According to IIM Lucknow, the minimum requirement for clearing the Personal Interview is 12 out of 40 marks. Names of candidates who do not pass in the PI round will not be included in the final merit list.
