IIM Lucknow 2026 PI shortlist is out. The IIM Lucknow PI shortlist 2026 has been released on January 10, 2026. The IIM Lucknow PI shortlist has been released via email and on the official website. Candidates who receive the email from IIM Lucknow are eligible for the IIM Lucknow Personal Interview 2026 round. IIM Lucknow composite score 2026 is used to shortlist candidates for PI based on their scores in CAT 2025, academic performance, work experience, and diversity factors. The CAT 2025 scale score weightage for the IIM Lucknow PI shortlist is 60%. The IIM Lucknow PI will hold 40% weightage for the final score calculation for IIM Lucknow MBA admissions 2026. Keep reading the article for more information on the IIM Lucknow PI shortlist 2026, final selection process, and score calculations, etc.
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The composite score for the IIM Lucknow Personal Interview shortlist for the past two years is given below. Candidates applying for the MBA program at IIM Lucknow 2026 can see the table to get an idea of the CS cutoff for the IIM Lucknow PI round.
Category | 2025-27 | 2024-26 |
General | 53.236 | 48.806 |
EWS | 40.365 | 35.439 |
NC-OBC | 38.719 | 38.280 |
SC | 31.125 | 27.149 |
ST | 21.3915 | 19.409 |
PwD | 12.021 | 8.736 |
For the IIM Lucknow PI shortlist, candidates' scores are calculated based on multiple components. IIM Lucknow 2026 composite cutoff give 60% weightage to the CAT 2025 scaled score. IIM Lucknow 12th marks and graduation weightage is 10%. The responsible components and their weightage are as follows.
Componnets | Weight |
CAT 2025 scaled score | 60 |
12th marks | 10 |
Graduation marks | 10 |
Work Experience | 10 |
Diversity Factor: Academic Discipline | 5 |
Diversity factor: Gender | 5 |
Composite Score | 100 |
The table below consists of the number of candidates who filled the CAT form and how many of those candidates were shortlisted for the IIM Lucknow Personal Interview round in 2025.
Category | No. of candidates who filled the form | Candidates Shortlisted for IIM Lucknow PI |
General | 178396 | 1268 |
EWS | 14507 | 312 |
NC-OBC | 47542 | 910 |
SC | 21533 | 793 |
ST | 5469 | 396 |
PwD | 1082 | 232 |
The data is as per the RTI information received.
Candidates aiming to apply to the IIM Lucknow MBA program have to fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria for IIM Lucknow 2026 admissions. See below what is required by candidates for applying to the IIM Lucknow admissions 2026.
General category candidates must secure the minimum CAT 2025 cutoff overall and sectional, which is 90 and 85, respectively.
For candidates belonging to the ST and PwD category, the overall CAT 2025 cutoff is 60 with 55 percentile in the sectional.
EWS and NC-OBC candidates are required to obtain a minimum overall CAT 2025 percentile of 82 and a CAT 2025 sectional percentile of 77 to be eligible for the IIM L Personal Interview call.
Other eligibility is as mentioned in the CAT 2025 eligibility criteria.
After the IIM Lucknow PI shortlist is out, the candidates who appeared for the WAT and PI round at IIM Lucknow will be further shortlisted for the final selection based on their scores. For the final score calculation, the WAT and PI scores will hold a combined weight of 50%.
Components | Weight |
CAT 2025 | 30 |
Academic Performance | 5+5 |
Diversity Factor | 5 |
Work Experience | 5 |
WAT | 10 |
Personal Interview | 40 |
Final Score | 100 |
For the IIM Lucknow PI shortlist 2026, candidates must obtain the minimum CAT 2025 cutoff. The minimum CAT 2025 cutoff sectional and overall for all categories are mentioned below.
Category | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall |
General | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 |
EWS | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 |
NC-OBC | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 |
SC | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
PwD | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The IIM Lucknow PI weighatge for 2026 admissions is 40%.
The IIM Lucknow CAT 2025 cutoff minimum is 90 for the general category.
The IIM Lucknow PI shortlist will be released via email.
CAT 2025 scaled score will be given 60% weighatge for the IIM Lucknow PI Shortlist composite score.
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