Admission process - IIM Lucknow

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) was established in 1984 by the Government of India as a national-level school of excellence in management studies. Its mission is to be a global, socially conscious and integrated school of management. The institute undertakes a diverse range of academic activities and interventions aimed at creation, dissemination and application of management knowledge as well as practices. There are around 434 seats available this year for various programs including Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM), Post Graduate Program in Agribusiness Management (PGP ABM), etc.

IIM Lucknow assigns weightage to various parameters for admission such as the Common Admission Test (CAT) score, diversity factors, previous academic records, job experience, etc. to shortlist candidates.

IIM Lucknow admission criteria and selection process (2014-16) –

Step 1: Generation of merit list for Group Discussion-Personal Interview (GD-PI) for PGP program, meeting the (Government of India) norms on reservation

The first short-list will be drawn on the basis of candidates scoring minimum section-wise as well as aggregate percentile scores in CAT. Subsequent processing will be made for candidates from the first list only. Therefore, the CAT score is the sole criterion to arrive at the first short-list.

The following cutoffs will be used to select eligible candidates.

Category	Sec.1 (QA + DI) (%)	Sec. 2 (VA + LR) (%)	Total (%)
General	85	85	90
NC-OBC	75	75	80
SC	55	55	75
ST	50	50	70
PWD	55	55	75

QA=Quantitative Ability; DI=Data Interpretation;

VA=Verbal Ability; LR=Logical Reasoning

Candidates selected as per the above table will be assessed on the basis of parameters such as previous academic records, diversity factors as well as professional experience to generate the merit list for calling candidates for GD-PI.

The academic disciplines which are eligible for the diversity factor marks for PGP courses at IIM Lucknow are Commerce/Economics, Cost and Works Accountancy, Chartered Accountancy, Company Secretary, Arts/Humanities, Law, Education (which includes Sports and Physical Education), Pharmacology/Pharmacy and Medicine/Dentistry.

Step 2: Assessment of candidates in GD-PI for PGP/PGP ABM program

Candidates who are shortlisted for the final round will be assessed based on GD-PI and Written Ability Test (WAT), as per the table below.

Components	Weights
WAT	10
GD	10
PI	30
GD-PI Total	50

Candidates need to score a minimum of 9 out of 30 to pass the PI.

Step 3: Generation of final admission list for PGP program

The final merit list will be drawn based on the marks acquired in the short listing as well as GD-PI-WAT stages. Please refer below for the method:

 Grand Total (C) = Shortlist Total (A) + GDPI Total (B)

Grand Total (C) will be applied to rank candidates based on their merit.