At its NOIDA campus, IIM Lucknow offers a two-year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (PGPWE), previously known as Working Managers' Programme (WMP). The PGPWE is a uniquely designed program for working executives, entrepreneurs and professionals, who desire to enhance their managerial knowledge and skills through formal management education while continuing to work full time in their ongoing professions/businesses.

On successful completion of the program, the student gets an MBA degree.

Important dates

Exams and Events	Dates

GATE Admit Card Date (Mode - Online)	6 Jan'25 - 6 Jan'25
GATE Exam Date (Mode - Online)	31 Jan'25 - 1 Feb'25
GATE Exam Date (Mode - Online)	14 Feb'25 - 15 Feb'25
GATE Result Date (Mode - Online)	18 Mar'25 - 18 Mar'25
GATE Score Card Date (Mode - Online)	27 Mar'25 - 30 May'25
GATE Score Card Date - Availability of Score Cards for download by paying a fee of Rs. 500 per test paper (Mode - Online)	31 May'25 - 30 Dec'25

GRE

Exam Date - Subject Test (Mode - Online)

20 Apr'25 - 3 May'25

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum eligibility criteria for applying to PGPWE: 2025 – 27 are as below:

Executives with Bachelor’s degree (10 + 2 + 3 or 4 years of formal education) in any discipline or an equivalent academic with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA;
In case of the candidate being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the conversion formula provided by the institution/university from where they have obtained the bachelor's/Master's degree. In case the institution/university does not have any conversion formula for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by IIML by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant by 100.
Score of any one of the following tests:
- Valid GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition/GRE score, the score must be valid till last date of application. Online GMAT/ GMAT Focus Edition/GRE (Take home) exam scores are not valid, only test center-based GMAT/ GMAT Focus Edition /GRE scores are valid. It is mandatory to submit Official Score card/Test Taker copy (if Official Score card is not yet received) along with the application. You need to submit the GMAT/ GMAT Focus Edition/GRE score card along with the application form. You should also inform GMAC/ETS. Our GMAT code is J39- VT-47 and GRE Designated Institution (DI) Code is 4988.
- CAT Score (CAT taken in the year 2022 & 2023 are eligible)
- GATE Score (GATE taken in the year 2023 & 2024 are eligible)
- PGPWE Entrance Exam to be conducted in December 2024 (Tentatively) at IIML, Noida Campus;
A minimum of 3 years full-time post-qualification (after graduation) work experience as on March 31, 2025.
Do not include freelance/training/project work done as an integral part of any curricular requirement.

Admission Details

Candidate fills and submit the application form online Application Form and upload the scanned copies of the documents in support of the attainments mentioned in Eligibility Criteria;
Completed Application Form must be submitted by November 20, 2024;
Based on the scores in GMAT/ GMAT Focus Edition/GRE/CAT/GATE/ PGPWE Entrance Exam, candidates are shortlisted for Writing Ability Test and Personal Interview;
After Writing Ability Test & Personal Interview are done, final score is calculated using following components:
Components Weight
1 Test Score 30%
2 Academic and Professional Profile 30%
4 Writing Ability Test 10%
5 Personal Interview 30%