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:

• Exam Accepted : IIM Lucknow accepts the scores of CAT for its flagship MBA programme while MIT-WPU accepts the scores of various entrance examinations such as CAT, XAT , NMAT, GMAT, PERA, CMAT , MAH-CET, and MAT.
• Selection Process : IIM Lucknow selection process includes appearance in the CAT followed by the Written Ability Test (WAT), and Personal Interview (PI) while the selection process of MIT-WPU include appearance in any of the entrance examination followed by Group Discussion (GD)/ Extempore, and Personal Interaction (PI).
• Specialisations Offered : MIT-WPU offers MBA in 11 different specialisations while IIM Lucknow offers only PGP/ PGP ABM/ PGP SM, and MBA Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
• Fees : The annual fees charged by MIT-WPU for its MBA programme is Rs. 4,55,000 while the programme fees for the MBA programme charged by IIM Lucknow is approximately Rs. 20,00,000.
• Placements : The placement opportunities offered at IIM Lucknow is far better than placements at MIT-WPU.

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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Dear aspirant ,

Yes you can get admission at IIM lucknow for MBA if your CAT score is good enough . You have to get maximum  99 percentile in CAT to get a call from IIM lucknow .

Their selection is mostly based on your academic performance in 10th and 12th std and in  your bachleor's  degree plus your CAT score plus your work experience plus your writing ability test and personal interview . They will calculate your overall score and if you are eligible then you will get a call from the officials .

Here is the link for more detailed information regarding the admission process : http://www.iiml.ac.in/sites/default/files/2018-08/IIML-AdmissionPolicy2019-21_CAT2018.pdf

Open the above link and read the information regarding the admissions.

Hope it will help you .

Hello Mr.Shaw,

The Advanced Management Program initiated by IIM Lucknow jointly with BSE Institute aims to shape business leaders or improve the skills in order to enable them in understanding the dynamics of the business in a better way.

The program curriculum is built on the Integrated Module Approach incorporating action learning methodologies which are further divided into multiple modules or perspectives which reflect real business challenges.

Some subjects that could help you are

• Corporate Expansion
• Customer-Driven marketing
• International Political Analytical
• Decision Sciences
• Data Analytics

Given the work experience of 8+ years with a bank in the marketing sector, I would suggest you go ahead and join the program as it will benefit you by refreshing your perspectives which will, in turn, help your career growth.

Hope this helps,

All the best!

More than 50+ recruiters are participating in the drive at IIM Lucknow, which includes first-time recruiters and previous recruiters. The leading recruiters are HSBC, Hinduja, ITC, I-PAC, PUMA, Nestle, Red-mi, State Street, TAS, Uber, Samsung, OYO, Info Edge, and other companies. 

Since FPM at IIM Lucknow is a Ph.D.-level programme, Ph.D. holders will have a variety of employment opportunities, including teaching, research, and positions with a high profile in the banking industry and other financial and commercial sectors.