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About Cutoff at IIM Lucknow

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow cutoff is released on the basis of CAT results on its official website - iiml.ac.in. The minimum IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff varies across the programmes. Candidates are required to meet the minimum eligibility criteria to appear for the further stages of the IIM Lucknow selection process. 

Students are shortlisted for WAT and PI on the basis of their performance in CAT, past academic records, work experience, and so forth. The IIM Lucknow releases the minimum sectional and overall CAT cutoff for shortlisting candidates for the WAT and PI rounds of the admission process.  

Also See: IIM Lucknow Admissions

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2024

IIM Lucknow offers various courses like PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM. Candidates need to score the minimum IIM Lucknow cut off 2024 set for a particular course to get shortlisted for the written ability Tests (WAT) and Personal Interviews (PI). The table given below shows the IIM Lucknow MBA Cutoff 2024.

IIM Lucknow Sectional Cutoff 2024

Category

VARC

DILR

QA

General

85

85

85

EWS

77

77

77

NC-OBC

77

77

77

SC

55

55

55

ST

50

50

50

PwD

50

50

50

IIM Lucknow Category Wise Cutoff 2024

Category

Total

General

90

EWS

82

NC-OBC

82

SC

65

ST

60

PwD

60

Based on past analysis, here are the details of the maximum and minimum IIM Lucknow cut off in the table below. Have a look at them to have a clear view of the IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2023. Candidates can refer to the previous year's cutoff to compare the section-wise and total IIM Lucknow cut-off.

IIM Lucknow MBA Category Wise Cutoff 2023 

Category

VARC

DILR

QA

Total

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

IIM Lucknow MBA ABM CAT Cutoff 2023 

Category

VARC

DILR

QA

Total

General

80

80

80

85

EWS

72

72

72

77

NC-OBC

72

72

72

77

SC

55

55

55

65

ST

50

50

50

55

PwD

50

50

50

55

IIM Lucknow PGP ABM Cutoff 2023

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

72

72

72

77

SC

55

55

55

65

ST

50

50

50

60

PWD

50

50

50

60

EWS

72

72

72

77

IIM Lucknow CAT Sectional Cutoff 2022

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

General

80

80

80

NC-OBC

72

72

72

SC

55

55

55

ST

50

50

50

PWD

50

50

50

EWS

72

72

72

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2022

Category

Total

General

85

NC-OBC

77

SC

65

ST

60

PWD

60

EWS

77

Also See: IIM Lucknow Courses

IIM Lucknow Category Wise Cutoff 2021

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

85

85

85

90

NC-OBC

77

77

77

82

SC

55

55

55

70

ST

50

50

50

65

PWD

50

50

50

65

IIM Lucknow PGP SM Cutoff 2021

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

72

72

72

77

SC

55

55

55

65

ST

50

50

50

60

PWD

50

50

50

60

Also See: IIM Lucknow Placements

IIM Lucknow CAT Category Wise Cutoff 2020

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

85

85

85

90

NC-OBC

77

77

77

82

SC

55

55

55

70

ST

50

50

50

65

PWD

50

50

50

65

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2020

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

72

72

72

77

SC

55

55

55

65

ST

50

50

50

60

PWD

50

50

50

60

IIM Lucknow PGP SM Cutoff 2020

Category

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

General

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

72

72

72

77

SC

55

55

55

65

ST

50

50

50

60

PWD

50

50

50

60

Also See: IIM Lucknow Facilities

Last 5 year IIM Lucknow Cutoff Summary

Year

Overall Percentile

Sectional Percentile

2023

90

85

2022

90

85

2021

90

85

2020

90

85

2019

90

85

IIM Lucknow Cut off Key Insights

  • IIM Lucknow have maintained consistent overall and sectional cutoff percentiles over the last five years.
  • Beyond CAT scores, academic performance, work experience, and diversity factors play a crucial role in IIM Lucknow shortlisting criteria.
  • IIM Lucknow cutoff is consistently higher than top IIMs.

IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria

IIM Lucknow releases the criteria for shortlisting and final selection for admission to its various PGP programmes. The admission process of IIM Lucknow is conducted in two stages. The first stage is shortlisting stage wherein candidates are selected for next rounds of admission based on their CAT scores. The second stage is WAT and PI wherein candidates are tested on their writing ability and personality required for pursuing management programmes offered by the IIM, Lucknow. In addition to this, as mentioned below, the table has the final merit list preparation components.

Components of IIM Lucknow Cutoff Final Merit List

Components

Weightage

PGP and PGP- SM

PGP ABM

Common Admission Test (CAT)

30

35

Academic Performance (12th + Graduation)

5+5

5+5

Gender Diversity and Academic Diversity

5

5

Work Experience

5

NA

Writing Ability Test (WAT) (removed)

10

10

Personal Interview (PI)

40

40

Total

100

100

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Student Reviews for IIM Lucknow

College Infrastructure: 4.6/5
Academics: 4.3/5
Placements: 4.6/5
Value for Money: 3.4/5
Campus Life: 4.3/5

It was excellent

Verified Review

College Infrastructure

The most difficult thing in the college doesn't have a proper campus. Classes are held in a makeshift at a satellite campus. Hostels are situated in different place. The commute to our college is through college buses, which is time-consuming. Hostel rooms are well maintained and kept neet and clean.

My academic experience is awesome

Verified Review

College Infrastructure

The Indian Institute of management college infrastructure is good and have the all facilities to the students like air conditioning , hostel facility , library and well equipped class rooms and labs with very nice environment .

Placement is nice

Verified Review

College Infrastructure

The campus architecture seamlessly blends traditional elements with contemporary design. Spacious corridors, lush greenery, and serene walkways create an inspiring atmosphere. It offers comfortable and well-maintained hostels for students.

Have a question related to IIM Lucknow ?

I am not sure if I want to be admitted to MIT-WPU Pune for MBA. One of my friends suggested me to take admission in a good government college. While searching I found IIM Lucknow. what to do? MIT-WPU or IIM Lucknow?

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.

Also Check : CAT 2024 College Predictor

See, your academics are the most problematic things, as with 75%, 87% in schooling (10th and 12th), and 75% in your graduation, you are in quite disadvantageous position. And since you are in B.Sc, you'll be counted in the same bucket as engineers, you you'll get no diversity points as well.

The best thing will be that you re-attempt CAT after getting some work experience, because workex is the only thing which can counter all the negative things in your CV. All the best!

Hi,

Both MDI Gurgaon and IIM Lucknow are top tier B-Schools of India and getting an oppurtunity to study in any of them is a blessing in disguise. However there are few differences in the courses we must consider:

Course details:

  • PGPM in MDI Gurgaon- PGPM Course is designed to nurture students and help build their managerial and leadership qualities. This programme helps understand social, economic, political and ecological environment of modern society. It helps students become leaders and think out of the box.
  • ABM in IIM Lucknow- The two-year Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management is a full -time residential course designed to develop agribusiness leaders, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs with vision, competence and appropriate attitude for promoting/ growing agribusiness and agro-based enterprises with a strong international orientation.

Think about your priorities clearly. If you want to contribute to the agro industries then definitely you should pursue ABM course. Else you can go for PGPM course.


Course details for future reference is given below:

https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-management-lucknow/mba-agribusiness-management-course


https://mdi.ac.in/post-graduate-programme/post-graduate-programme-in-management.html



Hope it helps.

IIM Lucknow Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Can candidates with slightly lower CAT scores still get admission to IIM Lucknow?

The qualifying CAT cut off is the minimum score required to be eligible for shortlisting of IIM Lucknow PI round. Candidates with slightly less CAT scores are rejected for admissions.

2: What is the minimum CAT percentile required for the Academic Diversity Factor?

A percentile of 90% or above is typically seen as good for the "Academic Diversity Factor" in IIM admissions as it shows a solid academic background in addition to the CAT score, enabling a larger pool of applicants with a variety of academic profiles to be taken into consideration.

3: Is meeting the CAT cutoff enough to get shortlisted for IIM Lucknow?

No, candidates must also score eligible marks in their past academics i.e. school and undergraduate. Candidates must meet the scores as per the IIM Lucknow selection criteria. Work experience and professional degrees also help in increasing the chances of admission.

4: Does IIM Lucknow have sectional cutoffs in CAT?

Yes, IIM Lucknow has sectional cutoffs. The IIM Lucknow sectional cutoff is released for Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA) sections.

5: What is the factors affecting IIM Lucknow MBA cutoff 2024?

IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff depends on various factors such as availability of seats, number of applicants and the score of CAT.

6: What is the IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2024?

Candidates must score ≥85 in VARC, DILR and QA section. While the overall IIM Lucknow MBA cutoff 2024 is ≥90.

7: How much percentile should i secure to get into IIM Lucknow?

A general category candidate must secure around 90 percentile to meet the IIM Lucknow cutoff score.

8: To meet the IIM Lucknow cutoff is it important to appear for only CAT?

Depending upon the subjects, IIM Lucknow, other than CAT scores,  also accepts valid scores of GRE/GMAT/XAT/GATE.

9: Is securing CAT cutoff enough for getting admission into IIM Lucknow?

Securing the Lucknow CAT cutoff is not enough. The final selection at IIM Lucknow will be done on the basis of combined performance of CAT score, performance in the written ability test, personal interview, work experience, and other  academic records.

10: Do I need to secure a sectional cutoff to meet the IIM Lucknow cutoff?

Yes, you must also secure the IIM Lucknow sectional cutoff along with the overall marks.

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