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IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2022: PI Shortlist (Out), IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2023-25, Selection Process, Fees, Placement

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Content Writer | Updated On - Jan 9, 2023

IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Cut off (qualifying) and admission criteria 2023-25 has been released online. IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria involves 3 stages- qualifying CAT 2022 Cut off, Composite Score calculation for PI shortlisting, final selection post WAT-PI rounds. For the PGP program, the overall qualifying CAT 2022 Cut off is 90 and for PGP-ABM & PGP-SM it is 85 for the general category. As per the official data, out of the 189133 candidates who expressed interest in PGP from IIM Lucknow, only 9987 have qualified CAT Cut off criteria. 

IIM Lucknow has now released the WAT-PI shortlist based on the composite scores. As per the WAT-PI shortlist data released by IIM Lucknow, 3879, 3257, and 1350 candidates have been shortlisted for PGP, PGP-ABM, and PGP-SM respectively. These WAT-PI shortlisted candidates have to submit their WAT-PI form online by January 7, 2023. The direct link for the same is provided here.

Direct Link for Shortlisted Candidates to Submit WAT-PI form List of Candidates Shortlisted for WAT-PI

The composite score for shortlisting candidates for WAT-PI has been calculated based on 60% weightage to CAT 2022 score, 10% weightage each to class 12 marks, graduation marks, and work experience. Check IIM Shortlist and Admission Criteria

For the final selection of candidates for MBA admission 2023-25, WAT and PI will hold 10% and 40% weightage respectively. To pass the PI round, you need to get 12 marks out of 40. 

Table of Contents

  1. IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Cut off & Selection Stages
  2. IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Score Calculation Method
    2.1 Scaled CAT Score Calculation (CS)
    2.2 Class 12 Marks (12M)
    2.3 Graduation Marks (GM)
    2.4 Work Experience (WE)
    2.5 Diversity Factor
  3. IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2021
  4. IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2020
  5. IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2019
  6. IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2018
  7. IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2017
  8. IIM Lucknow Admission Process
  9. IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria
  10. IIM Lucknow Admission 2022 FAQs
IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Cut off and Admission Process

IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Cut off & Selection Stages

The details of IIM Lucknow admission criteria 2023-25 is provided below along with the minimum qualifying CAT 2022 Cut off.

Stage 1(a): Eligibility Criteria for WAT-PI

Category PGP PGP-ABM and PGP-SM
VARC DILR QA Total VARC DILR QA Total
General 85 85 85 90 80 80 80 85
EWS 77 77 77 82 72 72 72 77
NC-OBC 77 77 77 82 72 72 72 77
SC 55 55 55 70 55 55 55 65
ST 50 50 50 65 50 50 50 60
PWD 50 50 50 65 50 50 50 60

Stage 1(b): Calculation of the Composite Score for Shortlisting at WAT-PI stage

Weights assigned to various components for generating the shortlist for WAT-PI stage are mentioned in the table below:

IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2023-25
IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria 2023-25

Academic Disciplines for admission to PGP-ABM in IIM Lucknow

IIM Lucknow Academic Disciplines in PGP-ABM

Stage 1(c): Scheduling for WAT-PI

  • Based on the details mentioned in the above tables candidates will be shortlisted for the WAT and PI stages. 
  • Candidates will be informed online about their selection for the further rounds. 
  • Candidates shortlisted for WAT-PI need to fill in and submit their PI form within the stipulated time.

Stage 2: Criteria for Final Selection of candidates for PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM program

A candidate’s final score for selection in PGP/PGP-ABM/PGP-SM program for the batch 2023–25 will be calculated on the basis of the assigned weights as summarized in the table below:

Component PGP & PGP-SM Weight PGP-ABM Weight
Common Admission Test (CAT) 30 35
Academic Performance (12M + GM) 5+5 5+5
Diversity Factor (DFa +DFb) 5 5
Work Experience 5 NA
Writing Ability Test (WAT) 10 10
Personal Interview (PI) 40 40
Final Score 100 100

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IIM Lucknow Score Calculation

IIM Lucknow Composite Score Calculation Method

Scaled CAT Score Calculation (CS)

  • The maximum weightage is given to CAT score that is 60% for shortlisting candidates in all the 3 types of courses. 
  • The scaled CAT Score is calculated by using the formula:

CS= (Candidate’s CAT Score / Highest CAT 2022 score) X 60

Class 12 Marks (12M)

  • IIMs do consider the past academic scores of candidates.
  • The weightage of Class 12 marks is 10 marks in the composite score.
  • The weightage of class 12 marks varies depending upon the percentage scored by the candidates in that class.
  • Method of scoring: 12M = [{Max (P, 80) – 80}/20] x10, where P represents the candidate’s class 12th percentile based on applicants’ pooled data for the respective Boards and Disciplines.

Graduation Marks (GM)

  • The maximum weightage given to graduation marks is 10 marks. 
  • Also, the Graduation score of the candidate is normalized for each kind of stream.
  • IIM Lucknow uses a mathematical formula for normalization, but the variable of that formula actually depends upon the graduation scores of other candidates who have been shortlisted.
Graduation Marks calculation

Work Experience (WE)

  • The maximum weightage of Work Experience is 10 marks in PGP and PGP-SM.
  • Work experience is not taken into consideration for PGP-ABM. 
  • The valid work experience that is considered should be of at least 6 months and 24 months for PGP and PGP-SM respectively.
IIM Lucknow Work Experience Score Allocation 2023-25

Diversity Factor

  • The weightage of Diversity factor is based on two factors that is Gender and Academic Background. This component has been added recently.
  • Female candidates will get 5 points for diversity factor for all kinds of courses, irrespective of their graduation stream.
  • For PGP and PGP-SM, candidates who have done their graduation in any stream except Engineering will get 5 points of diversification.
  • For PGP-ABM courses, candidates will get 5 points of diversity if they belong to streams like Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Science etc.

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IIM Lucknow Cut off 2021

IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2021

Category PGP PGP-ABM and PGP-SM
VARC DILR QA Total VARC DILR QA Total
General 85 85 85 90 80 80 80 85
EWS 77 77 77 82 72 72 72 77
NC-OBC 77 77 77 82 72 72 72 77
SC 55 55 55 70 55 55 55 65
ST 50 50 50 65 50 50 50 60
PWD 50 50 50 65 50 50 50 60

IIM Lucknow CAT 2021 Admission Statistics

The number of candidates who expressed interest and were then shortlisted in Post Graduate Programmes in Management of IIM Lucknow last year are mentioned below . 

Category PGP PGP-ABM PGP-SM
Registered Shortlisted Registered Shortlisted Registered Shortlisted
General 109617 5776 84053 6183 85504 1644
EWS 6294 513 5567 601 5471 114
NC‐OBC 30189 1572 25164 1760 24993 422
SC 12777 1397 10066 1101 10094 204
ST 3228 394 2325 291 2320 36
PwD 747 117 565 78 570 24
Total 162852 9769 127740 10014 128952 2444

IIM Lucknow CAT Composite Scores 2021

The composite scores calculated by the institute based on the various parameters are mentioned below for each category. 

Category PGP PGP-ABM PGP-SM
Composite Scores Shortlisted Candidates Composite Scores Shortlisted Candidates Composite Scores Shortlisted Candidates
Max Cut-off Min Cut-off Max Cut-off Min Cut-off Max Cut-off Min Cut-off
General 78.5587670 52.9226608 1276 74.2865081 47.6436303 916 67.1618605 39.7805500 926
EWS 63.5392935 35.6920650 318 72.1039380 32.2259962 309 55.1912612 21.9953667 114
NC‐OBC 75.8346446 35.8654094 913 74.5345787 32.7889261 779 62.1757477 18.2973114 422
SC 61.4735775 26.1118463 797 60.9529943 20.6160323 735 52.1335683 14.9687931 204
ST 49.5985108 10.9329695 394 47.3930039 10.2970151 291 41.0439680 15.8551880 36
General-PwD 75.0869488 14.3171266 98 55.5776984 13.5842307 64 72.0869488 19.7706328 20
EWS-PwD 54.4332890 18.5818136 3 46.9332890 15.4860119 3 30.4860119 30.4860119 1
NC‐OBC-PwD 45.4804216 13.1805986 13 35.2979532 13.1805986 9 36.4804216 20.1306311 3
SC-PwD 21.5547235 16.7824807 2 16.7824807 16.5547235 2 - - -
ST-PwD 31.9582208 31.9582208 1 - - - - - -
IIM Lucknow Cut off 2020

IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2020

IIM Lucknow PGP CAT Cut off percentile

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 70
ST 50 50 50 65
PWD 50 50 50 65

IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM CAT Cut off percentile

Category VARC DILR QA Overall
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 60
PWD 50 50 50 60

IIM Lucknow PGP-SM Cut-off percentile

Category VARC DILR QA Overall
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 60
PWD 50 50 50 60
IIM Lucknow Cut off 2019

IIM Lucknow CAT Cut off 2019

The cut off announced by IIM Lucknow to shortlist for various programs is mentioned below in the tables:

Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP

Category Section-1 VARC Section-2 DILR Section-3 Quant Overall
General 85 85 85 90
EWS 77 77 77 82
NC-OBC 77 77 77 82
SC 55 55 55 70
ST 50 50 50 65
PWD 50 50 50 65
Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP - ABM
Category Section-1 VARC Section-2 DILR Section-3 Quant Overall
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 60
PWD 50 50 50 60

Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP- SM

Category Section-1 Quant Section-2 DILR Section-3 VRC Overall
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 60
PWD 50 50 50 60

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IIM Lucknow Cut off 2018

IIM Lucknow Cut off - 2018

Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP

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

Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP- ABM

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

Sectional and Total Cutoff for PGP- SM

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 Cut off 2017

IIM Lucknow Cut off - 2017

Sectional and Total Cut off for PGP

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/ DA 55 55 55 70
IIM Lucknow Admission Eligibility

IIM Lucknow Eligibility Criteria 2022

Applicants who wish to apply for admission to management courses at IIM Lucknow have to fulfill the complete eligibility criteria prescribed by the institute. 

  • Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks from a recognized university or Institute.
  • For reserved category candidates, the minimum marks required are 45%. 
  • In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor’s degree.
  • Candidates who are still studying in their final year or candidates with awaiting results, can also apply.

List of Equivalent Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology - 4 years after 10+2/Post B.Sc./Post Diploma or B.E/B.Tech.
  • Any Qualification recognized by Association of Indian Universities New Delhi, which is equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree awarded by UGC recognized University/Institutions. 

Check CAT Eligibility Criteria

IIM Lucknow Admission Process

IIM Lucknow Admission Process 

The admission process of IIM Lucknow includes following steps:

  • Step 1: Candidates must have appeared for CAT and only those candidates who have scored the minimum required sectional and overall percentile will be considered for the first stage screening process.
  • Step 2: Candidates are short-listed for Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT). The shortlisted candidates must fill and submit WAT-PI form online within the prescribed time period. 
  • Step 3: After that final merit list will be prepared based on the composite score of candidates. 
  • Step 4: The final Admission Offer will be made to the candidates. 

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IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria

IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria

IIM Lucknow shortlist candidates based on their CAT score, previous academic record, work experience, etc. 

  • IIM Lucknow Admission Criteria includes 60% weight of CAT score, 20% weight to Academic record, 10% to Work Experience and Diversity factor each.
  • Candidates must have scored a minimum sectional percentile of that is 85 percentile.
  • Candidates must have scored a minimum overall 90 percentile without minimum percentile candidates will not be considered for the final admission process.
  • A female candidate is awarded 5 points out of 100 in the IIM Lucknow shortlisting criteria. 
  • Only paid and full-time work experience of more than 6 months will be considered valid.
IIM Lucknow Placement

IIM Lucknow Placement Record

Placement record of IIM Lucknow Batch in Sectors Percentage 
Sales and Marketing 25
strategy/ Consult 24
Finance  17
Operations and IT 17
General Management 9
E commerce 8

IIM Lucknow Top Recruiters

  1. Amazon
  2. Accenture
  3. Udaan
  4. The Boston Consulting Group
  5. Bain & Co.
  6. Deloitte McKinsey & Co.
  7. Citi
  8. ITC
  9. Mastercard
  10. Avendus Capital
  11. Procter & Gamble
  12. Hindustan Unilever
  13. Microsoft
  14. Uber

IIM Lucknow Admission Record based on CAT

Check out the statistics of candidates selected for IIM programs based on CAT Scores last year Candidates Considered in Preliminary Screening Round. A total of 8031 candidates are shortlisted for the Personal Interview Round

IIM Lucknow PGP program Total candidates Shortlisted for Admission Process Candidates shortlisted for PI
PGP 2020-22 13039 3766
PGP-ABM 2020-22 11792 2666
PGP-SM 2020-22 2766 1599

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IIM Lucknow CAT 2022 Cut off & Admission Criteria FAQs

Ques. What was the overall qualifying CAT 2022 cut off for IIM Lucknow?

Ans. The overall CAT 2022 cut off IIM Lucknow is as follows - 

  • General - 90 percentile
  • EWS – 82 percentile
  • NC-OBC – 82 percentile
  • SC- 70 percentile
  • ST- 65 percentile
  • PwD- 65 percentile

Ques. How many candidates are shortlisted for PI WAT at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. The number of candidates shortlisted for PI-WAT at IIM Lucknow based on CAT 2022 scores will be released after the declaration of results. Last year, the below-mentioned number of candidates wewre shortlisted for WAT & PI

  • PGP - 3,766
  • PGP-ABM - 2,666
  • PGP-SM - 1,599
  • Total candidates shortlisted - 8,031

Ques. Which is the most expensive course at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. The most expensive course at IIM lucknow is the PGP program, as the total fee is around 26 lakhs.

Ques. When is the Last Date of Acceptance and Submission of Acceptance Fee at IIM Lucknow?

Ans. The Last Date of Acceptance and Submission of Acceptance Fee will be released on the official website for the 2023-25 batch soon after the declaration of CAT 2022 results.

Ques. What is the selection criteria for IIM Lucknow batch 2023-2025?

Ans. The selection criteria for IIM Lucknow is as follows - 

  • CAT score - 30%
  • Academic Performance (12M + GM) - 5+5%
  • Diversity Factor (DFa +DFb) - 5%
  • Work experience - 5%
  • Writing Ability Test (WAT) - 10%
  • Personal Interview (PI) - 40%

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

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