Great Lakes Institute of Management PGPM Admissions 2026
ApplyApplication deadline: 4th Dec | Globally Recognized by AACSB (US) & AMBA (UK) | 17.8 LPA Avg. CTC for PGPM 2025
Hi Hitesh,
You should have applied earlier as the admissions for most of the renowned B-schools are closed for this year. CMAT exam score is accepted by around 1000 B-schools across India. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Goa Institute of Management, Goa, IPE Hyderabad, WeSchool Mumbai, PUMBA, etc. are some of the known B-schools in the list. There would be a few B-schools, especialy the private ones, who are still accepting the CMAT score for admissions. You need to check with the institutes directly. You might want to check with Alliance Bangalore, BIT Mesra, DBS Dehradun, FBS Kolkata, Acharya Bangalore, etc. To check the complete list of the colleges accepting CMAT score, kindly check the link below -
List of CMAT participating Institutes
To know the list of probable colleges with 70 percentile in CAT, check the link -
Which B-schools will you get based on your CAT percentile?
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Hope the information provided is helpful. All the best.
Hello Tapas,
There are many colleges that might accept your MAT score. Some of them i have stated above:
1. Amity business school,noida
2. Alliance school of business, bangalore
3. PSG institute of mgt, Coimbatore
4. BIT,MESRA
5. XIME, bangalore
6. NIT , warangal
and many more.
GOOD LUCK.
Thanks.
Hello Alagu,
If you have scored marks that is upto the cutoff then you can surely apply there. Go to the website of the college and check the details regarding the cutoff and application filling procedure.
GOOD LUCK.
Thanks.
hai.
to get admission in good b shools first you need to write any one of the aptitude examination like cat,xat,snap,mat,iift etc. after that if you meet the cutoff of your desired college you can apply their and they will call you for the next level of admission process that is group discussions and interviews. this depends on college to college some colleges even have written tests as well.
thank you and good luck
IMT Ghaziabad offers a 2-year full-time PGDM course with a total fee of Rs. 17.35 lakhs. Specializations offered are Marketing, Finance, Information Management and Analytics, Operations Management, Human Resources, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
As per placement report of 2015-17, almost 100% of the students were placed and the highest CTC – Rs. 25.92 lakh per annum, (International offer), Rs. 25 lakhs per annum (National offer), the average salary offered was Rs. 11.4 lakhs per annum
IMI Delhi offers a 2-year PGDM course with a total fee of Rs. 14.96 lakhs. According to last year placement records, 100% of the students were placed with the average salary offered as Rs. 12.54 lakhs per annum with some of the companies/recruiters visiting the campus are Accenture, Asian Paints, Barclays Bank, Citi Bank, Nestle, Standard Chartered Bank, Tata Motors, Mckinsey etc.
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Kanchipuram offers a 2-year full-time PGDM course with a total fee of Rs. 11.14 lakhs.It offers following specialisations - Marketing, Finance, Organization Behavior and Strategy, IT and Economics, Business Analytics and Operation management.
According to last year placements' report, 100% of the students were placed across diverse sectors and functional areas. The placement process saw participation from leading recruiters like Daimler, Dell, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thronton, HCL, INautix, Infosys, ITC Infotech, JSW Group, L&T Hydrocarbon, McKinsey, Musigma, Scope International, Shell, Tata Consultancy Services, Vatech Wabag, Virtusa Polaris, Wipro, ZS Associates, etc. Highest Domestic CTC offered was INR 16.5 Lakhs per annum by an e-commerce multinational. Average CTC offered to the Class of 2017 was INR 9.3 Lakhs and Median CTC was INR 9 Lakhs.
So among these 3 colleges, your first choice should be IMI Delhi then IMT Ghaziabad and then Great lakes.
Feel free to ask if you have any more queries. All the best!!
Hello Deepanshu, As you scored really good Percentile... You are all eligible to get a call from Great Lake Institute, Chennai as well as from Great Lake Institute, Gurgaon because their cutoff percentile of CMAT 2018 is 95 percentile...
Other college based on your CMAT Scores and college percentile, that you can opt for...
1. IFMR Chennai: Institute For Financial Management & Research (Cutoff - 90 percentile)
2. PUMBA: Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune (Cutoff - 95 percentile)
3. SIMSR Mumbai (Cutoff - 97 percentile)
All the very Best...
The college infrastructure is very good. It has been awarded with platinum Green campus award.The staff work very hard in maintaining hygiene and cleanliness inside the campus.It has gym a , three huge canteens single and double occupancy rooms for both boys and girls and girls hostel even has a lift in it and they also have attached bathrooms
Amazing campus, great management. All facilities are available on campus in terms of sports and a great library for reading. Internet and AC facilities are also great. Campus is a bit remote from chennai city
Yes, overall the college infrastructure is great, it is a LEED platinum campus with all the facilities including libraries, sports centers, gym, hostels, canteen, incubation center, etc. with a Pan campus WIFI facility.
Application deadline: 4th Dec | Globally Recognized by AACSB (US) & AMBA (UK) | 17.8 LPA Avg. CTC for PGPM 2025
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The CAT exam for GLIM Chennai MBA admissions is scheduled to be held on 30th November 2025.
On August 10, 2025, Dr. Shashi Tharoor will be the Chief Guest at Great Lakes Chennai Convocation.
GLIM Chennai admission open for the academic year 2026-27. Students can apply via the official website.