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IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025
IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2024
IIM Lucknow Cut off Previous Year Trends
IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria 2026-28

About Cutoff at IIM Lucknow

IIM Lucknow MBA admission criteria 2026-28 have been released. Students must meet the IIM Lucknow cutoff 2025 to get shortlisted for the further admission process. IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2025 has been released for admissions to MBA, MBA-ABM and MBA-SM courses.

IIM Lucknow MBA cutoff for general category candidates is 90, while for EWS and OBC students, the minimum scores required is 82. For SC and ST candidates CAT scores required are 65 and 60, respectively. IIM Lucknow cutoff 2025 for MBA-ABM and MBA-SM courses is 85 for general category students, 77 for EWS and OBC students, 65 for SC and 55 for ST students.

Students are offered IIM Lucknow admissions 2025 based on performance in CAT, WAT, PI, past academic records, work experience, and so forth. The IIM Lucknow releases the minimum sectional and overall CAT cut off for shortlisting candidates for the WAT and PI rounds of the admission process.

Also See: IIM Lucknow Admissions

IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2025

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow has released the shortlisting criteria and final selection of MBA, MBA-ABM & MBA-SM candidates for the Batch 2026-28. Check below the IIM Lucknow summary of cut-off 2025.

IIM Lucknow CAT cut-off 2025 has been released for MBA admissions 2026-28.
Overall IIM Lucknow cut off for general category students is 90 for MBA and 85 for MBA-ABM and MBA-SM programmes.
IIM Lucknow cut off percentile (overall) is 82 for MBA and 77 for MBA-ABM and MBA-SM programmes for OBC category students.
IIM Lucknow MBA cutoff is 65 overall, and sectional cutoff is 55 for SC category students.
For ST students, IIM Lucknow cut off 2025 is 60 overall for MBA and 55 for MBA-ABM and MBA-SM programmes.
IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria 2026-28: Based on CAT 2025 scores, Written Ability Test and Personal Interview (PI).

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025

IIM Lucknow offers various courses like PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM. Candidates need to score the minimum IIM Lucknow cut off 2025 set for a particular course to get shortlisted for the Written Ability Tests (WAT) and Personal Interviews (PI). Candidates are required to meet the minimum eligibility criteria to appear for the further stages of the IIM Lucknow selection process. Check details below of IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025 for MBA admissions 2026-28.

IIM Lucknow MBA Cutoff 2025

Category	MBA (Overall)	MBA-ABM/MBA-SM (Overall)
General	90	85
EWS	82	77
NC-OBC	82	77
SC	65	65
ST	60	55
PwD	60	55

IIM Lucknow Sectional Cutoff 2025

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow sectional cutoff includes Quantitative Ability (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC). Check below the IIM Lucknow sectional cutoff for MBA.

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 Sectional Cutoff 2025 for MBA-ABM & MBA-SM

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	80	80	80
EWS	72	72	72
NC-OBC	72	72	72
SC	55	55	55
ST	50	50	50
PwD	50	50	50

IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2024

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow cutoff is released based on CAT results on its official website - iiml.ac.in. The minimum IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff varies across the programmes. The table given below shows the category-wise IIM Lucknow cutoff 2024 of MBA, MBA-AM and MBA SM for general, OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PWD students.

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2024

Category	MBA (Overall)	MBA-ABM/MBA-SM (Overall)
General	90	85
EWS	82	77
NC-OBC	82	77
SC	65	65
ST	60	55
PwD	60	55

IIM Lucknow Sectional Cutoff 2024 for MBA

IIM Lucknow MBA sectional cutoff is 85 for general category students, 77 for EWS and OBC students, 55 for SC students and 50 for ST and PWD students. Check below category-wise IIM Lucknow cutoff 2024 for MBA, MBA-ABM, and MBA-SM courses.

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 Sectional Cutoff 2024 for MBA-ABM/MBA-SM

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	80	80	80
EWS	72	72	72
NC-OBC	72	72	72
SC	55	55	55
ST	50	50	50
PwD	50	50	50

IIM Lucknow Cut off Previous Year Trends

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 CAT Cut off 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

MBA ABM IIM Lucknow 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 Sectional Cutoff 2023 for CAT ABM Programme

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	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

CAT Sectional Cutoff IIM Lucknow 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
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 Cut off 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	VARC	DILR	QA	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	VARC	DILR	QA	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 Cut off 2020

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	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

Category Wise IIM Lucknow Sectional Cutoff Cutoff 2020

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	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 Cutoff 2020 for PGP SM Programme

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	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 years IIM Lucknow Cutoff Summary

Check below details of previous 5 years overall and sectional cutoff for admissions to MBA courses at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.

Year	Overall Percentile	Sectional Percentile
2023	90	85
2022	90	85
2021	90	85
2020	90	85
2019	90	85

IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria 2026-28

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 the shortlisting stage, wherein candidates are selected for the 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
Components	MBA and MBA- SM	MBA 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

Factors Affecting IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2025

Common Aptitude Test or CAT cutoff is released by various B-schools and IIMs on the basis of CAT score. The cutoff of CAT may vary from institute to institute. B-schools shortlist candidates on the basis of sectionals and overall cutoffs. Factors affecting CAT cutoff are:

The difficulty level of the exam
Reservation policy of IIM institutes
Previous year's cutoff trends
Marking schemes of the CAT
Lowest and Average marks scored by the candidates in the exam
Total number of applicants and seats offered by the IIMs institutes

Top IIMS Cutoff Comparison

Students can check below the overall CAT Cut off Percentile for general category students for some of the top Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

College	Overall CAT Cutoff Percentile
IIM Lucknow Cutoff	90
IIM Bangalore Cutoff	85
IIM Kozhikode Cutoff	75
IIM Indore Cutoff	90
IIM Ahmedabad Cutoff	80

The candidate's cumulative score is calculated considering factors like a personal profile, academic qualifications, CAT score, and so forth.

Student Reviews for IIM Lucknow

4.3/5(68 Reviews)

College Infrastructure: 4.3/5

Academics: 4.1/5

Placements: 4.3/5

Value for Money: 3.7/5

Campus Life: 4.1/5

Over all entire atmosphere are good.

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Posted on 25 Jan'25 by Tanisha garg
Batch of 2025-01-01 | MBA

College Infrastructure

IIM Lucknow as built its own infrastructure, and the rest of the facilities will be provided in future. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled and has interactive classrooms. Our college has a good library with all facilities, including terminals, to provide in-depth knowledge. A huge variety of food items are served here with average taste.

Faculties in this department is pretty good.

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Posted on 25 Jan'25 by Manya jhamb
Batch of 2025-01-01 | MBA

College Infrastructure

The facilities in our department are very good. Every student gets better and equal treatment. The infrastructure is very good compared to other colleges in our city or district. The quality of facilities in our hostel is good, and the mess food is pretty much better.

Access mentor ship and career.

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Posted on 22 Jan'25 by Dhruv somani
Batch of 2025-01-01 | MBA

College Infrastructure

We have well-equipped library and classrooms with centralised air conditioning system. We have Wi-Fi in each of our hostel rooms and campus area. There is badminton court, basketball court, cricket ground, gym and common room consisting of table tennis, pool and carrom and mess food is good.

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Have a question related to IIM Lucknow ?

Can I directly take admission in IIM Lucknow without appearing in any of the competitive exams like CAT MAT etc.

Hello Shagufta,

No, you cannot directly apply to IIM Lucknow if you haven't attempted CAT which is an exam of national importance.

Every IIM accepts CAT score and then proceed it's application process. So, there's no chance of getting directly admitted in any of the IIMs without appearing in CAT for MBA.

All the best !

Thank-you

Saloni Singh25 Dec'19

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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

Yash28 Sep'24

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I've got 75% in 10th 87% in 12th & 75% in degree (B.sc) probably if i can expect a call from iim Lucknow 90%ile in cat

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!

thakurvishesh16 Jul'22

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IIM Lucknow Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What is the IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2025?

Candidates must score ≥85 in VARC, DILR and QA section. IIM Lucknow CAT cutoff 2025 for MBA-ABM and MBA-SM courses is 85 for general category students, 77 for EWS and OBC students, 65 for SC and 55 for ST students.

2: What is the factors affecting IIM Lucknow MBA cutoff 2025?

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow CAT cutoff depends on various factors such as availability of seats, previous years trends, category of students, number of applicants and the score of CAT.

3: 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.

4: 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.

5: 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.

6: 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.

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

Depending upon the subjects, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, other than CAT scores, also accepts valid scores of GRE/GMAT/XAT/GATE. Candidates must meet the CAT 2025 cutoff, attend for WAT and PI conducted by IIM Lucknow for MBA admissions.

8: 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. IIM Lucknow MBA sectional cutoff is 85 for general category students, 77 for EWS and OBC students, 55 for SC students and 50 for ST and PWD students.

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