IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2025: Check Category-wise and Round-wise Cutoff

Q: What percentile do I need to get into IIM Lucknow?

Candidates need to score a minimum of 90 percentile in CAT to participate in the IIM Lucknow admission process for PGP courses. The cutoff for various courses at IIM Bangalore are as follows Course Cutoff Percentile PGP-ABM 85 Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Management 85 PGPM 90 However, according to the cutoff trends, the minimum expected cutoff for IIM Lucknow is 90 and the maximum expected cutoff is 99. Some points to keep in mind are Your maximum focus should be on your CAT score. Try to score 99+ Past academics are also taken into consideration in IIM Bangalore admission Work Experience carries 10% weightage A decent to good profile can be get admitted by scoring 99.3+ An average profile's required percentile is unpredictable but should aim as high as they can. Being a non-engineer female can increase your chances while vice versa can decrease your chances.

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IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2026

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General

Course	Cutoff Percentile
Course	Cutoff	DILR	VARC	QA
PGP-ABM	97	97	97	97

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IIM Lucknow cutoff is available for CAT here. You can check category wise IIM Lucknow cutoff for popular courses such as PGP below.

IIM Lucknow offers admission to PGP through CAT.

Course	Exam	Cutoff
PGP	CAT	97

Table of Content

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025
1. IIM Lucknow PGP Agri-Business Management Cutoff 2025
IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff Trends
1. IIM Lucknow CAT PGP Cutoff Trends: Category-wise
2. IIM Lucknow CAT PGP Cutoff Trends: Course-wise

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025

Students can take admission in PGP programs at IIM Lucknow based on CAT score. As per IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2025, the overall cutoff for PGP programs in Round 1 is 97 across all categories.

PGP Agri-Business Management, is the top choice for students appearing in CAT.

In 2025, PGP Agri-Business Management closing percentile for General Category is 97 in Round 1.

You can check PGP Agri-Business Management, category-wise closing percentile for CAT below:

IIM Lucknow PGP Agri-Business Management Cutoff 2025

Category	Closing percentile
General	97
OBC	97
SC	97
ST	97
EWS	97

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff Trends

Admission at IIM Lucknow in PGP Programs in 2025 was closed at 97 percentile whereas closing percentile in 2024 was 55 across all categories. You can check category-wise and course-wise closing percentile trends below:

IIM Lucknow CAT PGP Cutoff Trends: Category-wise

Category	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
General	97	85	85	85	85
OBC	97	77	77	77	77
SC	97	65	65	65	65
ST	97	55	55	60	60
EWS	97	77	77	77	77
PwD	-	55	55	60	60

IIM Lucknow CAT PGP Cutoff Trends: Course-wise

Courses	Closing percentile 2025	Closing percentile 2024	Closing percentile 2023	Closing percentile 2022	Closing percentile 2021
Agri-Business Management	97	55	55	60	60
Sustainable Management	97	55	55	60	60

IIM Lucknow: 4 Answered Questions

What is the CAT cutoff for IIM Lucknow with experience of one year?

Ayush RajStudied at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Last year, the minimum CAT percentile for IIM Lucknow, for general category students was as follows-

PGP				PGP-ABM and PGP-SM
VARC	DILR	QA	Total	VARC	DILR	QA	Total
85	85	85	90	80	80	80	85

IIM Lucknow invites candidates for WAT and PI rounds based on their composite score. Last year, the composite score was calculated by giving 60% weightage to CAT score, and 10% weightage each to class 12th percentile, graduation percentile and work experience. For final selections, WAT and PI held 10% and 40% weightage respectively. 12 out of 40 was the minimum score required to clear the PI round.

You can check more details on the entire selection process 2023 at IIM Lucknow.

How much minimum CAT percentile do I need to get IIM Calcutta or IIM Lucknow if I have Xth 93, XIIth 73, and BTech 70, without any work experience?

Sagar Dikshitlives in Lucknow

Your graduation score is a bit low but it depends on your institute too. If you are from a top college, then this score will be considered pretty good. Moreover, past academics are not the only deciding factor when it comes to admission to IIMs. You do have decent changes if selection viewing your overall profile.

As for the CAT Score, don’t set a fixed target and just aim for as high as you can. The cutoffs keep changing depending on various factors so what should remain constant are your efforts. Additionally, preparing for the interview is very crucial because it determines your chances of admission.

What is the percentile that will ensure a call from IIM Calcutta, Lucknow, Bangalore, and Ahmadabad having 83% in 10th, 83% in 12th and a 6.9 CPGA in graduation, till now having no work experience?

Aditi BanerjeeLives in Bangalore

First of all, bear in mind that there is never a 100% certainty of getting a call from a specific interest as there are many factors that determine it.

Considering your profile that lacks work experience and has witnessed a decline in the graduation marks, I don’t consider anything below 99.9 to fetch you a call from institutes like IIM Calcutta, Lucknow, Bangalore, and Ahmedabad. All these institutes only accept the best profiles and high scores. So unless you score a perfect 100, it will be difficult to get admission here.

What percentile do I need to get into IIM Lucknow?

Akash VaderaStudied at Kirori Mal College, Delhi University (Graduated 2018)

Candidates need to score a minimum of 90 percentile in CAT to participate in the IIM Lucknow admission process for PGP courses. The cutoff for various courses at IIM Bangalore are as follows

Course	Cutoff Percentile
PGP-ABM	85
Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Management	85
PGPM	90

However, according to the cutoff trends, the minimum expected cutoff for IIM Lucknow is 90 and the maximum expected cutoff is 99. Some points to keep in mind are

Your maximum focus should be on your CAT score. Try to score 99+
Past academics are also taken into consideration in IIM Bangalore admission
Work Experience carries 10% weightage
A decent to good profile can be get admitted by scoring 99.3+
An average profile's required percentile is unpredictable but should aim as high as they can.

Being a non-engineer female can increase your chances while vice versa can decrease your chances.

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Comments

Found 2 Comments

pranjal sapra

Mar 26, 2024 17:05

What is the general category cutoff for the MBA-SM program?

Rency Daniel

Apr 3, 2024 10:28

For the MBA-SM programme at IIM Lucknow, the general category cutoff is between the 85th and 90th percentile for admission in 2024. For admission to IIM Lucknow during the WAT-PI phase, this percentile is necessary.

mansi jain

Mar 26, 2024 11:26

Can I expect a call from IIM Lucknow with a 92 percentile in CAT?

Rency Daniel

Apr 3, 2024 10:29

If your CAT result is at least 90 percentile—the minimum qualifying percentile for IIM Lucknow's PGP course admissions process—you can get a call from the institute.

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