IIM Lucknow PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses 2025

IIM Lucknow is a top Management college where every student aspiring for a good career in the Management field wants to go. Surviving in this college is quite easy for hardworking students. The environment of the college is quite welcoming for the fresh students. For freshers, IIM Lucknow has a good environment to study, learn, and enjoy. 

IIM Lucknow is a good college that ranks 5 in India by NIRF 2025 under the Management category. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow was established in 1984 and is accredited by the Association of MBAs  (AMBA) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business  (AACSB). 

The leading corporate giants that visited the institute campus for participation in IIM Lucknow placements 2024 are mentioned below:

IIM Lucknow Top Recruiters
Adobe	American Express	ITC Limited
MAQ Software	Accenture	Tata Motors
TCS	WNS	Tech Mahindra
Infosys	Exide	Tiger Analytics

Famous ranking bodies like QS, Financial Times, and others have featured IIM Lucknow in their list of top 250 colleges. The QS has ranked IIM 201-250 under the WUR Ranking By Subject category and 251-300 under the WUR Ranking By Subject for 2022. The ranking body has also ranked IIM Lucknow 121-130 under the World University Rankings - Masters In Management category for 2023.

IIM Lucknow is ranked 6 by NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) 2023 under the Management category. NIRF has ranked this college on the same position for two years consistently. 

IIM Lucknow QS ranking for 2023 is 201-250 under the QS WUR Ranking By Subject category. Internationally it is one of the top-ranked colleges all over the world. This shows that international interest in Indian colleges over time has increased and people are now getting interested in Indian Education. 

 IIM Lucknow NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) Ranking for 2022 and 2023 is six under the Management category. IIM Lucknow rank for 2021 is seven under the Management category. IIM Lucknow ranking NIRF is good and is given based on criteria like Sanctioned (Approved) Intake, Placement and higher Studies, Faculty Details, and others.

With many years of up-to-date industry experience, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) faculty acts as facilitators of high-quality education in the students learning process. The faculty of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) include assistant professors, guests, and visiting faculty members. Most of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) professors are Ph.D. and various other degree holders. Hence, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) faculty is good.

There are several clubs available at IIM Lucknow campus. The below-mentioned are the other clubs available in the colleges:

IIM Lucknow Clubs
Music Band – 3.4	Abhivyakti	Random Walk
Credence Capital	Forty Two	Right Angles
Quizzing Commoners	Toastmasters	-

Earlier, IIM Lucknow fees and placements were checked by the students before going for admissions but now students also want to know about the clubs, societies, and events as these have become important parts of their careers. These clubs are like added stars that can help students groom into professionals. 

IIM Lucknow is a good college. One which is ranked quite high in terms of the Management colleges present in India. The key highlights of IIM Lucknow placements 2024 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2024)
the highest package	- PGP & PGP ABM: INR 65 LPA (international)/ INR 1.23 crore per annum (domestic) - PGP SM: INR 45.37 LPA
Average package	- PGP & PGP ABM: INR 30 LPA - PGP SM: INR 20.14 LPA - IPMX: INR 25.53 LPA
Average package of top 25%	- PGP SM: INR 30.21 LPA - IPMX: INR 34 LPA
Average package of top 50%	- PGP SM: INR 25.25 LPA - IPMX: INR 30 LPA
Median package	- PGP & PGP ABM: INR 27 LPA - PGP SM: INR 18.05 LPA - IPMX: INR 24.47 LPA
Placement rate	- PGP & PGP ABM: 100%
Companies participated	- PGP SM: 29
Offers made	- PGP & PGP ABM: 600+

Looking at the placements mentioned above one can say that it is one of the top ranked colleges present in India. 

IIM Lucknow is a public/government college. IIM Lucknow ranks 5th by NIRF 2025 under the Management category. Being a government college the fee is not very high. Even if the students feel the fee is high worry not and contact the college for scholarship availability information. 

Spread across 185 acre of land, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow provides excellent infrastructure and various other facilities for the students. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-Lucknow) has one of the most beautiful campuses in India. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow has a library, computer centre (with state-of-the-art computing facilities), and an administrative block. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow also has a 20-acre satellite campus located in Noida exclusively for Executive education.

No, it is not mandatory to stay in hostel for IIM Lucknow students. However, it is always convinent to stay close to the campus. Students can reach the campus as and when required in short-time. The institute provides air-conditioned hostel for both boys and girls. The hostels have basic amenities such as waster purifiers, common room, recreation room, etc. for students.

During IIM Lucknow summer placements for PGP SM batch 2023-25, 32% of offers were from IT sector. Take a look at the below snip presenting the sector-wise split of PGP SM summer placements for batch 2023-25:

Image Source: Official Report

Yes, the institute has a list of alumni who are successfully running their own Unicorn startups and have raised the entrepreneurship standard with their creative ideas. To name a few, take a look at the below success stories:

1. Bombay Shaving Company: A premium personal care and grooming solutions brand was founded by Shantanu Deshpande, who passed out from IIM Lucknow in 2011. Shantanu has pursued an MBA in Strategy from IIM Lucknow. After completing his education he worked for 4 years at McKinsey & Company and after that, he ventured into the world of entrepreneurship.

2. Flutrr: It is an inclusive multilingual online dating app which provides a delightful dating experience in one’s language. A new generation of matching algorithms from ancient Indian and Vedic sciences of Astrology and Numerology are followed at Flutrr. The company was founded by Kaushik Banerjee who is designated as co-founder and CEO. Kaushik has pursued MBA in Marketing Operations from IIM Lucknow and has passed out on 1992.

Multiple IIM Lucknow alumni have set the stage for the upcoming students to start their own ventures and bring the best to the table.

MBA from IIM Lucknow is a good experience I would say. One cannot ask for less or more, in terms of education, extra-curricular, industry interactions, faculty, amenities, and most importantly food. The scope, I would say, is endless. It depends from person to person and not on the campus alone. Apart from placements, the campus has witnessed budding entrepreneurs too. The college will definitely give you the right direction to think and make way for yourself. As far as campus placements are concerned, one can take up jobs in Marketing, Finance, IT, Consulting, HR, Systems, Data Analytics, etc.

The institute has provided handsome placement packages for the MBA students every year. Refer to the table for more information:

The IIM Lucknow the highest packages offered during 2024 placements stood at INR 123 LPA (domestic) and INR 65 LPA (international). See the table below showcasing IIM Lucknow the highest package trends:

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow offers a list of Management programmes to students, including PGP, PGP-ABM, MBA-E&I, PGP-SM, PGPWE (WMP), IPMX, and FPM courses at the postgraduate and doctoral levels. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow admission to most of the courses is entrance-based like CAT and others. The eligibility criteria to get admission to the PGDM course at IIM Lucknow is a Bachelor's degree or equivalent with a minimum of 50% aggregate. The selection criteria involve relevant CAT scores and good performance in WAT and PI rounds. A proper preparation is necessary to get good score in CAT. For this, CAT syllabus must be read well and CAT question papers must be studied well.

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow provides admission to FPM courses based on GMAT/CAT/GRE/CSIR NET score followed by a personal interview round. IIM Lucknow also offers Fellowship Programme for Management to students with a master's degree. Apart from the FPM course, this Management institute also offers a part-time non-residential Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EFPM).