IIM Lucknow Opens Phase-3 Admissions for One-Year MBA Programme at Noida Campus
IIM Lucknow has opened Phase-3 admissions for its one-year MBA programme (IPMX) at the Noida campus. The course is aimed at experienced professionals and follows a separate admission process from CAT-based MBA programmes.
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow has opened Phase-3 admissions for its one-year full-time management programme. This offers another application window for experienced professionals looking for accelerated MBA option.
International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX) is offered at IIM Lucknow’s Noida campus and is designed for candidates with prior work experience. The one year course is fully residential and focuses on building leadership, strategy and decision-making skills within a compressed academic timeline.
Phase-3 admissions began after completion of earlier application rounds and shows continued demand for shorter, career-oriented management programmes among working professionals.
IIM-L has introduced additional phase to accommodate eligible applicants who were unable to apply earlier.
This one-year MBA is different from two-year MBA programmes offered by IIMs through Common Admission Test (CAT). While CAT based admissions will now move into shortlisting and interview stage following declaration of results, IPMX programme follows a separate selection process.
Academic session for this programme is expected to begin in first half of upcoming academic year, depending on completion of admissions.
Apart from the CAT scores, B-schools consider candidates' written and spoken communication skills through Written Ability Test or Essay Writing, Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds. The B-schools also consider candidates' overall profile such as past academic records, work experience and extracurricular activities or abilities. Candidates Class 12 scores and overall academic profile plays a decisive role in selection as institutes look for consistency in excellence.
Having a good academic profile for IIM admission is very critical. The top 6 IIMs lay a lot of emphasis on Class 10 and Class 12 score for selection of candidates for WAT-PI round. The academic profile is evaluated again at the time of preparation of final merit list. It has been seen in the past that some candidates despite having 99+ percentile, were not selected for PI round due to low score in Class 12.
The academic profile is assessed for academic as well as gender diversity. Which means a candidate who studied Arts in Class 12 may be selected for PI with lower marks than a candidate who studied Science in Class 12.
Candidates aiming for IIMs must know that while the importance of academic profile is very important for top IIMs, it is moderately important for rest of the IIMs. For, other top MBA colleges, overall profile matters more than academic score. So, if you do not have superlative scores in Class 10 and 12, build a good profile with work experience and extra curricular activities to increase your chances of selection.
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Yes, the CAT accepting MBA colleges conduct either GD/PI or WAT/PI. Since MBA is a professional course about business and team management, personality assessment round is essential to ensure that the aspirant has the flair for management which can be polished during the programme. Communication skills, problem solving ability, management and leadership are essential qualities for MBA thus, every B-School conducts GD/PI or WAT/PI.