PG Diploma in Information and Cyber security 

at Lucknow University, Lucknow

Lucknow University accepts JEE Main entrance exam scores for admission to the BE/BTech courses. Considering the JEE Main last round cutoff 2024, the closing ranks varied between 129997 and 326317, of which Computer Science Engineering was the most competitive BTech specialisation for the General Home State quota. For a detailed course-wise JEE Main closing rank, refer to the table below: 

Lucknow University offers good placement annually. The University has achived 81% placements in the academic year 2024-25. The highest and average package secured by the batch 2025 was INR 24.61 and INR 7.86 LPA. Earlier, the participating recruiters presented 2588 job offers to the students of the batch 2024.

Lucknow University admits entrance tests through UGET, UGPET, PGET, CUET, CUET-PG and JEE Main. Admission to MBA is on basis of LUMET and personal interview. The Basic Teachers Training admission is JEE Main and then followed by UPTU Counselling

The cutoff ranks vary for different courses, rounds and categories. Students can refer to the table below to view the round-wise cutoffs for the General HS quota candidates.

The the highest and average package offered during Lucknow University placements 2023 stood at INR 24.8 LPA and INR 8.6 LPA, The key highlights of Lucknow University placements 2023 are presented below:

CAT exam usually takes place in the month of November. The registration has starts from August and the last date of application is auntil September.

According to the latest report, a rise of 260% in the job offers was recorded in the year 2024 when compared with 2023. The students received 718 job offers in 2023 which increased to 2588 offers duirng Lucknow placements 2024.

Yes, you could get into Lucknow University with 75% in class 12^th, provided you clear the CUET-PG examination conducted by the university itself, as there are certain eligibility criteria for appearing for the examination, so that the quality of postgraduate education is maintained. For admissions to PG course specialisations offered by the university, your class 12^th marks wouldn’t be considered; those only qualify you to be able to sit for the examination. Your admission is based on your performance in CUET-PG, and if you clear the cutoff released by the university, for different categories and rounds.

The university was established in 1920, and has over 550+ affiliated colleges and 15+institutes/centres. Lucknow University is recognised by UGC, AICTE, NCTE, BCI, among others, and offers more than 100 courses in both UG and PG fields. Notbale alumni at LU include Shankar Dayal Sharma, Suresh Raina, Arif Mohammad Khan and Harish Rawat.

Through CUET PG, candidates were permitted to take admission at Lucknow University for MCA course in 2024. As per the Lucknow University CUET PG cutoff 2024, the needed rank to get into the university for MCA course stood at 16804 for the General Home State category. Moreover, the cutoff remained the same for the OBC Home State category candidates too.