Top Colleges in Lucknow 2026: Fees, Ranking, Admission, Cutoff, Placement

Ans. Yes. On the 2025 cutoffs, Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow and Techno Institute of Management Sciences Lucknow closed at 50 CAT, SMS Lucknow's MBA in Marketing at 55 CAT, and SRMS IBS Lucknow at 60 CAT.

Clearing the cutoff earns a shortlist, and the final offer depends on each institute's own selection round. Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow also accepts MAT, CMAT, and ATMA scores, and SRMS IBS Lucknow also accepts MAT.

Ans. IIM Lucknow sets the highest bar at 90 CAT for its flagship PGP in 2025, with 85 CAT for the PGP in Agri-Business Management. Amity University Lucknow follows at 80 CAT for its International MBA and 70 CAT for its MBA, then SMS Lucknow at 65 CAT for its MBA in Finance, HR, and International Business, and SRMS IBS Lucknow at 60 CAT.

BBAU Lucknow, IIIT Lucknow, and AKTU Lucknow admit on CUET PG instead. AKTU Lucknow's MBA closed at 116 marks in 2026, BBAU Lucknow's MBA in Rural Management at 147 marks, and IIIT Lucknow's MBA in Digital Business at 140 marks in 2024.

Ans. BBAU Lucknow, at 3932.47%. Its MBA in Rural Management costs 38.50 K in total, and the university's NIRF median for its two-year MBA is 15.14 LPA, the second highest on this list. The ratio reflects the very low fee rather than a high salary.

SRMS IBS Lucknow is second on 228.76%, from a 3.06 Lakh fee and a 7.00 LPA average, and KMCLU Lucknow third on 225.69%. IIM Lucknow returns 149.40%: its 31.00 LPA median, the highest among these MBA colleges, sits against the listed 20.75 Lakh fee for its PGP in Agri-Business Management.

Ans. Admission runs through a national entrance test or state counselling, followed by each institute's own selection round.

• CAT: IIM Lucknow, Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow, Amity University Lucknow, SRMS IBS Lucknow, SMS Lucknow, and Techno Institute of Management Sciences Lucknow accept CAT scores.
• CUET PG: BBAU Lucknow, IIIT Lucknow, and AKTU Lucknow admit on CUET PG scores.
• UPTAC counselling: AKTU-affiliated colleges such as SMS Lucknow, SRM Business School Lucknow, and Techno Institute of Management Sciences Lucknow also fill seats through UPTAC, the counselling that AKTU conducts.
• Selection round: shortlisted candidates then go through the institute's own written test, group discussion, or personal interview.

Ans. IIIT Lucknow is the toughest. In JoSAA 2026 Round 5 its B.Tech Computer Science closed at 9175 and Computer Science and Business Systems at 11407, both on All India JEE Main ranks. In UPTAC 2026 Round 4, CSE closed at 104660 at AKTU Lucknow, 131278 at University of Lucknow, and 255604 at DSMNRU Lucknow.

At five AKTU-affiliated private colleges, SMS Lucknow, AIMT Lucknow, BBDITM Lucknow, RRGI Lucknow, and SRMCEM Lucknow, CSE closed between rank 1014454 and 1490247 in UPTAC 2026 Round 3.

Ans. Five of the sixteen. IIIT Lucknow admits through JoSAA on JEE Main ranks, and BBAU Lucknow through CUET UG, where B.Tech Computer Engineering closed at a score of 601 in Round 3 of 2025.

Integral University Lucknow, Amity University Lucknow, and Chandigarh University Lucknow are private universities that admit outside UPTAC, so Collegedunia lists no UPTAC closing rank for them; Integral University Lucknow admits through IUET or JEE Main.

Ans. IIIT Lucknow, at 313.44%, from a total fee of 13.24 Lakh against a median of 41.50 LPA for its Batch of 2026. AIMT Lucknow is second on 109.89%, from a 4.55 Lakh fee and a 5.00 LPA average, and SMS Lucknow third on 88.80%.

Integral University Lucknow posts the second-highest median at 7.00 LPA but returns 52.04%, because its fee of 13.45 Lakh is the second highest on this list.

Ans. Most colleges on this list admit through JEE Main or CUET UG, followed by centralised counselling.

• JoSAA: IIIT Lucknow admits on JEE Main ranks through JoSAA and the CSAB special rounds that follow it.
• UPTAC: AKTU Lucknow, University of Lucknow, KMCLU Lucknow, DSMNRU Lucknow, and the AKTU-affiliated colleges allot B.Tech seats through UPTAC on JEE Main ranks; the 2026 counselling ran to a fourth round.
• CUET UG: BBAU Lucknow, a central university, admits on CUET UG scores.
• Private universities: Integral University Lucknow admits through its own test, IUET, or JEE Main, and Amity University Lucknow and Chandigarh University Lucknow admit outside UPTAC and JoSAA through their own process.

Ans. A Class 12 aggregate of 45% for the General category is the most common bar, set by eight of the eleven colleges, including University of Lucknow, Integral University Lucknow, KMCLU Lucknow, and T.S. Mishra University Lucknow. Babu Banarasi Das University Lucknow asks for 50%.

Shree Geet Law College Lucknow and Charak and Suruchi Group of Institutions Lucknow list only a Class 12 pass, with no minimum percentage.

Ans. University of Lucknow fills its five-year LLB on CLAT 2026 scores, and seats left vacant go through its own undergraduate entrance test. Its 2026-27 admission brochure lists 330 seats plus 30 NRI seats, with a Class 12 minimum of 45% for the General category.

Colleges affiliated to University of Lucknow, such as Maa Vaishno Devi Educational Group Lucknow, admit from the merit list or entrance test that the university holds.

Ans. Charak and Suruchi Group of Institutions Lucknow, at 1.85 Lakh in total. Five colleges follow at 3.06 Lakh each: Lucknow Law College, Maa Vaishno Devi Educational Law College Lucknow, Maa Vaishno Devi Educational Group Lucknow, Varu Institute of Professional Studies Lucknow, and Shree Geet Law College Lucknow.

Among the universities, KMCLU Lucknow is the cheapest at 3.42 Lakh, and University of Lucknow charges 5.15 Lakh.

Ans. Admission to the five-year BA LLB runs through an entrance test or Class 12 merit.

• CLAT: University of Lucknow admits on CLAT scores and fills vacant seats through its own entrance test.
• CLAT or merit: Varu Institute of Professional Studies Lucknow admits on a CLAT score or Class 12 merit.
• University test or CUET UG: Integral University Lucknow admits through IUET, and T.S. Mishra University Lucknow on CUET UG scores or Class 12 merit.
• Class 12 merit: KMCLU Lucknow admits on merit, and Babu Banarasi Das University Lucknow on merit with a CLAT score preferred.
• Affiliated colleges: colleges affiliated to University of Lucknow admit from its merit list or entrance test.

Ans. Under the All India Quota in the General category, NEET UG 2026 closed after Round 3 at 2539 for KGMU Lucknow and 4447 for RMLIMS Lucknow. In UP NEET UG counselling, which Collegedunia reports on the same All India Rank scale, the two closed at 3613 and 5590 after Round 2.

The five private MBBS colleges closed far lower in UP counselling Round 2, from 294391 at HIMS Lucknow to 721398 at T.S. Mishra University Lucknow, for seats that carry total fees of 64.71 Lakh to 1.12 Crore.

Ans. The seven teaching colleges on this list carry 1,550 MBBS seats in the National Medical Commission's 2026-27 seat matrix. KGMU Lucknow, Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Integral University Lucknow, and T.S. Mishra University Lucknow carry 250 each, RMLIMS Lucknow 200, and HIMS Lucknow 100.

ABVMU Lucknow is Uttar Pradesh's state medical university and affiliates medical colleges rather than teaching MBBS itself, and SPPGIDMS Lucknow is a dental institute offering BDS and MDS, so neither holds an MBBS seat. HIMS Lucknow's campus sits at Safedabad, in Barabanki district, about 25 km from Lucknow.

Ans. No. Every MBBS seat in Lucknow, at government and private colleges alike, is filled from the NEET UG merit list, and no college on this list admits on any other test.

KGMU Lucknow and RMLIMS Lucknow give 15% of their seats to the All India Quota rangesby the Medical Counselling Committee. UP NEET UG counselling allots the rest of their seats and the seats at the private colleges.

Ans. Interns at KGMU Lucknow and RMLIMS Lucknow receive INR 25,000 a month, the rate for Uttar Pradesh government medical colleges. Among the private colleges, the 2024 reports to the National Medical Commission show INR 12,000 at HIMS Lucknow, INR 7,000 at Integral University Lucknow, and INR 3,000 at T.S. Mishra University Lucknow, and Era's Lucknow Medical College pays INR 6,000 for 2025-26.

Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow states that it pays a stipend to its interns but publishes no amount.

Ans. It depends on the stream. KGMU Lucknow holds the highest CD Score on this page at 972 out of 1000 and ranks eighth in NIRF Medical 2025. IIM Lucknow leads management on 899 and ranks fifth in NIRF Management 2025, IIIT Lucknow leads engineering on 773, and University of Lucknow leads law on 473.

Ans. The CD Score is Collegedunia's rating of a college out of 1000, made up of an academic score and a placement score. The academic score draws on state or all-India entrance exam cutoffs, student reviews, NAAC grades, and agency rankings. The placement score draws on the average package, the median package, and the number of students placed.

Ans. Collegedunia lists 270 colleges in Lucknow, including 220 private and 42 government colleges. By stream the largest counts are 131 management colleges, 108 commerce colleges, 92 arts colleges, 73 pharmacy colleges, and 72 engineering colleges.

By degree, Collegedunia lists 90 MBA and PGDM colleges, 58 BE and B.Tech colleges, 11 BA LLB colleges, and 9 colleges under MBBS, seven of which teach the course.

Ans. BBAU Lucknow, at 3932.47% across every stream on this page. Its MBA in Rural Management costs 38.50 K in total against the university's MBA median of 15.14 LPA, a ratio that reflects the low fee rather than a high salary.

Within the other streams the leaders are IIIT Lucknow for engineering at 313.44% and University of Lucknow for law at 162.91%. ROI here is the median or average package as a percentage of the total course fee.

Ans. Each stream has its own route. MBA admissions rangeson CAT at IIM Lucknow and the private B-schools, with MAT, CMAT, or ATMA accepted at some, and on CUET PG at BBAU Lucknow, IIIT Lucknow, and AKTU Lucknow. Engineering runs on JEE Main, through JoSAA for IIIT Lucknow and UPTAC for most other colleges, with CUET UG at BBAU Lucknow.

The five-year BA LLB runs on CLAT at University of Lucknow, IUET at Integral University Lucknow, and Class 12 merit at several others. MBBS runs on NEET UG alone.

Ans. Fees vary widely by stream. Among the main lists on this page, the full MBA runs from 38.50 K at BBAU Lucknow to 20.75 Lakh at IIM Lucknow, and B.Tech from 2.45 Lakh at Dr MC Saxena College of Engineering and Technology Lucknow to 15.36 Lakh at Amity University Lucknow.

The BA LLB runs from 1.85 Lakh at Charak and Suruchi Group of Institutions Lucknow to 13.30 Lakh at Integral University Lucknow, and MBBS from 1.61 Lakh at KGMU Lucknow to 1.12 Crore at Integral University Lucknow.

Ans. IIIT Lucknow records the highest median on this page at 41.50 LPA for its B.Tech Batch of 2026, followed by IIM Lucknow at 31.00 LPA and BBAU Lucknow at 15.14 LPA for its MBA. In law, University of Lucknow reports a five-year median of 8.39 LPA.

Ans. Each package comes from the newest NIRF Data Capturing System filing available for the college: the NIRF 2026 submission for the 2024-25 graduating batch where the college has published it on its own site, and otherwise NIRF 2025 for the 2023-24 batch. Where a college files no NIRF row for the programme, the figure comes from its official placement report, as for IIIT Lucknow, SRMS IBS Lucknow, and AIMT Lucknow.

SRMS IBS Lucknow and AIMT Lucknow publish an average rather than a median. Where neither source publishes a figure, the cell carries a dash and the college is left out of the return-on-investment ordering.

Ans. Not for MBBS, and not at IIM Lucknow or IIIT Lucknow. Every MBBS seat in Lucknow is filled from the NEET UG merit list, IIM Lucknow admits on CAT, and IIIT Lucknow admits on JEE Main for B.Tech and CUET PG for its MBA.

Law is the main exception: KMCLU Lucknow admits to its BA LLB on Class 12 merit, and Babu Banarasi Das University Lucknow on merit with a CLAT score preferred but not required.