GLIM Chennai

GLIM Chennai Admission 2025: Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai opened admission for its 2-year full-time residential PGDM programme for the batch 2025-2027. The last date for the submission of applications is yet to be declared. 

Eligibility Criteria: 

• All applicants are required to appear for GMAT / CAT / XAT before applying to the Great Lakes Institute of Management. 
• For PGDM 2025 Intake, Great Lakes Institute of Management will accept scores of GMAT taken after 1st January 2022, CAT taken in 2023 / 2024, and XAT taken in 2024 / 2025.
• All applicants should possess a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised institution and minimum 60% score across 10th / 12th / Undergraduation.
• Freshers and candidates with strictly less than 36 months of work experience as of 30th June 2025 only are eligible to apply.
• Candidates with 2-3 years of work experience by 30th April 2025 are encouraged to apply for both one-year and two-year PGDM programmes.
• Eligible candidates can apply for both programmes, they may do so by filling out the application forms separately. 
• Candidates will be evaluated based on the respective programme’s admission criteria. The admissions panel may also recommend the candidates for a specific programme based on the assessment and program fit.
• There will be a special preference for College / University rank holders in terms of an extra weightage gained as part of the selection process. The onus of proof of rank is vested in the applicant.

Admission Process:

• Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria can apply to the Great Lakes Institute of Management by completing an online form. 
• Candidates can choose to apply by visiting the website i.e. www.greatlakes.edu.in and filling in the online application form after making a payment of Rs. 2000/-.
• The entire application procedure will be online. 
• Candidates must have a viable recommendation letter submitted online. The letter would be collected from the candidate after the final selection. 
• While applying the candidates have to provide the official email of the recommender. 

Evaluation & Selection Process:  Applicants will be evaluated based on GMAT / CAT / XAT scores, past academic performance, essays, work experience and performance in the personal interview. The selection process builds in a criterion that facilitates evaluating each applicant on:

Academic Abilities: The program at Great Lakes is highly demanding and intense; candidates with consistent academic backgrounds and an ability to sustain pressure make the shortlist

Standardized Test Scores: To eliminate inconsistencies between colleges and universities at the Undergraduate level, Great Lakes considers GMAT or CAT or XAT scores in the overall assessment

GLIM Chennai : Established in 2004 by Padmashree awardee, Dr. Bala V Balachandran, Professor Emeritus at Kellogg School of Management, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is now among India’s leading Business Schools. Led by an exceptional faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council and buoyed by international collaborations, Great Lakes, has emerged as a top ranked Business School within a short span of time.