LUMS Admission Fall 2027: Application Deadline, LCAT Date and Key Dates
Key facts
- Offered by
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- Level
- Bachelor's, Master's, MPhil / PhD
- Programmes
- Undergraduate and graduate programmes, Fall 2027
- Entry test
- LCAT (undergraduate) or SAT/ACT; LGAT, GRE, GMAT or HAT (graduate)
- Who can apply
- See programme criteria on the LUMS admission website
- Last date
- 27 January 2027
- Official source
- admission.lums.edu.pk
- Last verified
- 24 October 2026
LUMS admissions for Fall 2027 are open. The online application deadline for undergraduate programmes is 27 January 2027 (5:00 PM), the LUMS Common Admission Test (LCAT) is on 21 March 2027, and admission decisions are released between 15 April and 30 July 2027. Graduate programmes have a later deadline of 6 April 2027.
Undergraduate key dates (Fall 2027)
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Online application deadline | 27 Jan 2027, 5:00 PM |
| Upload documents and pay application fee | By 28 Jan 2027 |
| Financial aid application and documents | 26 Feb 2027, 4:00 PM |
| Last SAT sitting accepted | 6 Mar 2027 |
| LUMS Common Admission Test (LCAT) | 21 Mar 2027 |
| Last ACT sitting accepted | 10 Apr 2027 |
| Admission decisions | 15 Apr to 30 Jul 2027 |
The dates cover undergraduate programmes in all four schools that admit undergraduates: the Suleman Dawood School of Business, the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, and the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law.
Graduate programmes (Fall 2027)
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Online application deadline | 6 Apr 2027, 5:00 PM |
| Upload documents and pay fee | By 7 Apr 2027 |
| LUMS Graduate Admission Test (LGAT), tentative | 18 Apr 2027 |
| Financial aid application | 6 May 2027, 4:00 PM |
| Classes begin (tentative) | 23 Aug 2027 |
Depending on the programme, the test requirement is a GMAT, GRE or HAT score taken by 18 April 2027, or LUMS’s own LGAT and subject tests. PhD applicants who are foreign nationals have an earlier deadline of 3 March 2027.
How to apply
- Choose your programme on LUMS’s admission website (admission.lums.edu.pk) and click Apply Now.
- Submit the online form by 27 January 2027 (undergraduate), then upload documents and pay the fee by the next day.
- If you need financial support, submit the financial aid application by 26 February 2027.
- Sit the LCAT on 21 March 2027, or make sure your SAT/ACT is taken by the dates above if you use those scores.
Planning tips
- The financial aid deadline comes a month after the application deadline, so start gathering income documents early.
- If you plan to send SAT scores, the last accepted sitting is 6 March 2027.
See also Habib University admission 2027 and all university admissions in Pakistan.
Source: LUMS Admissions “Critical Dates” for 2027 and LUMS admission website, checked 24 October 2026.
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