XAT -Xavier Aptitude Test

The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur conducts National level Admission Test i.e XAT to choose appropriate management aspirants who are looking for management education. XAT is a gateway of seeking admission in top B-Schools of India such as Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai and Goa Institutes of Management, Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi and S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. The students can now apply for more than 60 Management Institutes who accepts XAT score.

List of Institutes that accepts XAT Score:

1. Acharya School of Management, Bangalore
2. Affinity Business School, Bhubaneswar
3. Algol School of Management & Technology, Gurgaon
4. Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore
5. ALLIANCE Business School, Bangalore
6. Bengal Institute of Business Studies, Kolkata
7. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, New Delhi
8. BLS Institute of Management, Ghaziabad
9. CORE Business School, Indore
10. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Management and Higher Studies, Kanpur
11. Dept of Management Studies, Goa University, Goa
12. EMPI Business School, New Delhi
13. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gujarat
14. Gitam Institute of International Business, Visakhapatnam
15. Globsyn Business School, Kolkatta
16. Goa Institute of Management, Goa
17. HDF School of Management, Bhubaneswar
18. IILM College of Management Studies IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Greater Noida
19. IILM Institute for Higher Education, Gurgaon
20. Indian Business Academy, Bangalore
21. Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi
22. Indian Institute of Management Training, Pune
23. Indus World School of Business, Grater Noida
24. Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai
25. Institute for Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai
26. Institute of Business Studies & Research, Navi Mumbai
27. Institute of Management and Information Science, Bhubaneswar
28. Institute of Science & Management, Ranchi
29. International Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
30. International School of Business and Research, Bangalore
31. International School of Business and Media, Pune
32. International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore
33. Invertis Institute of Management Studies, Bareily
34. Jagran Institute of Communication and Management (JICM), Bhopal
35. Karunya University, Coimbatore
36. Kejriwal Insititute of Management and Development Studies, Ranchi
37. KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar
38. Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, karnatka
39. Kohinoor Business School, Mumbai
40. Krupajal Business School, Bhubaneswar
41. Lovely Professional University, Punjab
42. Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
43. Marian Institute of Health Sector Management, Goa
44. MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
45. MEDHA Business School, Bangalore
46. MITCON Institute of Management (MIMA), Pune
47. Mount Carmel Institute of Management, Bangalore
48. National Management School, Chennai
49. National School of Business, Bangalore
50. Oriental School of Business, Navi Mumbai
51. Praxis Business School, Kolkata
52. Ravenshaw University, Orissa
53. S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
54. Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad
55. SIET Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
56. Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Secundrabad
57. Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management and Research, Delhi
58. Suryadatta Group of Institutes, Pune
59. Taxila Business School, Jaipur
60. Training and Advanced Studies in Management and Communications Ltd, Pune
61. United World School of Business, Kolkata
62. VIT Business School, Vellore
63. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
64. WLC College, Noida
65. Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies, Madhya Pradesh
66. Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, Orissa
67. Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
68. Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi

Eligibility Criteria for XAT

Candidates who have completed their graduation or those appearing in final year of graduation may also appear in XAT exam for provisional admission.

Various Programmes available at XLRI are:

• Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Business Management.
• Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations
• Four Year Fellow Programme in Management.
• One Year General Management Programme.

Eligibility criteria to get admission in following programmes:

For BM & PM&IR programmes:

• The Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education recognized by a University or Deemed University is eligible to apply.

For Graduate Programme in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations:
• A Candidate should be graduate with minimum 5 years of relevant work experience

For Fellow Programme in Management:

• A candidate must hold a Master’s degree or its equivalent in any discipline, or CA, ICWA, or CS with at least 55% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates) or a BE/B.Tech degree or its equivalent with at least 60% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates).

Score for XAT:

Candidates seeking admission in Post graduate programmes in XLRI and other management institutes must have scored high in the entrance test and get the ranks as per the criteria fixed by institutes. The graduates who have scored 98.03 percentile in the entrance can get call from XLRI – BM. Those who have scored minimum 55 percentile in the entrance can apply at any of the XLRI institutes. The candidate should score between the above percentiles for getting enrolled in PG program.

XAT Exam Pattern

Under XAT exam, Objective type questions are asked to check candidates reasoning capability. Time allotted to the exam is 2 hours which includes an essay test which is of 20 minutes duration and also have 3 Multiple Choice sections along with essay writing section. XAT exam usually hold 3 sections and timings allotted to each section is 40 minutes.

• Verbal Reasoning (English) - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
• Quantitative Ability and Reasoning (Math) - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
• Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
• Essay writing section


The topics covered in GK are History, Geography, Science, Indian constitution, global business environment, major global events etc., mergers and acquisition, top business executives names who have been in news recently, advertisements Punch Lines, etc.

XAT Application Process:

Every year many applicants seek admission in XLRI to its postgraduate programme. The candidates who are interested in the programme can register themselves with the XAT website. For online registration, candidates can visit XAT website www.xlri.edu and full fill XAT registration form. The candidates can purchase XAT bulletin from nearest branch of Axis Bank. The candidates can easily find XAT Bulletin & XLRI Prospectus from 120 Branches of Axis Bank or from the XAT Office.

Test Centers for XAT:

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam .


Important dates for XAT:

Date of Issue - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Date of Submission - 30th November, 2009
Last date for receiving XAT 2010 PP / XLRI PA Form / XAT & XLRI detachable form at XAT Office, XLRI was - 5th December 2009.
Date of XAT exam - January, 3, 2010
Declaration of Result - 31st January 2010