XAT Full Form: Xavier Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: Xavier School Of Management
XAT Eligibility: Candidates with any bachelor's degree can apply. Final year students can also apply.
XAT Exam Pattern: Now, XAT is also an online exam. Exam duration is three and a half hours. The exam is divided into two parts. The duration of Part 1 is two hours and twenty minutes.
After the CAT, the XAT, an MBA entrance exam, is the most preferred exam by institutions.
XAT Exam Syllabus:
Part I:
1. Quantitative Ability
2. English Language & Logical Reasoning
3. Decision Making
Part II:
1. GK
2. Essay Writing
XAT Exam Date: Please check the official website
XAT Exam Fee: Rs. 1650/-
What Is the XAT Exam?
XAT stands for Xavier Aptitude Test, conducted annually by XLRI Jamshedpur. It's a national-level entrance exam used by numerous B-schools across India for admission to MBA/PGDM programs.
1. XIM University (Bhubaneswar)
Fees: ₹22.00 Lakhs
Avg Placement: ₹19.53 LPA
2. MICA Ahmedabad
Fees: ₹23.00 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹19.21 LPA
3. IMI New Delhi
Fees: ₹22.00 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹16.71 LPA
4. IMT Ghaziabad
Fees: \~₹21.30 Lakh
Avg Placement: \~₹17.35 LPA
5. FORE School of Management, Delhi
Fees: \~₹18.27 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹14.50 LPA
6. TAPMI (Manipal)
Fees: \~₹17.34 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹15.70 LPA
7. Great Lakes Institute of Management (Chennai)
Fees: \~₹19.95 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹14.50 LPA
8. GIM – Goa Institute of Management
Fees: \~₹18.31 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹14.87 LPA
9. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
Fees: \~₹20.87 Lakh
Avg Placement: ₹14.00 LPA
International (Abroad) Options Accepting XAT
Finding MBA colleges outside India accepting XAT scores is quite rare. Most international business schools prefer GMAT or GRE. However, a few may consider XAT as a supplementary credential—especially for Indian applicants—but they typically rely on global standardized exams. So if you're aiming to study abroad, you may need to sit for the GMAT or GRE instead.
XAT is a tough, 3-hour online MBA entrance exam in India, taken once a year. It checks how good you are at reasoning, language, math, and general knowledge.
Over 250 schools in India accept its score, including top names like XLRI, MICA, XIM, and IMT.
Fees at these schools range roughly from ₹17 Lakh to ₹24 Lakh, and average salaries on placement can go up to ₹33 Lakh per year.
Abroad, XAT isn’t widely accepted, so you'll likely need GMAT or GRE.
