MBA Entrances-National Level

XAT exam is the second most popular management entrance examination in India after CAT. XAT exam is conducted by XLRI on behalf of Xavier Association of Management Institutes. This year XAT will be conducted on 5 Jan 2025.

Apart from XLRI,the XAT exam scores are used by more than 250 institutes across India. XAT score is one of the selection criteria for admission into management programmes offered by XLRI. Candidates have to first register online on the XAT exam website and later, have to apply separately to each of the participating institutes including XLRI.

Some of the top colleges through xat are as follows

  • XLRI
  • Xavier University Bhubaneshwar
  • IMT Ghaziabad
  • IMI New Delhi
  • TAPMI Manipal
  • GIM Goa
  • GLIM Chennai/Gurgaon
  • IFMR
  • LIBA
  • IRMA Anand

Short listed candidates will be put through GD/WAT and or Interview processes.

XAT 2024 Analysis

The XAT exam will be conducted on Jan 5, 2025.

The following are some of the salient points about XAT 2025 exam-

XAT Eligibility Criteria

Recognized Bachelor’s Degree of minimum three years duration or equivalent in any discipline. Those completing their final examination by June 10, 2025 may also apply. All Indian candidates must appear for XAT 2025. However, NRI and Foreign candidates may apply through GMAT score.

XAT Application Fee

  • XAT Registration Fee (without late fee) – Rs. 2200/-
  • Candidates interested in XLRI programmes need to pay an additional fee of Rs. 200/- each.
  • Indian candidates can apply through GMAT/GRE for PGDM (GM) whereas an NRI/Foreign national can apply through GMAT for all the programmes. Kindly note GRE scores are only valid for PGDM(GM).
  • Fee for Indian Candidates applying for PGDM(GM) through GMAT/GRE– Rs. 2500/-
  • Fee for NRI/Foreign Candidates applying for one or more programmes through GMAT– Rs. 5000/-

XAT Important dates:

  • xat 2025 Registration Begins: 15 July 2024
  • XAT 2025 Registration Ends : 30 November 2024
  • XAT 2025 exam : Sunday, January 05, 2025

XAT 2025 would be conducted across India in the following cities.

Agra, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad City (Maharashtra), Allahabad, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhatinda, Bhilai Nagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi-NCR, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Durgapur/Asansol, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hooghly, Hubballi(Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur,Jalandhar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kannur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru(Mysore), Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Roorkee, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Siliguri, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Tiruvallur, Udaipur, Udupi Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Tejpur, Jorhat, Rajkot, Shillong, Naharlagun.

XAT 2025 Pattern

Section Number of Questions Duration
Part 1 Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (VA & LR) About 26 170 minutes
Decision Making (DM) About 21
Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation (QA & DI) About 28
Part 2 General Knowledge (GK) About 20 10 minutes
Total About 95 180 minutes


  • General Knowledge (GK) Score: The score from the General Knowledge (GK) section will be exclusively utilized by XLRI Jamshedpur for its final selection process.
  • Analytical Essay Writing (AEW): This year, the Analytical Essay Writing (AEW) will be administered during the Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GD / PI) processes.


XAT 2025 Official website- https://xatonline.in/