The XAT exam will be conducted on Jan 4, 2026.

The following are some of the salient points about XAT 2026 exam-

XAT Eligibility Criteria

A recognized Bachelor’s degree of at least three years' duration or its equivalent in any discipline is required. Candidates appearing for their final exams by June 8, 2026, are also eligible to apply. All Indian candidates must appear for XAT 2026. NRI, Foreign, OCI, and PIO candidates may apply through GMAT.

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 2026 Registration Begins: 10 July 2025
• XAT 2026 exam : Sunday, January 04, 2026

XAT 2026 would be conducted across India in the following cities.

Agra, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Aligarh, Allahabad, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Anantapur, Arrah, Aurangabad City (Maharashtra), Baddi, Balasore, Bareilly, Bhatinda, Bhagalpur, Bhilai Nagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Chikkaballapur, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Darbhanga, Davanagere, Dehradun, Delhi-NCR, Dhanbad, Dhenkanal, Dibrugarh, Durgapur/Asansol, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Haldwani, Hazaribagh, Hisar, Hooghly, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kalyani, Kannur, Kanpur, Karimnagar, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kurnool, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mehsana, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Muzaffarpur, Mumbai, Mysuru (Mysore), Nagpur, Naharlagun, Nanded, Nashik, Patiala, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Rajkot, Ranchi, Roorkee, Rourkela, Salem, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Sikar, Siliguri, Surat, Tejpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Tiruvallur, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam,

XAT 2025 Pattern (last year)