Xavier Aptitude Test 2024 Registrations Underway On xatonline.in - Check Top Colleges That Accept XAT Scores

Besides Xavier member institutes like XLRI, XIME, XIMR and other, several other management colleges like MICA, Great Lakes, TAPMI, IMI, IMT, and others also accept XAT scores for admissions.

The online registration process for the XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) is underway. Interested candidates can submit their registration cum application forms for the premier management entrance exam on the official website - xatonline.in. The last date to register and apply for the XAT 2024 Exam is November 30, 2023. As per the official schedule, the XLRI Jamshedpur will conduct the XAT 2024 Exam on January 7, 2024. Registered candidates will be able to download their XAT 2204 Admit Cards from the official website, from December 20, 2023 onwards. 

Interested candidates who have completed their bachelors degree in any stream from a recognised university can apply for the Xavier Aptitude Test. The XAT 2024 registration fee is Rs 2,100, while applicants interested in XLRI programmes will be required to pay an additional Rs 200 per XLRI programme opted for. 

The XAT 2024 Exam will be conducted in the online mode CBT (Computer Based Test) at test centres in 0ver 80 cities across the country. There will be two time-bound parts: Part 1 and Part 2, in the XAT 2024 question paper, as per the XAT 2024 Exam Pattern. The first part will have three sections: Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning (VA & LR), Decision Making (DM), and Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation (QA & DI), while the second part will have two sections: General Knowledge (GK), and Analytical Essay Writing (AEW). 

What Is The XAT Exam?

The XAT Exam is a national-level entrance exam conducted by the XLRI - Xavier School Of Management, on behalf of the XAMI (Xavier Association of Management Institutes). The exam is conducted to shortlist suitable candidates for candidates for admissions into management programmes offered by the members of XAMI, including the XLRI Jamshedpur. 

What used to be held in the offline OMR mode, the XAT Exam is now conducted in the online CBT mode, and is one of the most prestigious management entrance exams in the country right now. In the past few years, the member institutes of the XAMI and the programmes offered by them have fared well in terms of rankings, reputation and placements, making the XAT a highly sought-after management exam in India. 

XAMI Member Institutes

The Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI) consists of the following 12 institutions: 

1. XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand


2. XISS (Xavier Institute of Social Service), Ranchi, Jharkhand


3. XIDAS (Xavier Institute of Development Action and Sciences), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh


4. XIM University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha


5. XIME (Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship), Bengaluru, Karnataka


6. XIMR (Xavier Institute of Management & Research), Mumbai, Maharashtra


7. Xavier Business School (XBS), St.Xavier's University, Kolkata, West Bengal


8. St.Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology, Mangalore, Karnataka


9. St. Joseph's Institute of Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka


10. SFIMR (St. Francis Institute of Management and Research), Mumbai, Maharashtra


11. LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration), Chennai, Tamil Nadu


12. Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, USA

Top Management Colleges That Accept XAT Scores 

Besides the XAMI Members, there are 11 other associate members of the XAMI, who also accept XAT Scores for admissions into their management programmes. Apart from the XAMI members and associate members, several other institutes shortlist candidates for admissions using XAT scores. Some of the best non-XAMI member colleges that accept XAT scores for admission include - 

1. MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad), Ahmedabad, Gujarat


2. International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi


3. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu


4. Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad


5. TAPMI Manipal, Bengaluru, Karnataka


6. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, Haryana


7. Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa


8. Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, (LBSIM) New Delhi


9. FORE School of Management, New Delhi


10. K. J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, Maharashtra


11. Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) Anand, Gujarat


12. Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) Hyderabad, Telangana

Education Loan Information: