How to Ace the XAT Exam and Land Your Dream MBA Program
What is XAT Exam? Check Exam Details
Xavier Aptitude Test is the Admission Test for admission to MBA/PGDM programs in XLRI and other top MBA colleges like XIMB, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, LBSIM Delhi, TAPMI Manipal and 150 other top MBA colleges in India. XLRI will offer admission to its PGDM programs, offered in Jamshedpur and Delhi campuses on the basis of this exam score only, and will not accept any other test score. There are more than 70 cities and more than 100 venues where the exam will be conducted in India. XLRI has released the XAT 2024 Notification on July 14, 2023
XAT Exam Full Form: Key Details
The full form of XAT is Xavier Aptitude Test and the exam is one of the largest MBA Entrance Exams for Admission to XLRI, IMT, XIMB, TAPMI and 160+ MBA Colleges in India. Every year more than 1,00,000 candidates from all disciplines including Engineering, Commerce, Humanities, Science, Law apply and appear in this exam to get into the various MBA programs offered by these top B-schools. Over the years, Xavier Aptitude Test has become an easier test but to get a high percentile (90+) in this exam requires 4-5 months of serious preparation.
Who Conducts the Exam?
XLRI conducts the exam on behalf of XAMI. For more than 72 years XLRI is conducting this exam at all India level to select the most appropriate students for management education. Last year also, XLRI conducted the exam as a centre based test in 72 cities in India.
XAT 2024 Notification
For XAT 2024 XLRI has released the Exam Notification as early as on July 14, 2023 as against the last year notification release in August. XAT 2024 exam notification contains exam information with exam date, registration date, and other related important information about the Exam. The notification is also released on XLRI exam website xatonline.in. The Notification 2024 containing all the exam details, exam format, exam centres and all the exam dates is released in the leading news papers also. All the exam dates with other information and FAQs are available on MBAUniverse.com website.
Eligibility Criteria for the Exam
- The exam eligibility criteria need only a pass in your bachelor’s degree.
- XAT Eligibility 2024 does not require any minimum percentage of marks in graduation to register and apply for the exam, while other exams need minimum 50% percentage of marks in bachelor’s degree.
- Students in their final year of graduation can also apply
- Minimum 15 years of academic study till bachelor’s degree is required. It means you must have pursued or pursuing minimum three years of graduation degree
- Exam eligibility criteria to appear in the exam is probably the simplest one among all the National Level MBA entrance exams.