XAT: Admission to Postgraduate Management Programs 2026

Xavier Aptitude Test

Admission to Postgraduate Management Programs 2026

XAT 2026
(Xavier Aptitude Test 2026)
conducted by
XLRI - Xavier School of Management
(ormerly Xavier Labour Relations Institute)
Admission to Postgraduate Management Programs

XAT 2026 will be conducted on Sunday, January 4, 2026. XLRI conducts XAT on behalf of XAMI. For more than 75 years XLRI is conducting XAT at all India level to select the most appropriate students for management education. The XAT score is being used by more than 250+ institutes for the admission.

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.

Important Dates

Procedure	Dates
Registration opens	July 10, 2025
Registration closes	December 05, 2025
Admit card download	December 20, 2025 (Tentative)
XAT Exam date	January 04 , 2026 (02:00 P.M. to 05:00 P.M.)

Registration Process

Step-by-Step Guide to Complete the Form:

STEP 01
In case the candidate is unable to complete the application form in one go, he / she can save the data already entered by choosing "SAVE AND NEXT" tab. Prior to submission of the online application candidates are advised to use the "SAVE AND NEXT" facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. Visually Impaired candidates should fill the application form carefully and verify the details to ensure that the same are correct prior to final submission.
STEP 02
Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible/entertained after clicking the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON.
STEP 03
Name of the candidate or his/her Father's name/Mother's name etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Certificates/Mark sheets/Identity proof. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature.
STEP 04
Candidates can proceed to fill Academic and Work experience details in the Application Form.
STEP 05
Select XLRI programme as per your preference if you want to study in XLRI. (Through XAT or Through GMAT)
STEP 06
Select the XAT Test City preference. Candidates can choose 2 preferred test cities while filling XAT Application form. Candidates are advised to choose test city closer to their city of residence. However, the final authority to allot the TEST CITY rests with authority.
STEP 07
Candidates can proceed to Scan and upload Photo & Signature as per the specifications given in the Guidelines
STEP 08
Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before FINAL SUBMIT
STEP 09
Modify details, if required, and click on "SUBMIT" ONLY after verifying and ensuring that the photograph, signature uploaded and other details filled by you are correct. 'Applicant details can not be edited once the application form is submitted after payment.'
STEP 10
Click on the "Payment" Tab and Proceed for payment.
STEP 11
Click on the "Submit" button.

Payment of Fees:

XAT Registration 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) and XLRI-RBS Double Master's Programme whereas an NRI/Foreign/PIO/OCI can apply through GMAT for all the programmes.
Fee for Indian Candidates applying for PGDM(GM) through GMAT/GRE - Rs. 2,500/-.
Fee for NRI/Foreign/PIO/OCI candidates applying for one or more programmes through GMAT - Rs. 5,000/-.

Instructions:
There is facility to download/print application form containing fee details after payment of fees. Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/her photograph and signature as per the specifications given below.

The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process can be completed by following the instructions.
The payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay / Visa / Master Card / Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
After submitting your payment information, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE INTIMATION FROM THE SERVER. DO NOT PRESS BACK OR REFRESH BUTTON IN ORDER TO AVOID DOUBLE PAYMENT.
On successful completion of the transaction, an e-Receipt will be generated. Non-generation of 'E-Receipt' indicates PAYMENT FAILURE. On failure of payment, Candidates are advised to login again using their registered Email ID and Password and repeat the process of payment.
Candidates are required to take a printout of the e-Receipt and online Application Form. Please note that if the same cannot be generated, online transaction may not have been successful.
For Card charges are listed in Indian Rupee. If you use a non-Indian credit card, your bank will convert to your local currency based on prevailing exchange rates.

Associate Institutions

Associate Institutes:
Procedure for applying to XAT Associate Institutes using XAT Score for short listing candidates for their admission.
The candidate desirous of joining any of XAT Associate Institutes has to follow the steps given below:
Note:

All payments made for registration for XAT and XLRI are non-refundable.
The XAT Score Card containing the performance of the candidate in XAT 2026 has to be downloaded by the candidate and preserve it for future communications.

XAT Associate Members:

Sl. No.	XAT Associate Institute	Location	Email Id	Website
1	ABBS School of Management	Bengaluru	admissions@acharyabbs.ac.in	https://abbssm.edu.in/
2	AIMS Institutes (Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences)	Bangalore	admission@theaims.ac.in marketing@theaims.ac.in	www.theaims.ac.in
3	Alliance University	Bengaluru	mba@alliance.edu.in	www.alliance.edu.in
4	Asia Pacific Institute of Management	New Delhi	admissions@asiapacific.edu	www.asiapacific.edu
5	Amrita School of Business	Coimbatore	directoradmissions@amrita.edu	https://mbaadmissions.amrita.edu/
6	ASBM University	Bhubaneswar	admission@asbm.ac.in	www.asbm.ac.in
7	Ahmedabad University	Ahmedabad	shohini.ghosh@ahduni.edu.in Abhishek.tamrakar@ahduni.edu.in	https://ahduni.edu.in/
8	Aditya School of Business Management	Mumbai	admissions@asbm.edu.in	https://www.asbm.edu.in/
9	Badruka School of Management	Hyderabad	bsm@badruka.com badrukaschoolofmanagement@gmail.com	www.badrukaschoolofmanagement.in
10	Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM)	Pune	director@bimmpune.com	www.bimmpune.com
11	Balaji Institute of International Business	Pune	director@biibpune.com	www.biibpune.com
12	Balaji Institute of Management & HRD	Pune	director.office@bimhrdpune.com	www.bimhrdpune.com
13	Bennett University	Greater Noida	info@bennett.edu.in	www.bennett.edu.in
14	BFIT Group of Institutions	Dehradun	registrarbfit@gmail.com infobfitdoon@gmail.com	bfit.edu.in
15	Bihar Agricultural University	Bhagalpur	registrarbfit@gmail.com	www.bausabour.ac.in
16	Birla Institute of Management Technology	Bhubaneswar	director.bbsr@bimtech.ac.in	www.bimtech.ac.in
17	Birla Institute of Management Technology	Greater Noida	chairperson.admissions@bimtech.ac.in	www.bimtech.ac.in
18	Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani	Pilani	mba.admissions@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	www.bits-pilani.ac.in
19	Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)	Tiruchirapalli	admissions@bim.edu directoroffice@bim.edu	www.bim.edu
20	BML Munjal University	Haryana	admissions@bmu.edu.in ankur.panchal@bmu.edu.in	www.bmu.edu.in
21	Centurion University of Technology and Management	Bhubaneswar	join@cutm.ac.in	www.cutm.ac.in
22	Chanakya University	Bengaluru	arun.hn@chanakyauniversity.edu.in	chanakyauniversity.edu.in
23	Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna	Patna	admission@cimp.ac.in	https://www.cimp.ac.in/
24	CMS Business School	Bengaluru	c.vivek@jainuniversity.ac.in	https://bschool.cms.ac.in/
25	Christ (Deemed to be University) Lavasa	Pune	director.lavasa@christuniversity.in	www.lavasa.christuniversity.in
26	Christ (Deemed to be university) Delhi NCR	Ghaziabad	ncr@christuniversity.in admission.ncr@christuniversity.in	www.ncr.christuniversity.in
27	Deccan Education Society's Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR)	Pune	admissions@imdr.edu/director@imdr.edu	www.imdr.edu
28	Development Management Institute	Patna	admissions@dmi.ac.in	https://www.dmi.ac.in
29	Doon Business School (DBS Global University)	Dehradun	registrar@dgu.ac	www.dgu.ac
30	Dr. D. Y. Patil B-School	Pune	admissions@dypatil.edu	https://bschool.cms.ac.in/
31	Dr. Karippa school of Art and Design Management	Bengaluru	admissions@vogueacademy.com	drkariappaschool.com
32	Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India	Dist. Gandhinagar	pgp@ediindia.org	www.ediindia.ac.in
33	Firebird Institute of Research in Management	Coimbatore	director@firebird.ac.in admissions@firebird.ac.in	www.firebird.ac.in
34	FLAME University	Dist Pune	admission@flame.edu.in enquiry@flame.edu.in	www.flame.edu.in
35	FORE School of Management, New Delhi	New Delhi	director@fsm.ac.in chair-admissions@fsm.ac.in	www.fsm.ac.in
36	Fortune Institute of International Business	New Delhi	admissions@fiib.edu.in	https://fiib.edu.in/
37	Fuel Business School	Pune	dean@fuelbschool.com ceooffice@fuelfornation.com	www.fuelbschool.com
38	Goa Business School, Goa University	Goa	pournima.dhume@unigoa.ac.in hodcom@unigoa.ac.in	www.unigoa.ac.in
39	Global Institute of Business Studies (GIBS Business School)	Bengaluru	pradeep@gibs.edu.in info@gibs.edu.in	www.gibs.edu.in
40	Gitam Institute of Management	Vishakhapatnam	director_gim@gitam.edu	https://gim.ac.in/
41	Goa Institute of Management	Goa	admissions@gim.ac.in	www.gim.ac.in
42	GNIOT Institute of Management Studies	Greater Noida	director@gims.net.in ruchi-rayat@gniot.net.in	www.gims.net.in
43	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai	karan.handa@greatlakes.edu.in	www.greatlakes.edu.in
44	GITAM Hyderabad Business School	Hyderabad	directorhbs@gitam.edu	www.gitam.edu/hyderabad
45	Hari Shankar Singhania School of Business (HSB)	Jaipur	info@hsb.edu.in	https://hsb.edu.in/
46	ICBM-School of Business Excellence	Hyderabad	icbmhyd@gmail.com	www.icbm.ac.in
47	IIBS	Bengaluru	admission@iibsonline.com	https://www.iibsonline.com/
48	IIHMR University	Jaipur	iihmr@iihmr.edu.in	www.iihmr.edu.in
49	IILM University	Gurugram	admissions.iilmu@iilm.edu	www.iilm.edu
50	IILM University	Greater Noida	admissions.iilmu@iilm.edu	www.iilm.edu
51	Indian Institute of Forest Management	Bhopal	madhur@iifm.ac.in nranbabu@iifm.ac.in	www.iifm.ac.in
52	Indus Business Academy (IBA, Bengaluru)	Bengaluru	admissions@iba.ac.in	www.iba.ac.in
53	IFMR Graduate School of Business,Krea University	Chittoor	gsb.mbaadmissions@krea.edu.in	www.ifmr.ac.in
54	ITM Skills University	Navi Mumbai	jayshelar@itm.edu	www.itm.edu
55	Institute of Insurance and Risk Management	Hyderabad	admissions@iirmworld.org.in sathyavittl.d@theiirm.ac.in	www.iirmworld.org.in
56	Institute of Public Enterprises	Hyderabad	admissions@ipeindia.org	www.ipeindia.org
57	International Management Institute	New Delhi	registrar@imi.edu admissions@imi.edu	www.imi.edu/delhi
58	International Management Institute	Bhubaneswar	admissions@imibh.edu.in	www.imibh.edu.in
59	International School of Management Patna	Patna	info@ismpatna.ac.in	www.ismpatna.ac.in
60	IMS Business School	Kolkata	enquiry@imsbusinessschool.com imsbschool@gmail.com	imsbizschool.com
61	Institute of Management Technology (Dubai)	Dubai - UAE	admissions@imtdubai.ac.ae admissions-india@imtdubai.ac.ae	https://www.imt.ac.ae/
62	Institute of Management Technology (Hyderabad)	Hyderabad	pgdm@imthyderabad.edu.in	www.imthyderabad.edu.in
63	Institute of Management Technology (Nagpur)	Nagpur	admissions@imtnag.ac.in	www.imtnagpur.ac.in
64	Institute of Management Technology (Ghaziabad)	Ghaziabad	admissions@imt.edu	www.imt.edu
65	Institute of Rural Management Anand	Anand,Gujarat	janak@irma.ac.in	www.irma.ac.in
66	International Academy of Management & Entrepreneurship (IAME)	Bengaluru	shirdish.s@gmail.com	www.iame.co.in
67	International Institute of Management Studies	Pune	admissions@iimspune.edu.in	www.iimspune.edu.in
68	International School of Business & Media, Pune (ISB&M)	Pune	admissions@isbm.ac.in	www.isbm.ac.in
69	International School of Management Excellence	Bengaluru	admissions@isme.in	www.isme.in
70	ISBR Business School	Bengaluru	directoradmissions@isbr.in	www.isbr.in
71	IIEBM, Indus Business School	Pune	dean@iiebm.com	www.iiebm.com
72	Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS Sec-5, Rohini)	New Delhi	admissions@jimsindia.org	www.jimsrohini.org
73	Jagdish Sheth School of Management	Bengaluru	director@jagsom.edu.in	www.jagsom.com
74	JK Business School	Haryana	dean@jkbschool.org	www.jkbschool.org
75	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Noida	noida@jaipuria.ac.in ratnesh.pratap@jaipuria.ac.in	www.jaipuria.ac.in
76	Kalinga University	Raipur	registrar@kalingauniversity.ac.in	www.kalingauniversity.ac.in/
77	Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies	Harihar	info@kiams.ac.in	www.kiams.ac.in
78	K J Somaiya Institute of Management	Mumbai	director.simsr@somaiya.edu chandans@somaiya.edu	https://kjsim.somaiya.edu/en/
79	KIIT School of Management	Bhubaneswar	admission@ksom.ac.in admission5@ksom.ac.in	www.ksom.ac.in
80	KIET Group of Institutions	Ghaziabad	hod.mba@kiet.edu deepa@kiet.edu	www.kiet.edu
81	Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi	New Delhi	admission@lbsim.ac.in	www.lbsim.ac.in
82	Mittal School of Business,Lovely Professional University	Phagwara, Distt.Kapurthala	admissions@lpu.co.in	www.lpu.in
83	M S Ramaiah Institute of Management	Bengaluru	dean@msrim.org	www.msrim.in
84	MICA	Ahmedabad	admissions@micamail.in	www.mica.ac.in
85	Mulshi Institute of Business Management	Pune	director@mgi.ac.in admission@mgi.ac.in	www.mgi.ac.in
86	Myra School of Business	Mysore	info@myra.ac.in	www.myra.ac.in
87	MIT-WPU University	Pune	director.admission@mitwpu.ed.in	www.mitwpu.edu.in
88	MCC Boyd Tandon School of Business	Chennai	davidj@mcc.edu.in rajeshwari.k@mcc.edu.in	https://www.mccbbs.in/
89	National Institute of Bank Management	Pune	dean-education@nibmindia.org	www.nibmindia.org
90	National Insurance Academy	Pune	principal.pgdm@niapune.og.in ganeshdalvi@niapune.org.in	https://www.niapune.org.in/
91	NICMAR University	Pune	onlineadmission@nicmar.ac.in	www.nicmar.ac.in/pune
92	NTPC School of Business (NSB)	Noida	admission@nsb.ac.in	https://nsb.ac.in/
93	New Delhi Institute of Management	New Delhi	gauri.modwel@ndimdelhi.org	www.ndimdelhi.org
94	NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research	Thane	info.nldalmia.in/director@nldalmia.edu.in	https://www.nldalmia.in/
95	Praxis Business School	Kolkata	accounts@praxis.ac.in	www.praxis.ac.in
96	Prestige University	Indore	davishjain@prestige.com	www.prestigeuniversity.edu.in
97	Presidency University	Bengaluru	admission@presidencyuniversity.in	www.presidencyuniversity.in
98	Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research	Bengaluru	pgapp@welingkarmail.org deepa.ganjoo@welingkarmail.org	www.welingkar.org
99	Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research	Mumbai	pgapp@welingkarmail.org deepa.ganjoo@welingkarmail.org	www.welingkar.org
100	Pune Institute of Business Management	Pune	admission@pibm.in	www.pibm.in
101	Regional College of Management	Bhubaneswar	director@rcm.ac.in info@rcm.ac.in	www.rcm.ac.in
102	Rajagiri Business School	Cochin	admission@rajagiri.edu	www.rajagiribusinessschool.edu.in
103	Shanti Business School	Ahmedabad	registrar@shantibschool.edu.in director@shantibschool.edu.in	shantibschool.edu.in
104	School of Management-SoM (Formerly known as School of Petroleum Management), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU)	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	admissions@spm.pdpu.ac.in	spm.pdpu.ac.in
105	School of Business, Mody University	Lakshmangarh	dgmadmissions@modyuniversity.ac.in	www.modyuniversity.ac.in
106	School of Business, Woxsen University	Hyderabad	eshana.naidu@woxsen.edu.in vishal.khuranna@woxsen.edu.in	www.woxsen.edu.in
107	SCMS Cochin School of Business	Cochin	scms@scmsgroup.org	www.scms.edu.in
108	School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar University	Greater Noida	mbaadmissions@snu.edu.in	www.snu.edu.in
109	Sir Padampat Singhania University	Udaipur	virendra.gupta@spsu.ac.in head.admission@spsu.ac.in	www.spsu.ac.in
110	Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD)	Mysore	admissions@sdmimd.ac.in gururaj@sdmimd.ac.in	www.sdmimd.ac.in
111	Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Management Sciences	Chennai	principal.management@sriramachandra.edu.in	www.sriramachandra.edu.in
112	Sri Balaji University	Pune	vc@sbup.edu.in registrar@sbup.edu.in	www.sbup.edu.in/
113	SOIL,School of Business Design	Gururgram	pgdm@soilindia.net	www.soilindia.net
114	Siva Sivani Institute of Management	Secunderabad	info@ssim.ac.in	www.ssim.ac.in
115	Suryadatta Institutes of Management (SIMMC/SIBMT/SuryadattaPGDM)	Pune	support@suryadatta.edu.in	www.simmc.org www.simmcpgdm.org
116	SRM University-AP	Andhra Pradesh	admissions@srmap.edu.in	https://srmap.edu.in/
117	T A Pai Management Institute	Manipal	admissions@tapmi.edu.in	www.tapmi.edu.in
118	Taxila Business School	Jaipur	info@taxila.in	www.taxila.in
119	Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management	Pune	cme@vamnicom.gov.in vamnicomadmission@gmail.com	www.vamnicom.gov.in
120	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	ad.pga@vit.ac.in director.pga@vit.ac.in	www.vit.ac.in
121	Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management(VJIM)	Hyderabad	director@vjim.edu.in	vjim.edu.in
122	Tapmi School of Business/Manipal University, Jaipur	Jaipur	ashish.sharma1@jaipur.manipal.edu	www.jaipur.manipal.edu
123	Rajalakshmi School of Business	Chennai	director@rsb.edu.in admissions@rsb.edu.in	https://rsb.edu.in/

XAMI Members:

Sl. No.	XAMI Members	Location	Email Id	Website
1	Loyola Institute of Business Administration	Chennai	admissions@liba.edu	www.liba.edu
2	Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago	Chicago	quinlan@luc.edu	www.luc.edu
3	St. Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMR)	Mumbai	info@sfimar.org	www.sfimar.org
4	St. Joseph's Institute of Management	Bengaluru	info@sjim.edu.in	www.sjim.edu.in
5	St.Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology	Mangalore	director@staloysius.ac.in	www.aimit.edu.in
6	Xavier Business School (XBS), St.Xavier's University ,Kolkata	Kolkata	admissions.mba@sxuk.edu.in	www.sxuk.edu.in
7	Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University	Bhubaneswar	admission@xim.edu.in	www.xim.edu.in
8	Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship	Bengaluru	admissions@xime.org	www.xime.org
9	Xavier Institute of Management & Research	Mumbai	admin@ximr.ac.in	www.ximr.ac.in
10	Xavier Institute of Development Action and Sciences (XIDAS)	Jabalpur (M.P)	admission@ximj.ac.in	www.xidas.in
11	XLRI Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur	director@staloysius.ac.in	www.xlri.ac.in
12	Xavier Institute of Social Service	Ranchi	xiss@xiss.ac.in	www.xiss.ac.in

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