Important points to remember while applying for XAT 2025

To apply for the XAT 2025, interested students have to create an account, fill out the application form, and upload necessary documents such as a photograph and signature.

The application fee for XAT is Rs 2,200 for all applicants. Candidates opting for XLRI programmes need to pay an additional fee of Rs 200 each. Payment can be made online using credit or debit cards, net banking, IMPS, or cash.

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 2,500. Fee for NRI/Foreign candidates applying for one or more programmes through GMAT is Rs 5,000.

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.

The XAT score is accepted by more than 160+ management institutes across the country including Kalinga University, BIMTECH Birla Institute, Flame University, GITAM, LPU, IMI among others. Those who clear the exam will be eligible for admission to XLRI Jamshedpur and XLRI Delhi-NCR campus along with over 89 B-schools across India which accept XAT score for admission.