XAT is one of the most popular and prestigious exams in our country. Its scores pave the way to admission in top-rated B-schools like XLRI Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneswar, SP Jain, etc. Based on XAT cut-offs, candidates are called for the GD/GE/WAT/PI rounds by the respective institutes. The criteria for final selection include the
XAT score, candidate's academic record, overall profile, performance in selection rounds, work experience, etc.
In this article, we have listed down the cut off percentiles of popular XAT-accepting institutes.
XAT Cut-off 2022
XAT is generally held in the first week of January and its result is released after 2 weeks. Soon after, the associated institutes declare their cut-offs for different management programmes. The cut-off percentile of any institute depends upon its ranking, number of admission seats, number of test takers, and the difficulty level of exam. Here, you can glimpse through the previous cut-offs of
XAT participating institutes. The qualifying criteria for XAT 2022 is expected to be on the similar lines.
| Institute |
Cut-offs (Percentile) |
| XLRI BM |
94 (male),
92 (female) |
| XIM Bhubaneswar |
90+ |
| *XLRI HRM |
90 (MNE),93 (ME)
87 (FNE), 90 (FE) |
| LIBA Chennai |
75+ |
| Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa |
80+ |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
80+ |
| Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad |
90+ |
| T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal |
85+ |
| IFMR Chennai |
75+ |
| Amity Business School, Noida |
75+ |
| XISS Ranchi |
50+ |
| XIME Bengaluru |
75+ |
| XIM Jabalpur |
80+ |
| Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM), New Delhi |
80+ |
| BIMTECH |
60-70 |
| PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore |
75+ |
| Alliance School of Business, Bangalore |
70+ |
| Thiagarajar School of Management, Thirupparankundram |
65+ |
| SCMS Cochin School of Business, Cochin |
60+ |
*XLRI cut-offs for HRM are different for male non-engineer (MNE), male engineer (ME), female non-engineer (FNE), and female engineer (FE).
XLRI Sectional Cut-offs
The given table presents the programme-wise sectional XAT cut-off percentiles declared by XLRI in 2021. XAT cutoffs 2022 will be based around the same figures:
| XAT sections |
BM |
HR |
| VA & LR |
76 (male)/ 70 (female) |
80 (male)/ 75 (female) |
| DM |
74 (male)/ 70 (female) |
75 (male)/ 68 (female) |
| QA & DI |
83 (male)/ 75 (female) |
73 (MNE), 80 (ME)/ 64 (FNE), 74 (FE) |
| Total |
94 (male)/ 92 (female) |
90 (MNE), 93 (ME)/ 87 (FNE), 90 (FE) |
It is important to note that the above-given cut-offs are for general category candidates. Some of these institutes including XLRI, specify lower cut-offs for reserved category candidates. For more details, refer to the official websites of the respective institutes.
The next steps after clearing the test cut-offs are WAT, Group Discussion/exercise and Personal Interview rounds. This process also varies from institute to institute. Some institutes have case study based GDs in which the candidate has to write the points after the discussion and submit the answer for evaluation. Students must be well-prepared for these rounds to secure their final seat in the desired programme and institute.
