XAVIER APTITUDE TEST (XAT 2016)
XLRI conducts test on behalf of the XAMI. For more than 60 years XLRI is conducting test at all India level to select the most appropriate for management education. The test score is being used by more than 100 institutes for the admission.
EXAMINATION CENTERS FOR XAT
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.
XAT 2015 would also be conducted across the following two international cities.
Dubai, Kathmandu.
REGISTRATION
Applicants should note that registration for XAT and appearing for XAT is the preliminary step towards applying to any XAT Associate Institutes.
Applicants to different institutes have to apply separately to XAT Associate Institutes of their choice.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR XAT 2016
Date of Commencement of Application | 4th September 2015 |
Last Date for Applying | 30th November 2015 |
Last Date to change Test City | 26th November 2015 |
Downloading of Admit Cards | 20th December 2015 – 31st December 2015 |
Date of Exam | 3rd January 2016 |
Test Timings | 10.00 am to 01.30 pm |
Mode of Examination | Paper & Pen based * |
XAT 2015 Cities | Cities within India : 47 |
Cities outside India : 2 |
* The format of XAT would remain pen-paper based. This is to ensure that candidates of all backgrounds are at par, so that those who have pre-familiarity of operating computers, specially coming from privileged background or having worked in IT sector, do not get any advantage over others who do not have access to computers. The paper-pen mode also ensures that all candidates are tested on exactly the same set of questions, and not on different sets.
#tentative timings please refer to XAT 2016 advt for proper schedule. Advertisement will come in last week of july or first week of august.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
NRI/Foreign candidates desirous of taking XAT 2016 may register for XAT 2016 as per the regular process. Different associate member institutes have different criteria for taking in NRI/Foreign candidates and applicants are required to check these criteria from the respective associate member institutes websites.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
- XAT Registration: Visit xatonline.net.in and click “XAT Registration”. Fill preliminary information, enter a password of your choice and submit it. After submission of these details applicant receives XAT ID by email.
(Next time you will be allowed to login with your XAT ID and password).
- Complete Form: Login to XAT account and fill educational and other details and choose the test city.
- Fee Payment: The fee for XAT 2015 is Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) for all applicants.
- Select Mode of Payment: There are three possible modes of payment
Online Payment Gateway
Through VISA/Master Credit/Debit Cards
(American Express Card is inadmissible)
IDBI Net banking (this option is available only for IDBI account holder)
- Mode 2
Cash Payment
Applicant has to take a print out of the XAT Pay-In-Slip visit nearest IDBI bank and make the payment.
- Mode 3
Demand Draft
Applicant has to get a DD made in favour of “XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT” payable at Jamshedpur.
Important: Applicant paying through Mode 2 & 3 should update the payment details in the registration page. Failure to do so, such candidates will not be allowed to upload their photo and signature.
- Upload Photograph and Signature: Applicant is required to upload his/her scanned digital photograph and signature (click here for the process of uploading the photograph and signature).
- Print XAT Confirmation page: Print confirmation page for your reference. In future for all correspondence with XAT office quote your XAT ID.
- Send Confirmation page: Payments made through Demand Draft need to send their DD along with the confirmation page to XAT office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur- 831001 within fifteen days from the issuance of DD.
Applicants who have made the payments through Cash, IDBI internet banking or credit/debit cards are not required to send the Confirmation page to XAT Office.
- Downloading of XAT Bulletin: Applicant may download XAT e Bulletin 2016 from www.xlri.ac.in
- Download Admit Card: Your admit card will be uploaded on mid of December, 2015 you may download it from xatonline.net.in
ELIGIBILITY
The candidates must hold a Recognized bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration in any discipline or complete their graduation by June 10, 2016.
EXAM STRUCTURE
- Quantitative Ability
- English Language & Logical Reasoning
- Decision Making
- GK and Essay
PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS
XAT 2014 Papers
XAT 2013 Papers
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING
Procedure for applying to other institutions who use XAT Score for short listing candidates for their admission. The candidate desirous of joining any of XAT Member Institutes has to follow the steps given below:
- Register for XAT 2016 at xatonline.net.in
- Obtain the Application Form after registering online by making appropriate payment. Further details can be obtained from the respective Institution’s website or their Admissions office. Follow their registration/application procedure. For XLRI programmes visit xlri.edu
- Candidates may please note that XLRI does not ascertain quality of the degree or programme(s) offered by other XAT Associate Institutions.
Please note that each institution independently decides the weightages to be given for each of the test components on the basis of its needs. XLRI does not play any role in selection of the candidates in these institutes.
IMPORTANT LINKS:
VIEW NOTIFICATION
APPLY ONLINE
INSTITUTES USING XAT SCORE
NOTE:
- All payments made for registration for XAT and other institutes are non-refundable.
- The XAT Score Card containing the performance of the candidate in XAT 2016 will be mailed individually to all the candidates.
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