Exams
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a prestigious national entrance exam conducted annually by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission into their MBA programs. Held on the last Sunday of November, the exam is administered in three time slots across more than 170 cities. There are 21 IIMs in total, comprising 7 established IIMs and 14 newer or "baby" IIMs. While the older IIMs use the CAT application form as both an exam and admission application, the newer and baby IIMs follow the Common Admission Process (CAP) to shortlist candidates for admission.
The official XAT cut-offs for 2023 are listed here. Candidates that meet the cut-offs indicated below have been selected for the personal interview phase.
XAT Exam Cut-Off 2023: PGDM-BM
Section |
Male |
Female |
VALR |
75 |
75 |
DM |
75 |
75 |
QA |
85 |
80 |
Overall |
95 |
92 |
XAT Exam Cut-Off 2023: PGDM-HRM
Category |
VALR |
DM |
QA |
Overall |
Male Engineering |
90 |
75 |
85 |
93 |
Female Engineering |
90 |
75 |
65 |
91 |
Male Non-Engineering |
90 |
75 |
70 |
90 |
Female Non-Engineering |
75 |
75 |
60 |
88 |
XAT Exam Cut-off
XAT accepting colleges | XAT %ile cut-off (expected) |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 94-96 |
XIMB Bhubaneshwar | 95 |
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) | 85 |
IMT, Ghaziabad | 90 (Profile can go to 80%ile) |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 80 |
Goa Institute of Management (GIM) | 85 |
MICA, Ahmedabad | 80-85 |
KJ Somaiya | 85 |
Loyola Insititute of Business Administration, Chennai | 90 |
TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI) | 86 |
Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai |
80 |
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) | 85 |
Amity Business School, Noida | 85 |
Xavier Institute of Social Services, Ranchi (XISS) | 85 |
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) | 80 |