XAT's long-standing and strong reputation of the quality of the test has made it one of the premier MBA entrance exams in the country, next only to the CAT. Around 125 B-schools consider XAT scores for admission into their MBA programs.

The following is the list of some of the good B-Schools that accept XAT score for admission into their Post-graduate program in Management:

• XLRI - Jamshedpur
  
• S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
  
• IRMA Anand
  
• IMT-Ghaziabad
  
• TAPMI-Manipal
  
• IFMR-Chennai
  
• Great Lakes-Chennai
  
• Welingkar-Mumbai
  
• LIBA-Chennai
  
• XIM-B Bhubaneshwar
  

For a complete list of B-Schools which are scheduled to accept XAT-2017 score, please check out the following link http://xatonline.net.in/pages/xatassociate.aspx

The cities in which XAT 2017 is scheduled to be conducted are Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon (Gurugram), 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.

Apart from these cities, XAT 2017 will also be conducted at two international cities- Dubai and Kathmandu.

XAT Results are expected to be announced by 31st January 2017

This examination consists of two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I has three sections A, B and C with 24, 21 and 27 questions respectively, i.e. a total of 72 questions. The three sections of Part I are followed by Part II with 25 GK questions and an essay. The time for completing the three sections and general knowledge is 210 minutes. You are expected to answer the first three sections in 170 minutes and General Knowledge QUESTIONS in 35 minutes.

General Knowledge and Essay marks would be used only for the final selection and not for shortlisting candidates for interview/GD.

XLRI offers a two-year full-time programme in HRM on the completion of which, students are conferred with Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management. The HRM course is the oldest and the most prestigious of the Institute's teaching programmes. It is one of the best programme in India; it aims to equip the students with the knowledge and skills required for managing HR in a way that contributes to the development of individuals and organizations.

• Duration - 2 years
  
• Intake - 180*
  
• Fees* – 18 Lacs (last year)
  *Can be revised this year

Placements Details

• Median Salary – 17 lacs p.a (2013-15).
  Note : 2014-16 placement figures have not been released officially.

XLRI offers a two-year full-time programme on Business Management, on the completion which, candidates are conferred with Postgraduate diploma in Business Management (PGDBM). This programme is extremely prestigious and is rated as one of the finest of its kind in the country.

• Duration - 2 years
  
• Intake - 180*
  
• Fees* – 18 Lacs (last year)
  *Can be revised this year

Placements Details

• Median Salary – 17 lacs p.a (2013-15).
  Note : 2014-16 placement figures have not been released officially.

The BM course is a regular Program which is designed to give inputs on all the functions of management (Marketing, Finance, HR etc). It is like a regular MBA program. Whereas, the HRM aims to equip the students with the knowledge and skills required for managing HRM Functions. HRM should be taken up by only those who are genuinely interested in making a career in HR domain.

Last year (XAT 2016), what were the cutoffs for HRM and BM Programs? Is there Sectional Cut-off ?
BM - 94 Percentile (with sectional cutoffs)
HRM- Overall 94.4 Percentile (with sectional cutoffs)