The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by XLRI for the last 72 years is one of the biggest and most mandatory entrance exams to get into XLRI Jamshedpur. Apart from XLRI, 160 B-schools including XIMB, IMT, IMI, TAPMI, MICA, Great Lakes, and GIM Goa accept XAT scores. XAT 2023 exam date is 8th January 2023, and the exam will be conducted as a computer-based exam in one session. XAT registration is open from August 10 on XAT's official website https://xatonline.in/ with a registration fee of Rs. 2000/-. This year there are many changes in the XAT exam and XAT registration process.

XAT is the entrance exam for admission to MBA/PGDM programs at XLRI and other top MBA institutes like XIMB, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, LBSIM Delhi, TAPMI Manipal and 160 other top MBA institutes in India. XLRI offers admission to its PGDM programs at its Jamshedpur and Delhi campuses only based on XAT scores and does not accept any other test scores. There are more than 70 cities and more than 100 locations in India where the XAT 2023 exam will be conducted. XLRI will release XAT Notification 2023 in August.

XAT Exam Syllabus 2023 is divided into 4 sections - Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension: Decision Making, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness. Except the General Awareness, all the other three are core sections which determine the percentile score as well as XLRI shortlisting criteria. The score of the General Awareness section is taken into account at the time of the personal Interview round.

Since 2021, XLRI has again introduced the descriptive essay writing section in XAT Syllabus. However, this section also does not count for XAT percentile calculation.

A clear understanding of the updated XAT syllabus and exam structure before beginning your preparation is very important. Accordingly, key changes in syllabus, important topics are some of the important things you should know before preparing as per the exam syllabus.