XAT Cutoff 2019 – XLRI Jamshedpur will release the XAT 2019 cutoff after the declaration of result in the male and female category. XAT cutoff 2019 is the minimum marks candidates should obtain in order to get selected by XLRI and other participating institutes. XAT 2019 is scheduled to be held on the first Sunday of January 2019 and the result will be declared in the second week of February. After that, XLRI, the 11-member institutes and around 150 B-schools in the list of participating institutes will release their XAT 2019 cutoff to shortlist the candidates for their admission process. The XAT cutoff depends on various factors such as difficulty level of the exam, total number of test takers, total number of seats available etc. XAT exam is conducted every year by XLRI and around 1 lakh candidates write the exam. In this article, management aspirants will get the details related to XAT 2019 cutoff, list of institutes with their cutoff and more.
XAT Cutoff 2019 - Important Dates
Events | Important Dates |
XAT 2019 | First week of January 2019 |
XAT 2019 result | Second week of February 2019 |
XAT 2019 cutoff | February 2019 |
XAT 2019 selection procedure | February-March 2019 |
Deciding Factors for XAT Cutoff 2019
The XAT 2019 cutoff will depend on multiple factors as mentioned below:
Difficulty level of the exam
Total number of test takers
Number of seats offered in a particular programme
Last year’s cutoff
Previous Year XAT Cutoff
Let’s have a look at the last year’s cutoff to get an idea about this year’s cutoff.
XAT Cutoff 2018 - Sectionwise
Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
Male | 79.460 | 76.840 | 88.700 | 94.000 |
Female | 75.000 | 75.000 | 80.000 | 94.000 |
XAT Cutoff 2018 – HRM (Human Resource Management)
Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
Male | 79.660 | 71.628 | 70.070 | 92.000 |
Female | 75.000 | 70.000 | 65.000 | 92.000 |
XAT Cutoff 2018 GMP (Global Management Programme) - 68 percentile
XAT Cut off 2017 for BM and HR Programmes
Section | BM | HR |
VA | 79.46 | 76.69 |
DM | 76.84 | 71.628 |
QA | 88.7 | 70.07 |
Total | 96 | 92.55 |
XAT Cut off 2017 for GMP Programme
Section | GMP |
VA | 5 and above |
DM | 5 and above |
QA | 6 and above |
Total | 22 and above |
XAT Cutoff 2016 – Section wise
Sections | BM | GMP | HR |
VA & LR | 77.47 | - | 69.1 |
DM | 78.042 | - | 69 |
QA & DI | 88.6 | - | 69 |
Total | 96 | 69 | 94.4 |
XAT Cutoff 2016 – XLRI Jamshedpur Programmes
Sections | BM | HRM | Global MBA |
Overall | >94 | >88 | >90 |
Data Interpretation | >80 | >80 | >80 |
Verbal Ability | >80 | >85 | >80 |
Quantitative Ability | >90 | >70 | >90 |
XAT Cutoff 2015/2014/2013
Courses | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
GMBA | 90.04 | 90 | 88 |
HRM | 90.04 | 88 | 88 |
BM | 94.23 | 94 | 94 |
GMP | 67.98 | – | – |
Apart from XLRI and 11 member institutes, XAT 2019 scores will be accepted by around 150 B-schools across India. Some of the popular institutes are TAPMI Manipal, BIMTECH Greater Noida, Goa Institute of Management, IFMR etc. Let’s have a look the top B-schools accepting XAT score and their expected cutoff:
XAT Cutoff for top B-schools
B-School | XAT Cutoff |
95+ percentile | |
90+ percentile | |
85+ percentile | |
86+ percentile | |
80+ percentile | |
80+ percentile | |
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM), New Delhi | 80+ percentile |
75+ percentile | |
90+ percentile | |
85+ percentile |
Note: The above mentioned XAT cutoffs are for last year.
Usually, there is no official cutoff released by XAT participating institutes. Only XLRI and its member institutes release it. XAT 2019 will be conducted in online mode in the first week of January 2019 and the result will be announced in the second week of February. After the announcement of the result, test takers will be shortlisted for XAT 2019 selection procedure that is expected to differ from institute to institute. The XAT selection procedure will include Group Discussion or Writing Ability Test and Personal Interview rounds. The final merit list will be declared in the month of April.
