PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Dec 13: Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), one of the largest national MBA entrance tests held by XLRI, has seen a sharp increase of 25% in its 2023 registration numbers.
XAT -2023 exam registration number has gone up to 98,242 applicants this year. Vishwa Ballabh, the convener of XAT and XLRI Jamshedpur Admission Chair, said, “This year there has been unprecedented registration for XAT 2023 – which is around 98242 and the increase is 25 % from last year.”
Following an 11% increase in CAT 2022 registration numbers, this strong growth in XAT- 2023 numbers are good news for management education which has seen almost no growth in CAT and XAT registrations for the last 10 years.
Officials explained that the major reason for this growth in XAT numbers is the growth in non-engineer applicants, which has grown enormously.
XAT- 2023 registration process closed on December 11 after getting an extension from November 30.
XLRI will conduct XAT- 2023 on Sunday, January 8, 2023, as a computer-based test in a single session of 3 hours and 10 minutes duration across the country.
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is the second largest MBA entrance exam and is the mandatory entrance exam for admission to XLRI Jamshedpur and Delhi NCR campuses.
Apart from XLRI, XAT scores are accepted by over 160 MBA colleges including XIMB, IMI, IMT, TAPMI, Great Lakes, GIM Goa among others.
For more than 72 years the B- school has conducted the XAT exam at all India level to select the most appropriate students for management education.
