XLRI Jamshedpur offers a 2-year PGDM as its flagship programs. Admission to XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM (BM ) and PGDM (HRM) courses are done on the basis of scores in the XAT/GMAT entrance exam. XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM Admission Cutoff for the year 2023 remained somewhere between 92-95 percentile for the general category candidates. The XAT cut-off is divided into two different sections of percentile of male, female, male engineer, female engineer, male non-engineer, and female non-engineer. Final admission offer is made on the basis of GD/PI conducted by the institute.

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XLRI Jamshedpur XAT Cutoff 2023: PGDM BM

Category Overall VALR DM QA
Male Engineering 95 75 75 85
Female Engineering 92 75 75 80
Male Non – Engineering 95 75 75 85
Female Non – Engineering 92 75 75 80

XLRI Jamshedpur XAT Cutoff 2023: PGDM HRM

Category Overall VALR DM QA
Male Engineering 93 90 75 75
Female Engineering 91 90 75 65
Male Non - Engineering 90 90 75 70
Female Non - Engineering 88 90 75 60

XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM HRM and PGDM BM GMAT Cutoff 2022

Course  Percentile 
BM  730
HRM 700

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XLRI Jamshedpur XAT PGDM Cut-off 2021 Vs 2022

XAT cut-off comparison for PGDM-BM program is shown below- 

XAT sections Male 2021 Female 2021 Male 2022 Female 2022
Overall 94 92 93 90
VALR 76 70 75 72
DM 74 70 72 72
QA 83 75 80 75

XAT cut-off comparison for PGDM-HRM program is shown below-

XAT sections Male Engineer 2021 Female Engineer 2021 Male Engineer 2022 Female Engineer 2022
Overall 93 90 92 90
VALR 80 75 80 80
DM 75 68 70 70
QA 80 74 75 64
XAT sections Male Non-Engineer 2021 Female Non-Engineer 2021 Male Non-Engineer 2022 Female Non-Engineer 2022
Overall 90 87 90 87
VALR 80 75 80 80
DM 75 68 70 70
QA 73 64 70 60

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XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM Selection Process

The selection criteria are of two stages that are entrance exam and GDPI. 

Stage I: The candidate needs to register and clear the entrance exam of XAT / GMAT. The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. 

Stage II: The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for GD/PI round

All of the above factors contain different weightage-

Selection Components Weightage
Written Entrance Exam (Part A) 65%
GK (Part B) 10%
GD/PI 20%
Academic Profile/Work experience 5%

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XLRI Jamshedpur XAT Cut off 2021

Given below is the XLRI Jamshedpur XAT cut-off 2021. For the PGDM course in business management and human resource management. 

The cut-off is released in the following categories- 

  • Male
  • Female
  • Male engineer
  • Female engineer
  • Male non-engineer
  • Female non-engineer

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XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM BM XAT Cutoff 2021

Category VALR QA DM Percentile
Male 76 83 74 94
Female 70 75 70 92

XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM HRM XAT Cutoff 2021

Category VALR QA DM Percentile
Male Engineering 80 80 75 93
Male Non-Engineering 80 73 75 90
Female Engineering 75 80 68 90
Female Non-Engineering 75 64 68 87

XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM GATE Cutoff 2021

Course Percentile
BM 730
HRM 710

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XLRI Jamshedpur XAT Cut-off 2020 Vs 2021 

XAT cut-off comparison for PGDM-BM program is shown below- 

XAT sections Male 2020 Female 2020 Male 2021 Female 2021
Overall 95 93 94 92
VALR 74 72 76 70
DM 78 74 74 70
QA 85 75 83 75

XAT cut-off comparison for PGDM-HRM program is shown below-

XAT sections Male Engineer 2020 Female Engineer 2020 Male Engineer 2021 Female Engineer 2021
Overall 93 91 93 90
VALR 79 74 80 75
DM 73 68 75 68
QA 75 70 80 74
XAT sections Male Non-Engineer 2020 Female Non-Engineer 2020 Male Non-Engineer 2021 Female Non-Engineer 2021
Overall 90 88 90 87
VALR 78 73 80 75
DM 73 68 75 68
QA 70 65 73 64

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XLRI Jamshedpur Cut off 2023 deciding factors

The cut-off is decided on the following factors:

  • Number of candidates appearing for the exam
  • The difficulty level of the exam
  • Total number of seats available for admission

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XLRI FAQs

Ques. Can I stand a chance for XLRI admission, even if I don’t meet the minimum XAT cut off requirement?

Ans. No. Qualifying in XAT is the minimum requirement to be eligible for XLRI admission. Applicants who do not meet the minimum XAT cut off are not shortlisted for the subsequent group discussion and personal interview rounds

Ques. How much minimum percentile is required for getting shortlisted for XLRI?.

Ans. You are required to score a minimum 96 percentile and above in XAT to get a call for BM and 94 percentile and above for HRM at XLRI Jamshedpur. Besides, you also need to clear sectional cut-offs in the entrance test to participate in the further rounds.

Ques. Is XAT more difficult than CAT to qualify for XLRI?

Ans. Compared with the two, CAT does not include Decision Making (DM) section and GK section but XAT exam has DM and GK as separate sections. Another major difference is the difficulty level between the two exams. XAT is said to be a bit more difficult than the CAT exam.

Ques. What is the pattern of the XAT exam for getting into XLRI?

Ans. XAT exam has 75 total questions divided in three sections. Out of 75 marks, candidates may find it difficult to score beyond 30-32 marks and very few candidates cross the 34-35 score in XAT exam. The difficulty level together with a reduced number of questions deliver a high percentile at even low scores in XAT exam.

Ques. Does XLRI give weightage to academics for its admission shortlist?

Ans. If you possess an excellent academic score with 85+% marks right from class 10th onwards and have 2-3 years of relevant work experience, XLRI will offer you an edge with 5% weightage points in GD PI rounds.