AT 2019 is just around the corner. That is why many students are eagerly waiting for the exam and preparing hard for it. Earlier XAT was a very specific exam and very few colleges accepted XAT score. But now there are more than 150 MBA colleges in India that accept XAT score. The students that fall within this Cutoff are further called for personal interview, WAT, and group discussions.


It is important to know the cut off for the colleges that accept XAT scores. But not all the colleges that accept the score are top colleges. Some of them are in the top 50 best colleges in India. Below is the list of top colleges that accept your XAT scores.

XLRI Jamshedpur

This college is one of the top 10 colleges in India when it comes to MBA. Many students apply for XAT with the sole purpose of getting admission in this college. This college has the highest XAT cut off among the other colleges. XLRI provides MBA in two courses, business management (BM) and human resource management (HRM).

For BM, the cut off for VA-LR is 70, 80 in decision making, and 90 in quantitative aptitude. The overall cut off is 95 for the college. While for the other course, i.e. HRM, the cut off is 93. The human resource management program of this college is considered the best in India. This college provides great opportunities for students aspiring to go into the human resource field.

XIMB, Bhubaneswar

The Xavier's Institute of management is situated in Bhubaneswar. It is the second best college after XLRI in terms of XAT cut off. This college has three programs, core MBA, HRM, and rural management and sustainability management. The overall cut off for all of these programs are 93, 87, and 70 respectively.

Goa Institute of Management (GIM)

Unlike other colleges, this college does not have any sectional cutoff. In this college, there is an only overall cutoff for XAT. There are two programs offered by GIM. They are PGDM full-time and PGDM in health care.

For full-time PGDM, the overall cutoff is 85 percentile in XAT. While PGDM in healthcare has no specified cutoff.

SP Jain, Mumbai

This is another good college that offers admission based on your XAT scores. This college provides three programs for the students. They are PGDM, PGPM, and GMP. The cutoff in all these programs is 85 percentile with 70 being in every section.

Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM)

Great lakes institute of Management is situated in Chennai. It offers a postgraduate diploma program in the many specializations. PGPM offered in GLIM is 1-year program while the PGDM program is of 2 years. For PGDM, the candidates can have work experience of 0-2 years. For PGPM the eligibility is to have work experience greater than 2 years. Both the programs offer admission through XAT scores. The minimum cutoff for each program is 85 percentile in XAT.

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)

IMT offers 2 programs to the students through XAT. One is PGDM and another is PGDM DCP. The latter is the dual country program where a student studies one year in India and the other year in another country. The XAT cutoff for both the programs is 90 percentile. There is no sectional cut off in IMT for XAT.


Besides these above colleges, there are few more top colleges that accept the XAT scores. These are:
  • KJ somaiya, Mumbai 
  • Mudra Institute of communications, MICA 
  • FORE, Delhi 
  • IMT Nagpur and Hyderabad 
  • IRMA, Anand 
  • TAPMI, Manipal