XLRI Invites applications for Xavier Admission Test (XAT) and the Academic programmes of XLRI for the year 2008. XAT is also used by 41 other Management Institutes for Admission.

The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur conducts XAT. The advertisement for form appears in late August. The entrance exam is usually held on the first Sunday of January and the interviews are held in March. XAT is a two-hour paper and usually has 200 questions. The paper divided into three sections and sectional timings are enforced.

The Method Of Scoring Is:

Right answer: 1 mark;

Incorrect answer: - 1/3 mark.

In the last 20 minutes, you are expected to write a 250-300 word essay with topics ranging from those of social relevance to propositions to abstract.

Xavier Admission Test (XAT) 2008 Important Dates:

Last date for receiving the XLRI PA form at the Admissions Office, XLRI Jamshedpur : November 30, 2007.

XAT 2008 Exam Date : January 06, 2008

XAT 2008 Test Timings: (10:00 am to 12:30 pm)

PG Programs Offered :

• Master of Business Administration: Two year
• Business Management Program: Two year full time
• Personal Management and Industrial Relations Program: Two year full time
• General Management Program: One year full time program for working executives
• Executive PG Program: Three year part time program for working executives

Eligibility:

• For BM and PM & IR programmes, graduates who have completed three years of Bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline recognized by a University or Deemed University are eligible to apply. Those completing their final examination by June 10,2008 may also apply.
• For GMP, minimum 5 years of relevant experience after graduation (10+2+3) as on March 31,2008 is required.

XLRI XAT 2008 Exam Pattern:

XAT usually comprises 3 sections - with a time limit of 40 minutes for each of the sections.

One section is Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability questions. Another section is Quantitative Ability, Reasoning and Data Interpretation questions and the Third section is General Awareness Questions.

• The Number of Sections: 3 (With an Essay after the test)
• The Number of Questions: 200 (It may change time to time)
• No of Choices per question: 4
• Time given for the paper: 120 min
• Time given for the essay: 20 min
• Marks for correct answer: +1
• Marks for wrong answer: -1/3

Essay Topic: Students are expected to write an essay of about 250-300 words in 20 minutes.

XLRI XAT 2008 Application Procedure:

XAT application form can be obtained from XAT Office, XLRI Jamshedpur, 831001 and can also be obtained from select branches of State Bank of India (SBI) spread over 116 cities on payment of the specified amount.

Procedure for Obtaining XAT Bulletin from SBI and XAT Registration

1. Registration for XAT - The applicant has to log on to the website www.xlri.edu and go to XAT registration. Here they have to fill in the XAT form on-line with personal details, XAT Bulletin No., date and SBI branch name and submit the form online. After submission the candidate will immediately get their XAT ID and password.
2. Candidates are required to download and take print out of XAT Payment Advice cum Photo Form (XAT PP Form)
3. Candidates have to paste their recent photograph and give full signature at the space indicated on the XAT PP Form. The candidate has to enclose the third copy of the bank/XAT pay-in-slip along with the duly completed XAT PP Form and use the special envelope provided in the XAT Bulletin and send it by registered post / speed post / courier preferably within a week, after obtaining the XAT Bulletin.
4. candidate has to keep a copy of the printout of XAT ID and password for any modification to personal details, taking a print out of XAT Admit Card and for any correspondence with the XAT Office.
5. The candidate has to go online to www.xlri.edu anytime during this time and take a print out of the XAT Admit Card where the Address of the Test Centre will be mentioned.

Test Centers:

The Test Centres include Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune and Vishakhapatnam. The centres are subject to change during a particular year.

The Test is conducted to select the most appropriate students for XLRI management education. XAT, is also the entrance test for seeking admission to around 35 other reputed Business Schools in the country such as XIMB (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar), LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai), BIM (Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy) etc.