The registration process for the Xavier Admission Test ( XAT) without any late charges has been extended till December 10, 2021. Earlier, the last date to apply for the XAT entrance exam was November 30, 2021, but now the same has been extended by 10 days. Eligible candidates can fill the XAT application form 2022 online by visiting the official website at xatonline.in. The exam is conducted for admission to postgraduate management courses at over 160 institutions, including the XLRI- Xavier School of Management. It is advisable for all the candidates to check the eligibility criteria before applying for Xavier’s Aptitude Test 2022.
The Xavier School of Management is going to conduct the XAT 2022 exam on January 02, 2022. Examination for MBA admission through XAT will be conducted in computer-based mode. Candidates who register for the XAT exam latest by December 10, 2021, will be issued the XAT 2022 admit card on December 20, 2021.
The XAT eligibility criteria over the years have remained unchanged. XLRI has not changed the XAT 2022 Eligibility Criteria either. Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (minimum 3 years) in any stream or who are in their final year/ semester in graduation are eligible to fill the XAT form 2022.
The XAT registration fee is Rs. 1800 for all candidates. Candidates interested in XLRI program(s) need to pay an additional fee of Rs. 300/- each. Indian Candidates applying for Ex-PGDM through GMAT have to pay Rs. 2500/- as their registration fee. On the other hand, NRI/Foreign Candidates applying for one or more programs through GMAT will have to pay Rs. 5000 as their registration fee.
The steps to fill the NID DAT application form are as follows
Step 1: Visit the official website of XLRI at xatonline.in
Step 2: Click on the ‘Register’ tab present on the top right of the home page. ]
Step 3: Fill in all the details and set a password of your own. Submitted email id/ phone number should be active all the time throughout the examination process.
Step 4: Login using the registered email id and password.
Step 5: Fill in all the personal and academic details asked in the XAT application form.
Step 6: Upload the required documents in the specified format. Take care of file size before uploading it.
Step 7: Pay the registration fee and submit the application. Save a copy of the same for future references.
While the XAT 2022 Notification has been released, the XAT Exam Pattern has not been included in the Notification apart from the duration of the test (3 hours). The XAT 2022 Exam is expected to be held in the same pattern as XAT 2021. The exam will be conducted from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on January 02, 2022. The XAT paper pattern 2022 will consist of four sections with MCQs only instead of the earlier five sections which included one essay writing test. The number of questions in the revised XAT pattern 2022 will be 100. Each correct answer is worth 1 mark while an incorrect answer carries a penalty of 0.25 marks. If the candidate leaves over 8 questions in the XAT 2020 exam, each additional question left would carry a penalty of 0.1 marks.
