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Xavier School of Management, one of India's best B-Schools, has released the XAT 2025 cutoffs for its highly competitive postgraduate courses. Following the release of the XAT 2025 scorecards on 17 Jan 2025, XLRI announced that admission quotas for PGDBM and PGDHRM courses at the XLRI Jamshedpur campus have been updated. XLRI focuses on selecting the best possible candidates while encouraging diversity and inclusion in its student population. This declaration is significant for driven business leaders and HR professionals who wish to pursue management education at a world-class university that is reputed for academic excellence and values-based leadership.

To select the top students for management education, XLRI administers the XAT on behalf of XAMI (Xavier Association of Management Institutes). One of the oldest competitive tests in the nation, the XAT, has consistently used state-of-the-art testing techniques and evaluates candidates holistically. The examination seeks to discover academically outstanding candidates with the capacity to be responsible and innovative company leaders.

XAT cut-off factors

In the end, a few dynamic factors affect XAT cutoffs at XLRI.

Number of Applicants: The number of applicants in a specific year directly affects competition levels and higher cutoffs tend to be employed.

Level of difficulty: The level of difficulty in the XAT examination may influence the marks required at each percentile. More challenging question papers could see slightly lower raw-score demands.  

Availability of seats: One of the main elements influencing the XAT cut-off is the availability of seats. When seats available in a given program are few, competition increases, leading to a higher cut-off since top candidates alone can secure admission. For instance, XLRI's premium programs like Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) have limited intake, so by default, the cut-off must rise due to demand being high. On the contrary, if an institute increases its seat availability, it would marginally decrease the cut-off so that all seats get occupied, particularly if high scores are scarce.

Business Management (BM) Program Cutoffs

Regardless of their engineering or technological background, male applicants to the Business Management programme must achieve an overall cut-off of 96 percentile. Female applicants for the program (both) Engineering/tech and non-engineering streams have a relatively lower overall cut-off of 91 percentiles. Sectional cut-offs based on gender vary slightly. To be clear, the interview cutoffs for the 2025 BM programme are divided into percentiles for each gender and stream:

XLRI encourages a diverse student body by setting distinct percentile criteria for gender and intellectual profile. The slight changes in cutoffs ensure increased participation without compromising Keeping all candidates to high standards of merit.

Human Resource Management (HRM) Program Cutoffs

The cutoffs for XLRI's Human Resource Management course are modified based on the diverse backgrounds and needs of applicants. Male applicants in engineering and technology require a 95 percentile overall, whereas female applicants do not.

The rank of non-engineering colleagues is 93 percentile. In favour of diversity, XLRI has relaxed cutoffs for female candidates: 90 percentile for engineers/tech and 87 percentile for non-engineers. Section cutoffs differ greatly by gender, engineering/technical background and non-engineering background. Here is a table of HRM program interview cutoffs in 2025, categorised by percentiles:

These definite boundaries acknowledge candidates' varying skill sets and align with the new HR environment, which values a mix of technical skills, analytical thinking and people skills.

This year's releases highlight XLRI's deliberate decision to reduce the overall cut-offs for female candidates for both the BM and HRM courses. This move is aligned with XLRI's vision to foster gender diversity and equal opportunities for women in Indian business and management careers. The action seeks to build a more diverse learning culture and advance progressive leadership models.

For the 2025-2026 admissions season, XLRI intends to interview approximately 4000-4500 candidates for its numerous programs and campuses.