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Updated By Vandana Thakur on 13 Oct, 2025 13:17
XAT 2026 participating colleges include XLRI Jamshedpur, St. Xavier's University Kolkata, XIME Bengaluru, XIM Bhubaneswar, XIMR Mumbai, XIDAS Jabalpur, XISS Ranchi, Loyola Institute of Business Administration Chennai etc.
Predict your Percentile based on your XAT performance
Predict RankThe XAT 2026 participating colleges list has not been announced by the exam authorities yet. The participating colleges may include 12 XAMI (XLRI Associate Member Institutes) as well as 180+ B-Schools in India. Those who want to pursue Management studies from colleges accepting XAT scores must appear for the XAT 2026 exam and meet the minimum cutoff requirements set by the institutes.
XAT test-takers clearing the cut-off marks, Group Discussion, Personal Interview, and Written Ability Test rounds will be eligible for admission to XAT 2026 participating colleges. Candidates appearing for the XAT 2026 exam can use our XAT College Predictor 2026 to get an idea of the colleges they may be enrolled in. Students eager to know more about the XAT 2026 participating colleges can go through the expected college list, the other colleges list, etc.
There are a total of 11 XAT Associate Institutes in India that use the XAT score to offer admission to students into their postgraduate Management courses. The table below lists all XLRI Associate Member Institutes (XAMI) you can consider for admission through XAT 2026 scores.
S.No. | XLRI Associate Member Institutes (XAMI) | Location | Courses Offered |
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1 | Kolkata |
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2 | Bengaluru |
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3 | Bhubaneswar |
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4 | Mumbai |
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5 | Jabalpur |
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6 | Ranchi |
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7 | Jamshedpur |
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8 | Chennai |
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9 | Mangalore |
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10 | Mumbai |
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11 | Bengaluru |
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| 12 | Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago | Chicago |
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If you have taken the exam, you can use our XAT 2026 Percentile Predictor with your XAT raw score to estimate your percentile.
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XAT scores are widely accepted by many top MBA colleges in India. Here are the top 10 MBA colleges accepting XAT 2026 scores you can choose from.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2023 | Location | Courses Offered |
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31 | Chennai |
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33 | Goa |
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37 | Ahmedabad |
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38 | Ghaziabad |
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42 | Manipal |
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45 | Mumbai |
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48 | Greater Noida |
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- | Chennai |
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- | Pune |
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM) | - | New Delhi |
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Apart from the above-mentioned XLRI Associate Member Institutes and top 10 XAT participating colleges, there are many more B-Schools that accept XAT 2026 scores. Check the list below to know all the Management institutes you can apply to with a valid XAT score.
MBA Institutes Accepting XAT Score | Location |
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Bengaluru | |
Bengaluru | |
Bengaluru | |
Amrita School of Business | Coimbatore |
New Delhi | |
Bhubaneswar | |
Pune | |
Pune | |
Pune | |
Bhubaneswar | |
Gurugram | |
Centurion University of Technology and Management | Bhubaneswar |
Patna | |
Pune | |
Bengaluru | |
| Woxsen School of Business | Hyderabad |
Development Management Institute | Patna |
Dehradun | |
Pune | |
Dr. Kariappa School of Art and Design Management | Bengaluru |
Pune | |
Gandhinagar | |
Pune | |
New Delhi | |
Goa | |
Bengaluru | |
Vishakhapatnam | |
GNIOT Institute of Management Studies | Greater Noida |
GITAM Hyderabad Business School | Hyderabad |
ICBM-School of Business Excellence | Hyderabad |
IFIM Business School | Bengaluru |
IIHMR University | Jaipur |
Indian Institute of Forest Management | Bhopal |
Indus Business Academy (IBA, Bengaluru) | Bengaluru |
Institute for Technology and Management | Navi Mumbai |
Institute of Insurance and Risk Management | Hyderabad |
IMS Business School | Kolkata |
Institute of Management Technology (Dubai) | Dubai - UAE |
Institute of Management Technology (Hyderabad) | Hyderabad |
Institute of Management Technology (Nagpur) | Nagpur |
Institute of Rural Management Anand | Anand,Gujarat |
International Academy of Management & Entrepreneurship (IAME) | Bengaluru |
International Institute of Management Studies | Pune |
International School of Business & Media,Pune (ISB&M) | Pune |
International School of Management Excellence | Bengaluru |
ISBR Business School | Bengaluru |
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies | Harihar |
KIIT School of Management | Bhubaneswar |
Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University | Phagwara, Distt.Kapurthala |
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management | Bengaluru |
Myra School of Business | Mysuru |
National Institute of Bank Management | Pune |
NSB Academy | Bengaluru |
NTPC School of Business (NSB) | Noida |
New Delhi Institute of Management | New Delhi |
Praxis Business School | Kolkata |
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research | Mumbai |
Pune Institute of Business Management | Pune |
Shanti Business School | Ahmedabad |
School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
SCMS Cochin School of Business | Cochin |
School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar University | Greater Noida |
Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) | Mysuru |
SOIL, School of Business Design | Gururgram |
Suryadatta Institutes of Management(SIMMC/SIBMT/SuryaduttaPGDM) | Pune |
Jaipur | |
Vellore | |
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management(VJIM) | Hyderabad |
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| XAT 2026 Cutoff for Non-XAMI Colleges | XAT 2026 Cutoff for XLRI Delhi |
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| SP Jain XAT Cutoff 2026 | Welingkar XAT Cutoff 2026 |
| XAT 2026 Colleges with No Sectional Cutoff | XAT 2026 Cutoff for XLRI Jamshedpur |
Some of the top MBA colleges accepting XAT scores above the 80 percentile have been mentioned below. The XAT 2026 participating colleges accepting more than 80 percentile are as follows:
Name of the MBA College | Fees (in Lakhs) | Placement Package (in Lakhs) |
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XLRI Jamshedpur | 23.60 | 25.08 |
XIM University | 21.30 | 17.54 |
TAPMI Manipal | 15.1 | 11.5 |
IMI New Delhi | 19.25 | 12.77 |
IRMA Anand | 15.17 | 10.76 |
MICA Ahmedabad | 21 | 13.9 |
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad | 19.53 | 12.42 |
GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management | 17.21 | 10.71 |
Great Lakes Chennai | 17.15 | 11 |
K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai | 18.78 | 9.41 |
Many other renowned MBA colleges accept XAT scores in the percentile range of 70 to 80 in addition to the above-mentioned top colleges. The XAT participating colleges 2026 accepting 70 to 80 percentile are as follows:
Name of the MBA College | Fees (in Lakhs) | Placement Package (in Lakhs) |
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FORE School of Management, New Delhi | 15.98 | 10.7 |
BIMTECH Greater Noida | 12 | 8.2 |
GLIM Gurgaon: Great Lakes Institute of Management | 16.65 | 12.8 |
XIME Bangalore | 11 | 7.73 |
LIBA Chennai | 15.38 | 9 |
VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore | 7.02 | 5.1 |
IMI Kolkata: International Management Institute | 11.5 | 10.01 |
KIIT School of Management - KSOM Bhubaneswar | 14.5 | 8.80 |
Welingkar Mumbai | 12.89 | 9.2 |
Institute of Management Technology Nagpur | 12.12 | 7.98 |
ISBM Pune | 11.8 | 8.8 |
WE School Bangalore | 13 | 7.91 |
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To choose a XAT participating college of their choice, students need to follow the given steps.
Candidates must do their research before selecting a particular college for MBA admission through XAT. This is only possible if candidates know nearly all colleges that will be suitable for their XAT score. Check out the links below to find the XAT colleges for every percentile range:
Percentile Range | List of Colleges |
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50-60 | MBA Colleges Accepting 50-60 Percentile in XAT 2026 |
60-70 Percentile | |
70-80 Percentile | |
80-90 Percentile | |
90-95 Percentile | |
95-100 Percentile | List of MBA Colleges Accepting 95-100 Percentile in XAT 2026 |
Want to know more about XAT
XAT participating institutes include 12 XAMI, that is XLRI Associate Member Institutes and more than 160 non-XAMI management institutes in India. The XAT exam is taken by students for various PGDM and MBA courses. They can check the list of participating colleges and then take the XAT exam.
The procedures students have to go through to enter XAT participating institutes include appearing for the XAT exam, clearing the XAT cutoff, and appearing for group discussions and personal interviews. After successfully clearing all the rounds students get into the MBA colleges.
No, the cutoff of all XAT participating institutes is not the same. The business schools set their cutoffs depending on the various criteria decided by them. The cutoff can range from 70 to 95 percentile. Also, the cutoff is different for different courses.
The top XAT participating institutes are the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Institute of Management Ghaziabad, Goa Institute of Management, Amity Business School, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research and Birla Institute of Management Technology.
The top XAT participating institutes in North India are Doon Business School Dehradun, IIMT School of Management (ISM) Gurgaon, Asian Business School Noida, Jindal Global Business School Sonipat, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Noida and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Management and Higher Studies, Kanpur.
The popular XAT participating institutes in West Zone of India are Xavier Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa (Christ University), Pune, MICA, Ahmedabad, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar and Flame University, Pune.
The XAT participating institutes in South India are Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, Presidency University, School of Management, Bangalore, VIT University, Vellore, GITAM Hyderabad Business School, SCMS Cochin School of Business, Cochin and Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore.
The top XAT participating institutes in the Eastern Zone of India are the Institute of Management & Information Science, Bhubaneswar, Globsyn Business School, Kolkata, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Institute of Science & Management, Ranchi and Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur.
The XAT participating institutes that accept XAT percentile of more than 80 are Great Lakes Chennai, MICA Ahmedabad, IMI New Delhi, Goa Institute of Management, BITS School of Management, IRMA, Anand and TAPMI Manipal.
The XAT participating institutes that accept XAT percentile between 70 and 80 are Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow, VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore, IMI Kolkata: International Management Institute, Alliance School of Business Bangalore and Institute of Management Technology Nagpur.
Some of the best B-Schools that offer admission on the basis of XAT score include XLRI-Jamshedpur, SPJIMR, Mumbai, GIM-Goa, TAPMI-Manipal, XIM- Bhubaneswar, LIBA-Chennai, IMT-Ghaziabad, Welingkar- Mumbai, IFMR-Chennai, etc.
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