Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management (EDHRM) 

at XLRI Jamshedpur, Jamshedpur

Management Development Institute and XLRI Xavier School of Management both are renowned universities for Executive MBA/PGDM. However, in terms of affordability, Management Development Institute is a better option since the total tuition fee for Management Development Institute is INR 483,880 - INR 1,180,000 and the total tuition fee for Executive MBA/PGDM at XLRI Xavier School of Management is INR 475,000 - INR 1,500,000. In the total fees that students generally end up paying the university or the college, various other components are also included, such as the exam fee, application fee, lab and other charges.

Amity University, Gurugram and XLRI Xavier School of Management both are renowned universities for Executive MBA/PGDM. However, in terms of affordability, Amity University, Gurugram is a better option since the total tuition fee for Amity University, Gurugram is INR 248,000 - INR 634,000 and the total tuition fee for Executive MBA/PGDM at XLRI Xavier School of Management is INR 475,000 - INR 1,500,000. In the total fees that students generally end up paying the university or the college, various other components are also included, such as the exam fee, application fee, lab and other charges.

XLRI Jamshedpur has an excellent placement record for its  PGDM in BM, HRM and GM courses. In 2024, the institute recorded 100% placements for its PGDM BM and HRM batch 2024. The key highlights of XLRI Jamshedpur placements for the PGDM BM and HRM Class of 2024 and 2025 are presented below:

Note: The Maximum Earning Potential component of Salary Heads is considered while calculating the salary packages. Further, the mean package is considered the average package in the above-mentioned table.

The key highlights of XLRI Jamshedpur placements for the PGDM GM Class of 2024 and 2025 are presented below:

The top sector basis the roles offered to PGDM BM and HRM students, including Consulting, Sales & Marketing, BFSI, General Management, ITES and E-Commerce. The Consulting sector emerged as the top recruiting sector, with 26% of offers made, followed by BFSI with 22% of offers extended to the 2025 batch. For PGDM (GM) batch 2025, the IT Consulting and IT Operations sector was the top recruiting sector with 28% offers made, followed by BFSI with 20% offers made.

As per the data available at NIRF 2024 official site, XLRI ranks 9th under the Management category and MDI Gurgaon has been ranked 11 among the top MBA colleges in India. Management Development Institute offers the highest package of INR 60 LPA and XLRI offers the highest package of INR 78.20 LPA for their flagship course PGDM. MDI noted a rise of nearly 12% in the PGDM HRM average package offered in 2023 as compared with 2022. XLRI has seen a rise of nearly 4% in the PGDM HRM average package offered in 2023 as compared with 2022.

XLRI is accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA, and NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and is approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), AIU, and GOI. XLRI Jamshedpur is ranked 9 for MBA in the NIRF 2023 rankings and was established as a private college in 1949. Being a private college, the fee can be a little high but the students can apply for scholarships provided by the XLRI-Xavier School of Management. Hence, even if the students find XLRI Jamshedpur a little expensive, they don't have to worry as scholarships are there to assist them.

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Xavier School of Management cut off for XAT has been released as a selection criteria to appear for the PI round. As per the official cutoff data released by XLRI, the overall sectional XAT cut off 2025 for Male engineers is 96 percentile for Business Management (BM) programme and 95 percentile for Human Resource Management (HRM) programme. The XAT 2025 cut offs for Female engineers is 91 percentile for BM programme and 90 percentile for HRM programme. 

So basis the recently released sectional XAT cutoff 2025, it is difficult to get into XLRI with 90 percentile for General AI category students. 

XLRI - Xavier School of Management provides various postgraduate and other courses to students across Business Management and various other streams. These postgraduate courses are provided through its two schools of study, namely the School of Resources and IR and the School of Business. The college is known to accept various entrance exam scores like XAT, GMAT, GRE, GATE, and XAT. These competitive exams are difficult to pass so check the XAT Exam Pattern 2024, GMAT Syllabus 2023, and GRE Question Papers 2023 beforehand for a sucessful admission to various courses offered at this college. The college is famous for its infrastructure. XLRI Jamshedpur has a huge campus with a lot of on-campus facilities available for postgraduate and other course students. The college has an academic block, computer resources, a computer centre, sports facilities, auditoriums, and many other facilities. The library has various national and international periodical subscriptions, 69,830 books, bound volumes of journals, and others. 

XLRI offers a full-time EPGDM (General) programme for experienced executives. The duration of this course is one year and three months. XLRI Jamshedpur Ex-PGDM admission is based on candidates' performance in XAT/ GMAT entrance exams, followed by a PI round. Approved by AICTE, this course incorporates three months of field-based training in a functional area. 

Yes, XLRI Jamshedpur accepts XAT scores for admission to PGDM programmes. Candidates can also apply with a valid socre in GMAT/ GRE for PGDM GM programme. Those who score equal or above XAT cutoff is selected for further rounds. Selected candidates are further called for group discussion and/ or personal interview.