PGDM in Finance 

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.

See below eligibility criteria for PGDM at XLRI Jamshedpur:

• Bachelor's degree of minimum three years in any discipline
• Good score in XAT/GMAT/GRE
• Include entrance exam scores with GD/PI rounds
• Minimum three years of managerial work experience

XLRI admission to PGDM in Business Management is based on XAT scores, followed by a PI round. During the XLRI Jamshedpur cutoff 2025, the XAT cutoff percetile was 93 and 96 for the HRM and BM courses, respectively. So considering the preious years' cutoff, the lowest percetile to get into XLRI for BM and HRM courses ranges between 93 and 96 percetile for the students belonging to the General AI quota. 

As per the official website, the XAT cut off 2025 for male engineers for BM is 96 percentile. For the female engineers, the XLRI Jamshedpur XAT 2025 cutoff is 91 percentile for seeking admisison to the BM programme. These are the interview cutoffs released by the institute. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the XAT 2025 sectional cutoff released by XLRI for the BM course:

For Xavier School of Management course admissions, the institute conducts Xavier Aptitude Test XAT in online mode. Candidates seeking admission to XLRI must have a valid XAT score. XAT 2024 Registration window is open and candidates can apply by visiting the official website. The college is ranked one by The Week under the Private B-school category for 2022 and eight by NIRF 2022 for MBA. Therefore one can say that the XLRI - Xavier School of Management is good for MBA under XAT. The pros of taking admission at XLRI are many. The college is accredited by AMBA, AACSB, and NBA and is approved by AIU, AICTE, and GOI. Due to the accreditation and approval, the XLRI degree is valid all over India. Hence, placements are guaranteed. One of the cons is that not every student can get admission to this college. Only the ones who have prepared in advance can get admission. Hence, hard work is necessary for successful admission to this college.

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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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:

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. 

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.