XAT 2027 will be held on 3 January 2027 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
XLRI has confirmed the XAT 2027 exam date and timing. Admit card download is listed for 20 December 2026, marked tentative.
The official XAT website lists the XAT 2027 exam date as 3 January 2027, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. XAT is conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur and is used for admission to XLRI's own programmes and by many other business schools.
Admit card download is listed as 20 December 2026 on the official timeline, with the word tentative against it, so treat that date as indicative and keep checking the site in the second half of December.
If you have not registered yet, registration closes on 6 December 2026. Registering by 28 October 2026 also makes you eligible for the official mock test, and the last official mock is scheduled on 31 October and 1 November 2026.
A 3 January exam date means your preparation window runs straight through the CAT season and the year-end holidays. If you are also writing CAT on 29 November and SNAP in December, map out which weeks go to which test now, because the gap between CAT and XAT is only about five weeks.
XLRI cautions candidates not to fall prey to misinformation or fake admission offers, and states that admission to its programmes is purely merit based with no management or NRI quota.