XLRI raises PGDM-HRM intake from 180 to 240 seats and adds 17 new XAT associate institutes

XLRI Jamshedpur has increased the intake of its PGDM-HRM programme from 180 to 240 seats for the XAT 2027 admission cycle. That is 60 additional seats for aspiring HR professionals at one of India's most sought-after HR programmes, and it should ease competition at the margin for candidates targeting XLRI HRM.

Alongside this, 17 new XAT associate institutes have been added for XAT 2027, which means more institutes and management programmes accepting your XAT score. The newly added institutes include Abhijit Kadam Institute of Management and Social Sciences Solapur, Accman Institute of Management Greater Noida, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management Faridabad, Bharati Vidyapeeth Department of Management Studies Navi Mumbai and Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and Research New Delhi, among others.

If you are writing XAT 2027, it is worth reviewing the full updated list of associate institutes on the official XAT website before you finalise your programme choices, because a wider list changes which schools one score can reach.

These changes were announced together with a relaxation in the XAT 2027 unanswered-question penalty rule and a Diwali offer of free past question papers for applications completed by 11 November 2026.