How do I get into XLRI for MBA in marketing?

XLRI is a well-reputed university known for its management courses all across the country. NIRF ranked it at #9 in the management category, The Week at #4, and India Today at #3 for its MBA Course. The PGDM courses offered by this university have a dedicated focus on marketing and international business. PGDM for General Management Program and Business Management have Marketing Management as one of their main subjects.

Below mentioned are some of the highlights of the PGDM for Marketing courses offered by XLRI:

Admission and Entrance Criteria:

• General Management Program (GMP): The students seeking admission in the General Management Program of XLRI must have a UG Degree in the relevant discipline and a full-time job experience of 5 years.
• Business Management (BM): For admission in BM and HRM programs, students must have passed 3 years of Bachelor’s Degree exams from an AICTE recognized university and should have a work experience of 3 years.

XLRI accepts XAT or GMAT as its entrance exams for its PGDM programs, where the candidates are shortlisted based on their sectional and overall scores. The cut-off for XAT first round in the recent examinations was 96. Further, the selected candidates are required to undergo the GD and PI rounds, based on these rounds the final admissions are granted.

Tips for Preparation:

• The percentile in XAT exam is calculated based on three major sections VALR, QADI, and DM. So one should concentrate on these three sections while preparing for XAT.
• It is essential to prepare as per the proper XAT pattern and indulge in as many mock tests as possible.
• Try to solve as many sample tests as possible in real time as time management is a key issue.
• For GD & PI round, hone your communication skills and surf the web for previously asked topics to prepare accordingly.

Campus Placement:

• Average placement rate has been around 90%
• Highest CTC offered was 48 LPA
• Average salary offered was 22.6 LPA
• Some of the leading recruiters are Accenture strategy, Dell, HCL, Amazon and Axis Bank

XLRI being an old and one of the most reputed institutes of the country is also ranked as the best private management college by various surveys. Getting into any college matters on how well prepared one is and how diligently the individual has worked for it. It is on the individual to carefully scrutinise the course in a particular college and then decide.