Admission to postgraduate management programmes at XIM University is governed by scores from four entrance tests: CAT, NMAT, XAT and OJEE. Percentile requirements differ sharply depending on which of these tests a candidate takes, so the same MBA seat can be reached through very different score profiles. The steepest bar sits with XAT, where the 2025 qualifying percentile stands at 90, while NMAT candidates need 40 and CAT candidates need 25.
What stands out across the four years of data compiled here is stability. Not a single course, category or year records a movement in closing percentile: the CAT figure has held at 25 from 2021 through 2024, NMAT has stayed at 40 over the same span, and XAT has remained fixed at 90 from 2022 through 2025. Category reservation does not shift the mark either, since General, OBC, SC, ST and EWS aspirants face an identical cutoff wherever category-level data exists.
Cutoff Snapshot Across Entrance Exams
The table below maps each accepted entrance test against the percentile needed for the MBA programme.
| Course | Exam | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| MBA | CAT | 25 |
| MBA | NMAT | 40 |
| MBA | XAT | 90 |
Table of Content
- XIM University CAT Cutoff 2025
- XIM University CAT Cutoff Trends
- XIM University NMAT Cutoff 2025
- XIM University NMAT Cutoff Trends
- XIM University XAT Cutoff 2025
- XIM University XAT Cutoff Trends
XIM University CAT Cutoff 2025
Round 1 of the CAT route closed at an overall percentile of 25 for MBA seats in 2024, and that figure applied uniformly to every category. Among applicants routed through CAT, MBA Human Resource Management draws the heaviest demand, and its General Category Round 1 closing percentile for 2024 was 25.
XIM University MBA Human Resource Management Cutoff 2024
Category-level closing percentiles recorded for this specialisation under CAT are listed here.
| Category | Closing percentile |
|---|---|
| General | 25 |
| OBC | 25 |
| SC | 25 |
| ST | 25 |
| EWS | 25 |
XIM University CAT Cutoff Trends
Between the two most recent admission cycles there was no movement whatsoever: MBA intake shut at 25 percentile in 2024, matching the 25 percentile of 2023 for every category alike. Category-level and course-level histories follow.
XIM University CAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Category-wise
Only General Category figures are on record for 2022 and 2021; reserved-category cells for those two years remain unfilled.
| Category | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| OBC | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| SC | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| ST | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| EWS | 25 | 25 | - | - |
XIM University CAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Course-wise
Five specialisations report CAT closing percentiles, and each held the same value across all four cycles.
| Courses | Closing percentile 2024 | Closing percentile 2023 | Closing percentile 2022 | Closing percentile 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Sustainability Management | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Urban Management | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Rural Management | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Business Management | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
XIM University NMAT Cutoff 2025
A valid NMAT score is the second pathway into the MBA programmes. For 2024, Round 1 admissions through this test closed at an overall percentile of 40, applied identically to all categories. Demand under the NMAT route concentrates on MBA Business Management, whose General Category Round 1 closing percentile in 2024 was 40.
XIM University MBA Business Management Cutoff 2024
| Category | Closing percentile |
|---|---|
| General | 40 |
XIM University NMAT Cutoff Trends
Closure at 40 percentile in 2024 repeated the 2023 outcome of 40 percentile for all categories. Historical breakups by category and by course appear below.
XIM University NMAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Category-wise
| Category | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
XIM University NMAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Course-wise
All five NMAT-eligible specialisations closed at a matching percentile in each of the four years listed.
| Courses | Closing percentile 2024 | Closing percentile 2023 | Closing percentile 2022 | Closing percentile 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Management | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Human Resource Management | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Rural Management | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Sustainability Management | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Urban Management | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
XIM University XAT Cutoff 2025
The XAT route carries the highest requirement of the three tests with published data. For 2025, Round 1 MBA admissions through XAT closed at an overall percentile of 90, with no variation by category. MBA Human Resource Management again emerges as the leading preference among XAT takers, and its General Category Round 1 closing percentile for 2025 stood at 90.
XIM University MBA Human Resource Management Cutoff 2025
| Category | Closing percentile |
|---|---|
| General | 90 |
XIM University XAT Cutoff Trends
Admissions in 2025 closed at 90 percentile, the same level reached in 2024 across all categories. Year-on-year figures split by category and by specialisation are set out below.
XIM University XAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Category-wise
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
XIM University XAT MBA Cutoff Trends: Course-wise
Across 2022 to 2025, every specialisation open to XAT scorers held a constant closing percentile.
| Courses | Closing percentile 2025 | Closing percentile 2024 | Closing percentile 2023 | Closing percentile 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Urban Management | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Rural Management | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Business Management | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Sustainability Management | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |



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