XIMB or Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar is a sister institution of XLRI and is one of the most well known B-schools in India.

The XIMB cut off is based on XAT/ CAT/ GMAT (minimum score 550). The cutoff figures are the minimum score required to be called for personal interview.

The cutoff is a primary filter and only those getting high enough scores can hope to get final admission. The XIMB cutoff figures vary from year to year a little, but these variations are minor in nature.

Expected cutoffs for Open Category (in percentile): 95

XAT Cut off 2017 – Deciding Factors
Some of the factors based on which the cutoff will be prepared are listed below.
1. Difficulty level of XAT
2. Previous year admission trends
3. Number of applications received
4. Number of seats available in the institute
5. Reservation norms
6. Last year cutoff

Previous year XAT Cut offs

Courses 2013 2014 2015 2016
GMBA 88 90 90.04 –
HRM 88 88 90.04 94.4
BM 94 94 94.23 96
GMP – – 67.98 69

Sectional Cut off for XAT 2016

Sections BM GMP HR
VA & LR 77.47 - 69.1
DM 78.042 - 69
QA & DI 88.6 - 69
Total 96 69 94.4