ELIGIBILITY
The minimum requirement for admission to the program is three-year Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline,
with at least 55%marks in aggregate (60% for MBA-UMG), from a recognised University. Candidates who expect to complete
the final part of their degree examinations by June 15, 2017 can also apply. Offers of admission to such candidates, if made,
will be provisional and will be automatically cancelled in the event of their failing to complete all the requirements for
obtaining degree before June 15, 2017. A student after joining a program in this University will not be permitted to sit for any
examination of any other institution or agency.
ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants have to also fill up the online application form
separately for the XUB program, by logging on to http://
or
Upon successfully
filling up the online application form and paying the required
application fee through the payment gateway, the applicant
would receive the confirmation by email.
SELECTION PROCESS
Section-wise cut-off scores as well as total cut-off scores will be
used for short-listing candidates who will be called for Writing
Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). WAT & PI will be
held in Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad,
Kolkata and Mumbai. Candidates will have to meet their own
travel/stay expenses for appearing in the X-GMT (if applicable),
WAT & PI. The final selection will be based on the candidate's
performance in the XAT/CAT/GMAT/X-GMT /NMAT, Writing Ability
Test & Personal Interview, past academic record and relevant
work experience. The selected candidates will be informed
through mail by the first week of April 2017.
There may be separate sets of cut-off marks on the XAT/CAT/
GMAT/X-GMT/NMAT score and the WAT & PI score for the
candidates who are residents of the state of Odisha.
ADMISSION
Candidates who are selected for admission to the program must
indicate their acceptance of the admission offer and all related
conditions by paying the first instalment of fees as detailed in
the letter of admission before the date stipulated therein. The
regular MBA programs will begin by the middle of June 2017 for
the first year students. At this time, the students will be given
a Manual of Policies and Regulations, which will be binding on
them, till the successful completion of the program.
Admission procedure for PhD, MA- Mass Communication, and
PG Diplomas in Communication, and additional requirements for
Executive programs, MBA-UMG and MBA-Global can be referred
on subsequent pages which provide details of the respective
programs.
Applicants opting for XAT/CAT are required to refer
to the respective XAT/ CAT advertisements in news
papers, and follow the instructions therein. Applying
for XAT or CAT or GMAT or NMAT is a prerequisite for
applying to XUB, if not opting for X-GMT Test. XUB
uses XAT/CAT/GMAT/X-GMT /NMAT scores for short
listing candidates for its Master’s Degree Programs
in Management. XLRI/ IIMs have no role either in the
selection process or in the conduct of the programs.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE FOR
MBA PROGRAMS AND INTEGRATED PhD
(1ST STAGE)
For the MBA-RM and the MBA-UMG, candidates who
have secured the 1st, 2nd or 3rd position in their
undergraduate program can apply directly, without a
CAT/XAT/GMAT/X-GMT /NMAT score. The application
must be accompanied by a Certificate from the Head
of the Institution stating their position. They will,
however, be required to attend the Personal Interview.
ADMISSION TEST
Applicants are required to take any one or more of the
following Admission Tests:
a) XAT to be conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur,
on 8 January 2017,
or
b) CAT to be conducted by IIMs on
4 December 2016
, or
c) GMAT taken in 2015 or 2016
(minimum score for applying 550), or
d) X-GMT - (Xavier General Management
Aptitude Test) an online test to be
conducted by XUB on 29 January 2017.
e) NMAT to be conducted by GMAC during
October - December 2016, for MBA-HRM,
MBA-RM, MBA-SM and MBA-UMG only.
GATE scores can be accepted for MBA-UMG only.
Admission Bulletin 2017
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