Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Chennai

XIME Chennai is the Tamil Nadu campus of Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship — the third seat of a three-campus system that runs one centralised admission across Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai. We profile it today from xime.org’s admission and fee pages, opened 24 September 2026, because two things make it worth a low-score applicant’s attention: TANCET is accepted for this campus alone, and the Chennai fee table prints Rs 3 lakh lower than Bangalore’s.

What should an applicant plan for?

One application covers all three campuses. The form sits at admissions.xime.org and costs Rs 2,000, plus Rs 250 for every additional campus preference — so marking Chennai alongside Bangalore costs Rs 2,250 in total. The exam menu is wide: XAT, CAT, GMAT, CMAT, MAT or ATMA scores are accepted everywhere, and TANCET counts for Chennai only, the way KMAT counts for Kochi only. Two hard rules print plainly: applicants with backlogs are not eligible, and the PGDM is fully residential with compulsory hostel stay.

The fee table — Chennai priced below Bangalore

The official fee page prints two tables side by side. For Chennai and Kochi: Year 1 Rs 5,20,000, Year 2 Rs 4,70,000 — Rs 9,90,000 across the programme, each year payable in three instalments. Bangalore prints Rs 6,70,000 + Rs 6,20,000 = Rs 12,90,000. Add the refundable deposits — Rs 25,000 caution at admission and Rs 10,000 for the hostel — and the Chennai all-in cash requirement stays under Rs 10.5 lakh before living costs, which puts it among the cheaper branded PGDM doors in the state. The same page prints a Tuition Fee Waiver for students whose parental income is below Rs 8 lakh a year (tuition-only, proof required, TFW-2027 form linked) and a scholarship list worth Rs 90 lakh-plus, including a President Scholarship offered at each campus.

The 150-seat Chennai intake

XIME’s own FAQ prints the split: around 540 PGDM students across the system — Bangalore 240, Kochi 150, Chennai 150. The flagship PGDM runs at all three campuses; the PGDM in Business Analytics is a Bangalore-only programme, so analytics-focused applicants should not shortlist Chennai for it.

The quota answer

Nothing on the pages we opened publishes a management-quota percentage or any paid bypass — for Chennai, Kochi or Bangalore. The printed route is the exam score, the centralised application and the institute’s selection rounds, and our Tamil Nadu quota guide explains what the law does and does not allow in this state. Anyone selling an XIME Chennai seat outside that process is describing a route the institute does not print.

How Udaan helps with XIME Chennai applicants

We check which accepted exam fits your profile and calendar (TANCET’s state window versus MAT’s quarterly one), budget the full cash requirement including deposits and hostel, and weigh Chennai against XIME Kochi on the same printed fee table and against the rest of the verified Chennai options — before any money moves.

Official sources: XIME admission page · XIME PGDM fee structure · XIME Chennai campus page