Symbiosis Entrance Test - SET 2025

Exam Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Application Process, Exam Pattern, Exam Centres, Selection Process

The Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for admission to Symbiosis Colleges. Students aspiring to pursue a BBA degree from Symbiosis's constituent colleges can complete the application by April 12, 2025. The test (SET 2025 exam) is scheduled to be conducted on May 5 & 11, 2025.

SET is a gateway for students to secure admission to various undergraduate courses such as Management, Mass Communication, Computer Studies, and Economics. Students must be aware of thorough details regarding the exam and schedule their calendars accordingly. This will ensure that students don’t miss out on any relevant information and can prepare appropriately for the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) 2025.

The exam application form, admit card, and results will be available online only, and there is no provision for an offline application process. Follow this page thoroughly till the end to gain a brief awareness of SET 2025.

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SET Exam Dates 2025

The following table provides a brief timeline of SET 2025.

SET 2025 Exam Dates

Milestone

Date/Deadline

SET Registration / Payment closes

April 12, 2025 (Saturday)

Admit Card Live on

SET Test 01: April 25, 2025 (Friday)

SET Test 02: April 30, 2025 (Wednesday)

SET Test-01

May 05, 2025 (Monday)

(09.00 am to 10.00 am)

SET Test-02

May 11, 2025 (Sunday)

(09.00 am to 10.00 am)

Announcement of Result

May 22, 2025 (Thursday)


SET Eligibility Criteria 2025

The following are the reservation rules that will be followed while granting admissions :

SET 2025 Reservation Policy

Category

Reservation

Scheduled Caste (SC)

15%

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

7.5 %

Differently Abled

3%

Armed Forces Dependant

5% for SICSR

Kashmiri Migrants/Kashmiri Pandits/Kashmiri Hindus (Non-Migrants)

2 seats over and above the sanctioned intake

International Candidates

Max. 20% over and above the sanctioned intake

Nagpur Domicile

25% for SCMS Nagpur


SET 2025 Application Process

Candidates can appear for the SET exam conducted on two different dates. He/she can appear for both exams and the one with the higher score will be considered.

The SET 2025 application is an online process. The application forms for SET 2025 are available online on the official website of SET (https://www.set-test.org/). Students who wish to appear for the SET are required to fill out the online application form.

Check out the application process in the following steps:


SET Exam Pattern 2025

SET is a computer-based test that has four main sections:

There will be 60 questions in SET 2025 and each question carries one mark. Check below the details of the SET exam pattern:

SET Exam Pattern

Sections

General English - 16 Qs

Quantitative - 16 Qs

General Awareness - 16 Qs

Analytical & Logical Reasoning - 12 Qs

Number of questions

60

Marking scheme

+1 for correct answers

No negative marking

Total marks

60 marks

Difficulty-level

Moderate

Duration

60 minutes

Type of questions

Objective-type question with four options each


SET Exam Centres

SET 2024 was held in 76 test cities.This time, SET 2025 will be conducted in 80 cities. The test centre allotted to candidates will be mentioned in their admit cards. Check below the list of cities for this year:

Test Centres for SET 2025

Agra

Cuttack

Kanpur

Patna

Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar

Dehradun

Karnal

Port Blair

Ahmednagar

Delhi-Gurugram

Kolhapur

Prayagraj(Allahabad)

Ajmer

Dhanbad

Kolkata

Pune

Aligarh

Dibrugarh

Kota

Raipur

Ambala

Ernakulam-Kochi

Kottayam

Rajkot

Amravati

Faridabad

Kozhikode

Ranchi

Amritsar

Gangtok-Bardang

Lucknow

Roorkee

Asansol

Guwahati

Ludhiana

Shillong

Aurangabad

Gwalior

Madurai

Shimla

Bareilly

Hooghly-Kalyani

Mangaluru (Mangalore)

Siliguri

Belagavi(Belgaum)

Hyderabad

Meerut

Surat

Bengaluru

Indore

Mumbai

Thane-Kalyan-Dombivli

Bhilai

Jabalpur

Mysuru(Mysore)

Thiruvananthapuram

Bhopal

Jaipur

Nagpur

Thrissur

Bhubaneshwar

Jalandhar

Nashik

Udaipur

Bilaspur

Jammu

Navi Mumbai

Vadodara

Chandigarh-Mohali

Jamshedpur

Noida-Greater Noida-Ghaziabad

Varanasi

Chennai

Jhansi

Panaji-Madgaon

Vijayawada

Coimbatore

Jodhpur

Patiala

Visakhapatnam


SET 2025 Selection Process

Selection Procedure Components:

*Attending all the components of the selection process is mandatory.

The final Merit List will be declared on the following parameters:


Colleges Accepting SET Scores

SET scores will be valid for admission to Symbiosis International University's 13 institutes. Know more about BBA specific institutes in the table mentioned below:

Colleges Accepting SET Scores

Colleges

Programmes Offered

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Pune

B.B.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Noida

B.B.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Nagpur

B.B.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies- (SCMS), Bengaluru

B.B.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

B.B.A. (Dual Degree, Honours/ Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communication (SCMC)

B.B.A. (Media Management) - Honours / Honours with Research

B.A. (Mass Communication) - Honours / Honours with Research

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies- (SCMS), Hyderabad

B.B.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR)

B.C.A (Honours / Honours with Research)

B.B.A (Information Technology) Honours / Honours with Research

Note: Registration cost for each program from the institute of your choice needs to be paid separately.

Further admission processes are also conducted independently.

Exit Options

As envisioned in the NEP 2020, Symbiosis International University (SIU) has announced the four-year degree program with several entry and exit possibilities.

SET Exit Options

Program Year

Academic Qualification

Total Credit per year

1st year

Certificate

44

2nd year

Diploma

84

3rd year

UG Degree

120

4th year

UG Degree with Honours/Research

160

Re-entry into the program: Provides the opportunity to re-enter within three years of leaving, with seven years serving as the longest time allowed to finish the program.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, those who belong to reserved categories (SC/ST/PwD) will get a 5% relaxation of the total criteria. They will be required to have scored 45% aggregate in Class XII, subject to the choice of college.

Yes, students can apply for more than one course by applying for each course separately. This means that you will have to fill out separate forms for respective colleges and their program and pay the application fee separately.

SET 2025 exam will consist of four sections, i.e., Analytical and Logical Reasoning, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness.

The SET exam is a national-level entrance exam that is conducted only once a year and on two different dates within a 7 day period, May 05 & May 11, 2025.

SET is conducted in an online mode (Computer Based Test)