Symbiosis Entrance Test - SET 2025

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

The Symbiosis Entrance Test is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for admission to Symbiosis Colleges.

SET is a gateway for students to get admission to various undergraduate courses such as Management, Mass Communication, Computer Studies and Economics.

The exam application form, admit card and results will be available online only and there is no provision for an offline application process.

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SET Exam Dates 2025

Read the table provided below for important dates (tentative) and events of SET 2025.

SET Exam Dates

Milestone

Date/Deadline

SET Registration / Payment closes

April 2025

Admit Card Live on

SET Test 01: April, 2025

SET Test 02: April, 2025

SET Test-01

May 2025 (11.30 AM to 12.30 PM)

SET Test-02

May 2025 (11.30 AM to 12.30 PM)

Announcement of Result

May 2025


SET Eligibility Criteria 2025

The following are the reservation rules that are followed while taking the admissions of Indian students:

SET 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 were 60 questions in SET 2024 and each question carried 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. The test centre allotted to candidates will be mentioned in their admit cards. Check below the list of cities for this year:

SET Exam Centers

Test Centres for SET

Patna

Amritsar

Dhanbad

Patiala

Jamshedpur

Vijayawada

Ranchi

Visakhapatnam

Bhubaneshwar

Belagavi(Belgaum)

Cuttack

Bengaluru

Port Blair

Mangaluru(Mangalore)

Dibrugarh

Mysuru(Mysore)

Guwahati

Hyderabad

Shillong

Ernakulam - Kochi

Gangtok - Bardang

Kottayam

Asansol

Kozhikode

Hooghly - Kalyani

Thiruvananthapuram

Kolkata

Thrissur

Siliguri

Chennai

Delhi - Gurugram

Coimbatore

Faridabad

Madurai

Noida - Greater Noida - Ghaziabad

Panaji - Madgaon

Meerut

Ahmedabad - Gandhinagar

Agra

Rajkot

Aligarh

Surat

Bareilly

Vadodara

Jhansi

Ahmednagar

Kanpur

Amravati

Lucknow

Aurangabad

Prayagraj (Allahabad)

Kolhapur

Varanasi

Mumbai

Dehradun

Nagpur

Roorkee

Nashik

Ajmer

Navi Mumbai

Jaipur

Pune

Jodhpur

Thane District

Kota

Bhilai Nagar

Ambala

Bilaspur

Bilaspur

Raipur

Jammu

Bhopal

Chandigarh - Mohali

Indore

Jalandhar

Jabalpur


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:

Note: For Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communication(SCMC), SET Exam Scores (50%), Written Ability Test (10%), Personal Interview (30%) Portfolio/Studio Test (10%) are also conducted.


Colleges Accepting SET Scores

SET scores will be valid for admission to Symbiosis International University's 9 colleges located in Nagpur, Pune, Noida, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. To know more about these nine institutes check 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

Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE)

B.Sc. (Economics) (Honours / Honours with Research)

Symbiosis Statistical Institute (SSI)

B.Sc. (Applied Statistics and Data Science) 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.

The SET 2024 question paper had 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 was conducted on two different dates within a 7 day period, May 05 & May 11, 2024

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