Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) 2025: The exam is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for admission to the BBA & other UG programs. Students aspiring to pursue a BBA degree from Symbiosis's constituent colleges can fill out the SET application form by April 12, 2025. The SET 2025 exam is scheduled for May 5 & 11, 2025.
SET 2025 will be the gateway for students to secure admission to various undergraduate courses such as Management, Mass Communication, Computer Studies, and Economics. Students must gain thorough awareness of all the details to ensure they don’t miss any relevant updates and can prepare appropriately for the Symbiosis Entrance Test 2025.
The SET 2025 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 till the end to gain a brief awareness of the SET exam 2025.
The Symbiosis Institute released the SET application form on the official website and announced the SET 2025 exam date and many other crucial details. All aspiring students must thoroughly review all the important dates and relevant details to remain prepared for the test.
The following table provides a brief timeline for the SET 2025 exam.
SET 2025 Exam Dates
Event |
Dates |
SET 2025 registration (began) |
December 6, 2024 |
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) |
The SET 2025 eligibility criteria are a set of rules that every student must fulfill to apply and be eligible for BBA admission to any of the constituent Symbiosis Institutes. The brief SET exam eligibility criteria have been discussed below.
The following are the SET reservation rules that will be followed while granting BBA admissions to Symbiosis constituent institutes:
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 |
The SET 2025 application is an online process. The SET 2025 application forms are available online on the official website of SET (set-test.org/). Students wishing to appear for the SET must complete the online application form. Candidates can appear for the SET exam 2025 conducted on two different dates. He/she can appear for both exams, and the one with the highest score will be considered.
Check out the application process in the following steps:
Students are required to pay a definite fee to complete their SET application form. Any form without a successful payment will be considered incomplete and rejected.
SET is a computer-based test that has four main sections:
There will be 60 questions in the SET 2025 exam, each with one mark. Check below the details of the SET exam pattern:
Particular |
Details |
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 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 Exam |
|
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 |
Selection Procedure Components:
*Attending all the components of the selection process is mandatory.
The final Merit List will be declared on the following parameters:
SET exam 2025 scores will be valid for admission to Symbiosis International University's 13 institutes. Know more about BBA-specific Symbiosis 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 costs for each program from your chosen institute must be paid separately. Further admission processes are also conducted independently.
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 as the most prolonged time to finish the program.
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. Students must fill out separate forms for their respective colleges and programs and pay the application fee separately.
The SET 2025 exam will consist of four sections: 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 online (Computer Based Test).