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.
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 |
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.
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.
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.
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)