SCMS, Pune BBA Entrance Test 2014

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune 
Survey No. 231, Viman Nagar, Pune - 411014
Tel: 91-020-26634534/020-26634530 (Only for Admission queries)
TeleFax: 020-26634532

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune, set up in the year 2004, is a constituent Institute of Symbiosis International University. It is the centre that provides an ecosystem replete with opportunities to all students for value based management education that allows them to seek their inner potential and hone their skills, which enable them to culminate into future global managers and responsible citizens. The students strive to implore, innovate and inspire throughout their journey at SCMS, Pune.

·         Challenges the students' mind through academics

·         Encourages physical fitness

·         Nurtures creativity in all its forms and

·         Emphasizes on inculcation of values

- thus transforming them into socially responsible managers and leaders.

Programme Offered:

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

The BBA programme is a full-time, three-year graduation programme spread over six semesters which aims at transforming a student into a corporate personality. This programme with its intensive syllabus and a wide range of additional modules would indeed enable the student to aspire for higher studies in premium business schools in India and abroad.

Cafeteria Approach: The Institute follows a cafeteria curriculum which was successfully launched from the Academic Year 2011-12. The Cafeteria curriculum has been designed to allow flexibility to the students to take up courses of their choice resulting in the award of a general BBA or BBA with single or dual specialization.

The programme is of 150 credits having a combination of core courses and elective courses. The cafeteria approach will encourage and allow students to choose elective courses from across various specializations.

The institute offers six specializations from the academic year 2013-14:

a. Human Resource Management

b. Marketing Management

c. Accounting & Finance

d. International Business

e. Environmental Management

f. Entrepreneurship Management

SCMS, Pune offers Certificate and Diploma courses from the Academic year 2014-15:

·         Certificate in Financial Markets

·         Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards

Placement Cell:

The Placement Cell is an integral part of our institute. Our placement cell has been immensely successful in creating and maintaining a good network across top notch companies in all sectors, thereby ensuring opportunities to students for recruitment with promising career options. The students registering for placements undergo extensive training ranging from career guidance to soft-skill building. This enhances students' confidence thus helping them perform better at the time of recruitments. Since its inception, SCMS has seen the presence of many successful companies who have offered our students positions in major domains such as human resources, marketing, manufacturing, consultancy, advertising and finance. Some of the sectors in which our students are placed include, audit, automotive and banking. Some of the companies which periodically visit our campus for the purpose of offering campus recruitments to our students include KPMG, PWC, Zomato, Indiacom, GPW, Iplace, etc. The last academic year was particularly successful, with 80% of the eligible students suitably placed.

Career Prospects:

After completing the programme students can pursue higher education in any of the premier management institutes in India or abroad. Students who do not wish to pursue further studies will have placement opportunities in various areas such as Finance, Marketing, Sales, Human Resource Management and Environmental Management. One of our important aims is to capacitate and motivate our students to be budding entrepreneurs.

Eligibility for Admission:

Indian students

1. Passed XII or equivalent course in any discipline from any recognized Board / Council / University with minimum 50% marks for general (open) category and 45% marks for students of SC and ST category.

2. Qualifying the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET), Personal interview and Writing Ability Test (PI-WAT) of our centre.

Indian students will be admitted on the basis of the merit list drawn out of the results of the selection process through SET and (PI-WAT).

International Students

Admissions of all International Students are done through the International Office of Symbiosis International University (SCIE). To check if you are an international student, refer to: website

Intake for the BBA programme in Pune

Indian students: 240

International Students (Including PIO and NRI students): 60

Total: 300

Reservation of seats for Special Categories

Within the sanctioned intake

SC - 15%

ST - 7.5%

Differently abled - 3%

Wards of Serving / Retired Defence Personnel - 5%

Over and above the sanctioned intake

Kashmiri Migrants - 2 seats over and above intake

How to Apply:

Step 1: A candidate can register for one paper from the morning session General.  Register at website. This will generate your SET ID.

You need to upload your latest scanned photograph (in the given format and size) at the time of online registration.

Step 2:

Pay a non-refundable fee of Rs. 1500/- towards the test fee and for prospectus of undergraduate programmes of Symbiosis International University. The SIU Admission Cell will courier a copy of prospectus to the address registered at website

Candidates have four (4) choices for payment as follows,

1. CASH:

·         This 'Payment Advice' form is in three parts. Pay Rs. 1500/- in cash at Axis Bank or Indian Bank branches in your city. Refer to the list of branches on the website. The bank will return two parts of the 'payment advice' form to you. The 'student copy' is your receipt

·         Sign the Symbiosis copy of the 'Payment Slip' form stamped by Axis Bank or Indian Bank and send it to:-
Symbiosis Test Secretariat 
Symbiosis International University
Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, Dist: Pune – 412115.

2. DEMAND DRAFT:

·         Get a crossed demand draft for Rs. 1500/- from any Nationalized Bank in favor of "Symbiosis Test Secretariat"payable at Pune

·         Sign the single copy of the 'payment advice' for Demand Draft and send it along with Demand Draft to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat at,
Symbiosis Test Secretariat 
Symbiosis International University
Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, Dist: Pune – 412115.

3. ONLINE PAYMENT THROUGH CREDIT CARD:

·         You may pay directly through either Master or Visa card online

Follow the instructions given in the SET website.

4. ONLINE PAYMENT THROUGH NET BANKING:

You may transfer your SET test fee to Symbiosis Test Secretariat account using Net Banking option

Symbiosis International University
(Established under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 vide notification No. F.9.12/2001-U.3 of the Govt. of India)
Accredited by NAAC with 'A' grade

Symbiosis Test Secretariat
Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi
Dist: Pune - 412115, India

Phone: 020-39116226 / 27

Telefax: 020-39116228

Important Dates:

Online Registration begins Wed, 12th Feb, 2014

Registration closes Sun, 13th April, 2014

Downloading of Admit cards Monday, April 21st, 2014 to Saturday, May 03^rd, 2014

Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) Saturday, May 03rd, 2014 (Time: 9.30 AM to 12.00 noon and 2.30 PM to 5.00 PM)

Last date to send application fees of Rs. 1000/- for SCMS, Pune, payable at Pune Monday May 19th, 2014

SET results Monday, May 19th, 2014

PI-WAT at Pune Campus Sat, May 24th, 2014, Mon, May 26th, 2014, Tue, May 27th, 2014

PI-WAT at NOIDA Campus Thur, May 29th, 2014 to Sat, May 31st, 2014

PI-WAT at Bengaluru Campus Tue, May 27th, 2014

First list of short listed candidates for admission to SCMS, PUNE Thur, June 5th, 2014

Last date for payment of fees of First list of candidates Tue, Jun 10th, 2014

Second list of short listed candidates for admission Tue, Jun 10th, 2014

Last date for payment of fees of Second list of candidates Mon, Jun 16th, 2014

Last date for payment of fees of Third list of candidates Fri, Jun 20th, 2014

Programme commencement date Mon, Jun 23rd, 2014

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