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Symbiosis Entrance Test 2026 ( SET )

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SET counselling 2025 was conducted at various participating institutes of Symbiosis University. The SET result 2025 was announced online on May 22, 2025. The candidates who meet the SET cut-off marks for the Symbiosis Entrance Test 2025 were called for the further admission process. The counselling rounds of the SET exam 2025 included a Written Ability Test and a Personal Interview. Candidates had to fill out the registration form for the participating Symbiosis Institutes after the announcement of results and Symbiosis SET cut-off marks.

The SET exam 2025 was conducted on May 5, 2025, and May 11, 2025. The candidates who appeared for both sessions, the best score was considered for the SET counselling and admission process 2025. Check here all about SET selection process 2025. 

Table of contents
  • SET Counselling Schedule 2025
  • SET 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • SET 2025 Expected Cutoff
  • SET Exam Counselling Process 2025
  • SET Counselling: Admission Criteria for Symbiosis Institutes
  • SET Counselling FAQs
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SET Counselling Schedule 2025

Refer to the table below for tentative dates of SET 2025 counselling schedule.

SET participating institutes

Admission registration dates 2025 (Last date of payment)*

PI-WAT rounds 2025*

First merit list dates 2025*

SCMS Pune

20-May-2025

03-Jun-2025 to 13-Jun-2025 and 08-Jun-2025

18-Jun-2025

SCMS Noida

23-May-2025 10-Jun-2025 to 17-Jun-2025 25-Jun-2025

SICSR Pune

26-May-2025 09-Jun-2025 to 18-Jun-2025 25-Jun-2025

SSE Pune

20-May-2025 02-Jun-2025 to 07-Jun-2025 13-Jun-2025

SCMC Pune

20-May-2025 08-Jun-2025 to 10-Jun-2025 18-Jun-2025

SCMS Nagpur

30-May-2025 11-Jun-2025 to 15-Jun-2025 24-Jun-2025

Symbiosis Centre For Management Studies (SCMS), Bengaluru

23-May-2025

09-Jun-2025 to 19-Jun-2025 (Regular BBA)

20-Jun-2025 to 21-Jun-2025 (Dual degree)

25-Jun-2025

Symbiosis Centre For Management Studies (SCMS), Hyderabad

24-May-2025 06-Jun-2025 to 12-Jun-2025 19-Jun-2025

*The above-mentioned dates are tentative and are subject to change

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Q:   What is the SET counselling process?
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The counselling process through SET is conducted for admission to various colleges accepting SET scores. Candidates who appear for SET can apply to various SET accepting colleges during the application process. The counselling rounds of SET exam include Written Ability Test and Personal Interview. Candidates can fill out the registration form of the participating Symbiosis Institutes after the announcement of results and cut-off marks. The following is the SET counselling procedure:

  • Selection of students: Candidates are selected and called for further admission process on the basis of the scores obtained by them in the SET exam after they SET result announcement. Students are intimidated about the SET cutoff and they can check if they meet the cutoff criteria. 
  • Written Ability Test and Personal Interview: The WAT and PI schedule is announced by the individual institutes. Candidates will have to appear for the WAT/PI at the allotted venue and they will be judged on various criteria such as general awareness, extracurricular activities, academics and candidate-specific fields of interest, communication skills and overall personality.
  • Final selection: Each candidate will be evaluated on the basis of their SET score, WAT/PI performance, academic history and other parameters for preparing the final merit list. Selected applicants will be called to complete the admission formalities.

SET 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of SET 2026 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
20 May ' 26

SET result 2026

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SET 2025 Expected Cutoff

Refer to the table below to know the expected SET cutoff 2025:

Category Expected SET Cutoff 2025
General 89
SC 50

ST

48
Kashmiri Migrants 55
PwD 45
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SET Exam Counselling Process 2025

SET counselling rounds include Personal Interviews and Written Ability Tests as under:

1. SET exam Written Ability Test: Candidates will be required to take a PAT, Picture Association Test and, write a short essay on any general topic allotted by the panel of judges. Moreover, there could be subjective-type questions and answers round on the given topic.

For Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, Pune, the SET counselling process 2025 will also include a Studio Test besides PI, WAT and document verification.

2. SET exam 2025 Personal Interaction or Interview – Candidates will be required to appear for an interview with the expert panel from Industries or Academics. The PI round will cover:

  • General Awareness

  • Extracurricular activities

  • Academics and candidate-specific fields of interest

  • Communication skills and overall personality

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SET Counselling: Admission Criteria for Symbiosis Institutes

Each institute will release merit lists after conducting PI, WAT and ST. Candidates must register and pay fees for the institutes they want to take admission to before the last date. SET 2025 counselling rounds will be conducted on different dates for each institute as mentioned in the schedule below.

Name of the SIU Institute Scaled Upto 70 marks PI Total
SCMS, Pune 70 30 100
SCMS, Noida 70 30 100
SCMS, Nagpur 70 30 100
SICSR 70 30 100
SCMS Bengaluru 70 30 100
SCMS, Hyderabad 70 30 100

 

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SET Counselling FAQs

Check below some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) on SET counselling process:

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Q:   What to do after SET result?
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After the declaration of SET result, each participating institute will release a cutoff list to shortlist the candidates. The participating institutes will then call the candidates for the admission process which includes further rounds. If candidates want to apply at colleges other than those selected during the SET application process, then they will have to fill out the application form for those other colleges individually. The SET selection process includes Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). Applicants can begin preparing for the GD/PI rounds soon after the SET result announcement. SET score remains valid for one year for BBA admission. The final admissions will be based on candidates' performance in the SET exam as well as in WAT/PI/ST rounds.

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