K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce: Courses, Admission 2025, Fees

These are the few top companies that were a part of the recent placement drive at KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce:

•  JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• HDFC
• The Oberoi Group
• Kotak Bank
• Larsen& Toubro
• Corporate Alliance Group
• Capital India
• Style Cracker
• Trident Nariman Point etc.

KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce offers seat reservations for its various programmes. Scheduled Caste (SC) 13%, Scheduled Tribe (ST) 7%, De-notified Tribe (DT) 3%, Nomadic Tribe-1 (NT-1) 2.5%, Nomadic Tribe-2 (NT-2) 3.5%, Nomadic Tribe-3 (NT-3) 2%, Other Backward Caste (OBC) 19%, Special Backward Class (SBC) 2% and Person with Disability (PwD) 3% are reserved.

K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce first merit lists have been released for BA and BCom. These merit lists have the following details:

• Subject name 
• Admission dates
• Categories 
• Category-wise percentage of marks required for the each course 
• Details about the admission process
• Instructions to candidates on what to do next 
• Date of release

K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce first merit list 2025 has been released for admission to multiple courses at the UG level. For admission to the stream of commerce, the required cutoff percentage for the general AI category students was 83. In 2024, the cutoff for the same course was 87.17, while in 2023, the first round cutoff percentage stood at 87.2. Upon reviewing the first round data over three years, we can say that the BCom course of KJSAC exhibited a declining trend. It indicates less competition for this course among the aspirants belonging to the general category for admission. Refer to the table below to view the three years trends of the commerce course at K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce. 

The college has not released the placement rate details. However, the number of students placed has been released. During 2023 placements, 73 students were placed. Earlier, 310 students were placed in 2022. The following table represents the KJSAC placement trends:

KJSAC admission is entirely merit based. Candidates who want to take admission to any of the undergraduate or postgraduate level programmes at KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce must achieve the minimum cutoff declared by the institute. According to the cutoff data for the year 2023, the last round percentage for General All India category candidates for BA and BCom programmes stood at 84% and 84.5% respectively. The cutoffs so declared may vary every year. KJSAC Cutoffs may even vary for candidates who belong to the reserved category.

No, it is not compulsory to stay in the hostel at KJ Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce. However, it is preferred, and the hostel is selected by the majority of students. The college does offer hostel facilities for both boys and girls. Hostel admission is based on a first-come, first-serve basis

Laboratories, sports, library, computing facilities, etc., are some of the facilities provided by KJ Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce. 

1. Laboratories: The laboratories are well-equipped with all the latest equipment and helps the students during their practical sessions and it has all the advanced equipment. 
2. Sports: Two large playgrounds for outdoor games such as Cricket, Football and Volleyball.
3. Library: The library of the institute has a variety of collections of books.The library has a collection of nearly 85234 books.
4. IT Centre: The IT centre fulfils the computation needs of the students and the teaching staff and provides internet facility.
5. Health Care: K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce takes care of the health of the members of the institute and provides medical assistance to them whenever required.

And many more like Gym, Cafeteria, Alumni Associations etc. 

KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce was established in September 1959. The institute is one of the premier institutions on the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus, enjoys linguistic minority status, is permanently affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and is recognised by UGC under 2 (f) and 12 (b) of the U.G.C. Act.

Yes, KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce provides scholarships.

1. Financial Aid Scholarships:Financial Aid is available for applicants seeking admission into any undergraduate or postgraduate programme offered by SVU. To be eligible for financial aid, applicants need to fulfil any one of the following criteria:

• Family income of less than 800,000 per annum.
• People with Disabilities (PwD)Wards of defence personnel disabled or deceased in the line of duty. 
• Applicants who have represented their state and/or country in any recognised sport (Only for B.Sc. Sports and Exercise Science applicants.)

2. Somaiya Scholarships: The Application window for Somaiya Scholarships is open from the first week of July to the first week of September every year.Applications are sorted and ranked based on the scholarship criteria. Applicants found eligible after the screening will go through an interview round. Scrutiny and verification of documents will be done as per the requirements.

For all other scholarships and details, you can visit their official website.

KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce is affiliated with the University of Mumbai and offers 25 types of BA, BCom, MCom, MA, and Ph.D courses in the Arts and Commerce stream along with certification courses of 12 months to 18 months duration.

Yes, KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce (KJSAC) Mumbai's sports complex provides a variety of facilities for participating in sports, including a separate sports academy where students can sign up for organised events for sports like football, badminton, cricket, etc. Other amenities include a good canteen with hygienic cuisine and a well-maintained and clean atmosphere.

No, TISS is comparitevely better then KJSAC because:

• The placements in TISS are very good compared to KJSAC
• The highest package is 20lpa in TISS where as in KJSAC 4lpa
• TISS is a Deemed university
• TISS offere more courses around 172

KJSAC Mumbai BA course admission is entirely based on the marks obtained by candidates in the Class 12 examination. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce course admission 2025 are now open and the merit list will be declared soon after the registration closes. The last round percentage for General All India category for the year 2023 for the BA programme was 84%. However, the cutoffs closed at 67.5% for the year 2022. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce BA cutoffs may vary every year depending upon number of factors such as the category of candidates and the number of applications received in the particular academic year.

Once K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce releases BA and BCom meirt lists 2023, selected candidates who meet the qualifying cutoff will receive offer letter. Application forms that have incompelete, false information or improper documents uploaded are rejected and not offered offer letter.Candidates without the offer letters can follow the following steps:

Step 1: Login to the official admissions website of KJSAC at admissions.somaiya.edu

Step 2: Go to the application 

Step 3: Click on Completed 

Step 4: On the next page, if there is Rejection due to improper document then reiplaod the Document (left side-document upload section)

• Placements are some what good.
• On an average 50-60% of students got placements from past records.
• The highest package was 4lpa
• the lowest package is 2LPA
• TCS, Infosys, Capgemini, IBM and some other companies are top recruiters.

KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce has an “A” Grade accreditation by NAAC with a total student headcount of over 6,500+, wherein students get an opportunity to study at the University of Applied Sciences, Steyr (Upper Austria campus). Other MoUs and partnerships to which KJSAC students are entitled include New Jersey City University (USA) and Jagiellonian University (Poland). 

Yes, K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce is a good college. K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce is ranked 77th by The Week 2025 under the Accounting & Commerce category, 27th by The Week 2025 under the Humanities & Social Sciences category, and others. The college placements are also very good.