B.A. in Economics (Business Analytics) 

at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Senapati Bapat Road

Yes, BA is a good course offered at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce. BA students are placed in top companies such as BNY Mellon, Deloitte, TCS, Federal Bank, and others. BA students can study Contemporary Issues in the Social Sector, Indian Literature in English, Disaster Management, or can go for various other fields. 

After filling the application form and submission of application fee, candidate can check the merit list by opening the student portal on college official website, by using username and password > click on 'view result button’ > check the merit list released by SCAC Pune.
If a candidate get selected, the link will be provided to them that has offer letter for the selected programme > accept the offer letter > and visit to college for further admission process.

The placements of Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce Pune are generally decent, with a high percentage of students getting placed and receiving job opportunities. Many top recruiting companies such as Firstcry, Business Analytics companies, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte and others visit the college for placements. The placements cell of the college is active and provides opportunities for students to participate in internships and gain practical experience. The majority of students who went for interviews were hired, with an average annual package of INR 5 lakh. It is important to note that these are just reviews and may not reflect the entirety of the placements experiences of all students at the college.

The cut off for BA at SCAC Pune is not available on official website, but as per the data provided on Shiksha reviews, the latest cutoff information for admission to the BA course at Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce in Pune is approximately 90%. It shows the competitive nature of admission into the college. So, if someone is planning to get admission in SCAC BA course should focus more on their score and Class 12 examination.Additionally college accepts the merit based admission on the basis of student’s  last qualifying exam.

Symbiosis college offers different type of BA programme: BA, BA (Hons) and BA Economics with Business Analytics. The fee varies for each of these courses. Total fee of the course might include various components such as tution fee, admission fee, hostel fee, food charges and others.
Tution fee for BA courses are as follows:

• BA - INR 28,00 - INR35,000;
• BA - (Hons) INR 44,000 – INR56,000
• BA - Economics with Business Analytics INR 1.18 Lacs – INR1.26 lakh

Some of the prominent companies that visited the college campus to hire the 2023 passing-out batch are listed in the table below:

Procedure to take B.Ccom admission at Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce Pune is as follows-:

• Firstly, candidates need to meet the eligibility criteria that is he/she must have passed the 10+2 examination from a recognised board in the commerce stream with mathematics as a subject.
• The eligible candidates then need to fill out the pre-merit application form available on the official website of the college. 
• Then they have to pay pre-merit application form fees and submit the form.
• Based on marks obtained by candidates in the class 12 examination, a merit list is released by the college. Selected candidates can further complete the admission process by submitting the documents and paying course fees. 

Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce follows a structured reservation process. The below-mentioned is the reservation policy followed by the college:

Out of the wide range of roles offered to the 2023 batch, the majority of the students received Analyst roles (43%). The second most recruited job role was Audit. The snip given below illustrates the role distribution of SCAC placements 2023:

Source: Official Brochure

Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce was established in 1983 as an autonomous college which is affiliated with the Savitribai Phule Pune University. Symbiosis Arts and Commerce College (SCAC Pune) is ranked 38th by India Today 2024 for BCom, 45th for BA by India Today 2024, and 21st by Outlook 2024 for Humanities & Social Sciences. Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce offers its UG and PG courses across two main departments and 16 sub-departments. The branch-wise information can be checked from the official website.