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Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune Ranking 2025

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Last updated on 13 Nov '25

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Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune is a highly regarded institution of India. The university has been evaluated and ranked under distinguished categories by several national ranking bodies, which underlines its strengths and achievements. Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune secured #11-50 position under the 'Sustainable Development Goals' category in the NIRF rankings. It has consistently received good ranks over the years making it one of the top institutions to pursue higher education.

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Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune Ranking Highlights 2025

One of India’s top institutes is Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune. As per the NIRF Ranking 2025, the rank of the institute is #11-50 under the category Sustainable Development Goals. Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune is top ranked by multiple national ranking bodies for its academic offerings and renowned faculty. Its faculty has a proven track record of doing great research. The article mentioned below covers all the necessary details you need if you're interested in the Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune rankings.

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NIRF, 2025

#47

2nd Best among NIRF ranked colleges in Pune in 2025->

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Q: What is the difference between BA (Hons) and BA (Hons) with Research at SSLA?

The diff. between both these course (BA (Hons) and BA (Hons) with Research) at SSLA lies with academic qualification in the last year of the study:

BA (Hons) with Research: Students must complete a comprehensive 8-credit Research Project in their fourth year, in addition to a mandatory 4-credit Research Project: Proposal Writing course.
BA (Hons): In lieu of the 8-credit research project, students must complete two additional courses from their Major Specialization basket or opt for an additional internship.

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Q: What is the difference between BSc (Hons) and BSc with Research at SSLA?

The diff. between both these courses, BSc (Hons) and BSc (Hons) with Research at SSLA lies the academic qualification in the last year of the study:

BSc (Hons) with Research: Students must complete a comprehensive 8-credit Research Project in their fourth year, in addition to a mandatory 4-credit Research Project: Proposal Writing course.
BSc (Hons): Instead of the 8-credit research project, students must complete two additional courses from their Major Specialisation basket or opt for an additional internship.

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Q: What are the factors that we can consider for Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts BSc comparison?

The details for comparing the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts BSc course to any other courses cannot be pre-decided. There are a number of details that can be taken into consideration while comparing the institutes/colleges. Also, for some students, the foremost imp. element can be the fee structure. Similarly, for other students, the placement package can be a significant factor. Thus, there are several details on which students can conduct SSLA comparison, likewise tuition fee, placements package, seats, rankings, etc.

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Q: What are the factors that we can consider for Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts BA comparison?

The details for comparing Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts BA course to any other courses cannot be pre-decided. There are a number of details that can be taken into consideration while comparing the institutes/colleges. Also, for some students, the foremost imp. element can be fee structure. Similarly, for other students, the placements package can be a significant factor. Thus, there are several details on which students can conduct a SSLA comparison, likewise'; tuition fee, placements package, seats, rankings, etc.

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NIRF Ranking 2025

As per the overall score, Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune has been placed at a good position by the NIRF under the 'Sustainable Development Goals' category, reflecting its exceptional performance in areas like Teaching, Research, Graduation Outcomes, and creating an inclusive, quality learning environment.

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Category	2025
Science	47

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Students Ratings & Reviews

4.2/5

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Placements3.3

Infrastructure4.3

Faculty & Course5

Campus Life4.7

Value for Money3.7

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B.A. (Hons.) in Liberal Arts - Batch of 2025

3.6

2Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

Excellent choice of subjects, dissatisfied with the placements.

Placements: The college, despite being a branch of Symbiosis International University, which is one of the top colleges in India, does not offer good campus placements. The rate of getting a campus placement straight out of the Liberal Arts course is quite difficult. However, a liberal arts education helps build essential soft skills that help you advance faster in any career that you choose to specialise in.

Infrastructure: The college campus consists of one floor of classrooms, sharing the building with Symbiosis Law School and Symbiosis School of International Studies. The building has an on campus hostel, sports grounds, retail shops, cafeteria amd gym. The college also offers free on campus healthcare for all students. The other off campus hostels, for both girls and boys, are clean, well maintained and offer mess food 4 times a day.

Faculty: The college has a unique 4 year course structure, with a vast variety of subjects to choose from including Psychology, Anthropology, Physics Maths Biology History, English International Relations and Theatre to name a few. You can also choose between three course routes with double minor specialisation with single major, double major specialisation, or single minor single major. The course offers a deep interdisciplinary understanding of any subjects of your choosing, hence making it perfect if you don't know what exactly your field of interest is. Most of the faculty is highly experienced in their field and excellent at capturing the attention of the students.

Other: I chose this course because of its interdisciplinary structure, where you can mix and match upto 3 subjects of your choosing as well as various electives each year. You can choose to join as many of the officials clubs run by the college as you want, like the dance club, queer club, poetry club, etc.etera. The college is also starting its own fest this year, called Symmelan. 2022 will be the first time SSLA hosts its own fest on the college grounds. The college provides a few scholarships according to merit as well as external scholarships.

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B.A. (Hons.) in Liberal Arts - Batch of 2025

4.4

4Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

Review of Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International, Pune.

Placements: Most of SSLA alumni is accepted into masters programs abroad. Some institute visit our campus for recruitment like John Hopkins University, etc. Moreover, most students prefer to complete their masters than get placed.

Infrastructure: SSLA shares its building with SLS and the third floor is purely for liberal arts. Although just one floor may sound small, and it is spacious. Students have a maintained library, halls, etc. The canteen is also hygienic. Although our campus does not have a swimming pool, SIU students have access to pools and other facilities from across campuses.

Faculty: Faculty members are top-notch. The course structure is very unique and holistic and lives up to the liberal arts name. While 75% of weightage is internals and 25% is semester-end exams, it becomes hectic throughout the year. Managing varied courses with unique assessments for each will give students an experience of corporate life. On top of this, students will have to have 75% of attendance in each course to be able to give exams.

Other: The course structure is very impressive. From writing to mathematics to law, students will get to try their hands at almost everything. All are very unique and accommodating courses with an emphasis over research.

Reviewed on 9 Jun 2022Read More

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B.A. (Hons.) in Liberal Arts - Batch of 2021

4.6

4Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

Absolutely amazing for anyone who wants to try out something new and different.

Placements: The placements are kind of varied as most students opt to go for higher education outside the country. You can get very good placements in think tanks among the many other options available to you. The placement options that would be available actually depend on the kind of major and minor combination that you take up in your second year.

Infrastructure: It's a very new building, so the infrastructure is top notch. All classes have a projector and whiteboard along with new tables and chairs. It is nice and well spaced out, so it never feels cramped. Internet, library and other basic things are also amazing with fast and reliable speeds.

Faculty: The faculty are absolutely amazing, and they really get along with us students very well. They answer all our doubts, give us loads of fun activities to do, and they are extremely knowledgeable and use unique methods to teach us seemingly difficult topics in a very fun way.

Other: Liberal arts is a very intense course and isn't very easy, so please do keep that in mind and don't even think that it's an easy chill-out college. You will have loads of fun no doubt, but there is also a lot of work, assignments, etc. that you have to keep doing on a regular basis.

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B.A. (Hons.) in Liberal Arts - Batch of 2023

3.2

1Placements3Infrastructure4Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

Highly unorganised. Good course options.

Placements: Barely any students have gotten placements from the previous years and graduates. Only a few think tanks within Pune and other volunteering opportunities have been offered to students. No top recruiting company that I know of is provided.

Infrastructure: The college has Wi-Fi available everywhere, the library is small but decent. The classrooms are small but also decent. The hostel quality varies, there are many different boy and girls hostels. The older ones are terrible when compared to the more recently built hostels. The Wi-Fi connection and internet is absolutely terrible to almost unavailable at times and the bad cellphone range inside the hostel won't cut students off from the outside world. The older girls hostel have terrible infrastructure and bad hygiene. The mess food is bad, edible but bad. There are no medical facilities available in the hostel and there is a clinic on the campus with a doctor, a counsellor and a dentist available at certain times. There is however a really nice basketball, football and tennis/ badminton court available. And the college awards provide credits to those who participate.

Faculty: Some professors are absolutely brilliant some are not too great. Some professors are well-read and hence their course curriculum is also well made. Some are lousy and ask students to make the curriculum. Wide range of options available in terms of a combination of subjects for majors and minors is available.

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What are the primary dates of SET for admissions into BA course at SSLA?

Answered 2 months ago

SET 2026 will be conducted on two different dates for admissions into the BA course at SSLA. Please note these dates carefully:

Date of SET 2026 and Time
May 02, 2026 (Saturday) and May 10, 2026 (Sunday)	09.00 am to 10.00 am

Abhishek Hazarika

Contributor-Level 10

What are the primary dates of SET for admissions into BSc course at SSLA?

Answered 2 months ago

SET 2026 will be conducted on two different dates for admissions into the BSc course at SSLA. Please note these dates carefully:

Date of SET 2026 and Time
May 02, 2026 (Saturday) and May 10, 2026 (Sunday)	09.00 am to 10.00 am

Kartik Sharma

Contributor-Level 10

Admissions to SSLA BA course is merit based or entrance based?

Answered 2 months ago

Admissions to BA courses at SSLA is entrance-based. The university considers its own entrance exam for selecting the students, i.e., SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test). After the valid scores in the entrance exam, the institute conducts a PI. Thus, the admissions for the course is merit based.

Indrani Kumar

Contributor-Level 10

Admissions to SSLA BSc course is merit based or entrance based?

Answered 2 months ago

Admissions to BSc courses at SSLA is entrance-based. The university considers its own entrance exam for selecting the students, i.e., SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test). After the valid scores in the entrance exam, the institute conducts a PI. Thus, the admissions for the course are merit-based.

Piyush Jain

Contributor-Level 10

Can I apply for BA (Hons) after Class 12 at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts?

Answered 2 months ago

Candidates must pass Class 12 from a recognised board with a minimum of 50% aggregate to apply for BA (Hons) at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts. There is a relaxation of 5% in the aggregate for reserved category aspirants. Admission to BA (Hons) is based on SET scores of the candidates.

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