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The month of March is a tiring and worrisome time for all the 12th standard students, isn't it? And why will it not be? This month brings with itself the advent of the much awaited exam of the year - BOARDS. But while you are busy preparing and appearing for your board exams, it is also important to consider the question - What NEXT? Board exams are just the first step. Beyond this lies the decision of selecting your career option. Will it be the most sought after Engineering field? Or will you follow the path of justice and choose to become a Lawyer? You may also be considering a slightly different path like Photography, Design or a career in Nursing.

Well, if you are looking for these options, your search is definitely over. In comes SET 2018 - the Symbiosis Entrance Test. One University, 12 institutes and 17 undergraduate programmes - all through the Symbiosis Entrance Test. Your career aspirations have driven this University which, over the years, has evolved into a place where students transform themselves and become industry ready.

Symbiosis Entrance Test or SET applications for the year 2018 have already begun. From this year onward, the entrance test has gone online with an option to choose from 85 tests cities. Students get an opportunity to select from a vast number of domains like law, design, engineering, BBA etc. Over all there are 17 UG Programmes to opt for spread across 12 institutes.

A new avatar for SET 2018

The New Year has seen certain revisions in the format of this entrance test. From now on, SET has evolved into 4 different entrance exams - SEED, SIT EEE, SLAT and SET General. Some important pointers to keep in mind are as follows -

Mode of Exam: Online

Exam Type: Objective

Exam Duration - 2 ¹/₂hours

Note: These exams would be held in two sessions - one morning, and second afternoon. Also, there is no negative marking in the entrance exams.

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Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED)

SET Design has now evolved into SEED or Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design. This entrance exam includes the following institute and course -

S. No.	Institute	Course	Eligibility
1.	Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID)	Bachelor of Design (BDes)	Class 12 or equivalent examination from any recognised board or equivalent government approved diploma. Minimum 50% marks or equivalent grade required.

The format of the exam is as follows -

S. No.	Section	Number of Questions	Total Marks
1.	Design Aptitude	150	150
	TOTAL	150	150

This entrance exam (SEED) will be held in the morning session from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.

Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT)

From this year onward, SET Law will be known as Symbiosis Law Admission Test or SLAT. This entrance exam gives you access to the following institutes and courses -

S. No.	Institution	Course	Eligibility
1.	Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Pune	Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws (honours) or [BA LLB (hons)] Bachelor of Administration & Bachelor of Laws (honours) or [BBA LLB (hons)]	Class 12 or equivalent examination from any recognised board or equivalent government approved diploma. Minimum 50% marks or equivalent grade required.
2.	Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Hyderabad
3.	Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Noida

The format of the exam is as follows -

S. No.	Section	Number of Questions	Total Marks
1.	Logical Reasoning	30	30
2.	Legal Reasoning	30	30
3.	Analytical Reasoning	30	30
4.	Reading Comprehension	30	30
5.	General Knowledge	30	30
	TOTAL	150	150

This entrance exam (SLAT) will be held in the morning session from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.

Note: You can only select one exam out of the above mentioned exams - SEED and SLAT.

SIT Engineering Entrance Exam (SIT EEE)

SET Engineering is now known as SIT Engineering Entrance Exam or SIT EEE. This entrance exam gives you access to the following institute and course -

S. No.	Institute	Course	Eligibility
1.	Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT)	Bachelor of Technology (BTech)	Class 12 or equivalent examination from any recognised board or equivalent government approved diploma with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and optional subject out of Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical Vocation. Minimum 45% marks to be obtained in the above subjects taken together.

The format of the exam is as follows -

S. No.	Section	Number of Questions	Total Marks
1.	Physics	25	50
2.	Chemistry	25	50
3.	Mathematics	50	100
	TOTAL	100	200

This entrance exam (SIT EEE) will be held in the afternoon session from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

SET General

This exam includes the following institutes and courses -

S. No.	Institution	Course	Eligibility
1.	Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune	Bachelor of Business Administration (Information Technology) - BBA (Information Technology) Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)	Class 12 or equivalent examination from any recognised board or equivalent government approved diploma. Minimum 50% marks required.
2.	Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Pune	Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
3.	Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication (SCMC), Pune	Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communication) - BA (Mass Communication)
4.	Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE), Pune	Bachelor of Science (Economics) Honours - BSc (Economics) Honours
5.	Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Noida	Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
6.	Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA), Pune	Bachelor of Schience/Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) - BSc / BA (Liberal Arts)
7.	Symbiosis School of Culinary (SSCA), Pune	Bachelor of Science (Culinary Arts) - BSc (Culinary Arts

The format of the exam is as follows -

S. No.	Section	Number of Questions	Total Marks
1.	General English	40	40
2.	Quantitative	40	40
3.	General Awareness	40	40
4.	Analytical & Logical Reasoning	30	30
	TOTAL	150	150

This entrance exam (SET General) will be held in the afternoon session from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

Note: You can only select one exam out of the above mentioned exams - SITEEE and SET General.

Non-SET Institutes

Apart from the above mentioned 12 institutes, there are 3 other institutes for which SET is not mandatory. These institutes and courses are as follows -

S. No.	Institution	Course	Link to Website
1.	Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS), Pune	Bachelor of Science (Medical Technology) - B.Sc. (Medical Technology)	https://www.sihspune.org/
2.	Symbiosis College of Nursing (SCON), Pune	Bachelor of Science (Nursing) - B.Sc. (Nursing)	https://www.scon.edu.in/
3.	Symbiosis School of Photography (SSP), Pune	Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts and Photography) - B.A. (Visual Arts and Photography)	https://www.ssp.ac.in/

SET 2018 Registration Process

The registration process for SET 2018 is pretty simple -

There are different payment modes through which you can make the registration fee payment -

1. Online Payment - Billdesk Gateway, Axis Bank Gateway, Indian Bank Gateway

2. Demand Draft

SET 2018 Test Cities

This year, you can select any city based on your preference out of 85 Test Cities. The list of the test cities is as follows –

Sr no.	City	Sr no.	City	Sr no.	City
1	Agra	29	Kochi/Ernakulum	57	Mumbai
2	Ahmedabad	30	Gandhinagar	58	Mysuru
3	Ahmednagar	31	Gangtok/Bardang	59	Nagpur
4	Ajmer	32	Guwahati	60	Nashik
5	Aligarh	33	Gwalior	61	Navi Mumbai
6	Allahabad	34	Hooghly	62	Nellore
7	Ambala	35	Howrah	63	Panipat
8	Amravati	36	Hubli	64	Panjim
9	Amritsar	37	Hyderabad	65	Patiala
10	Anand	38	Indore	66	Patna
11	Aurangabad	39	Jabalpur	67	Port Blair
12	Bareilly	40	Jaipur	68	Pune
13	Belagavi (Belgaum)	41	Jalandhar	69	Raipur
14	Bengaluru	42	Jammu	70	Rajkot
15	Bhilai	43	Jamshedpur	71	Ranchi
16	Bhopal	44	Jhansi	72	Roorkee
17	Bhubaneswar	45	Jodhpur	73	Shillong
18	Bilaspur	46	Kanpur	74	Shimla
19	Chandigarh/Mohali	47	Karnal	75	Siliguri
20	Chennai	48	Kolhapur	76	Solapur
21	Coimbatore	49	Kolkata	77	Surat
22	Cuttack	50	Kota	78	Thane
23	Dehradun	51	Kottayam	79	Thiruvananthapuram
24	Delhi NCR 1 (Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad)	52	Kozhikode	80	Thrissur
25	Delhi NCR 2 (Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad)	53	Lucknow	81	Udaipur
26	Dhanbad	54	Ludhiana	82	Vadodara
27	Diburgarh	55	Madurai	83	Varanasi
28	Asansol/Durgapur	56	Meerut	84	Vijaywada
				85	Visakhapatnam

Important Dates to remember

Below are the important dates that the students should keep in mind for SET 2018 –

Particular	Date
Registration commences on	Monday, January 29, 2018
Online registration closes	Saturday, April 14, 2018
Payment closes	Saturday, April 14, 2018
Admit card (will be live)	Saturday, April 21, 2018
Entrance Test Date	Saturday, May 5, 2018
Entrance Test Time	Law (SLAT)/Design (SEED): 9:30 am to 21 noon Engineering (SITEEE)/General (SET): 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Test Result	Monday, May 14, 2018

With this, we come to an end of the application guide for SET 2018. We hope that it helps you in the application process. In case you have any further queries, feel free to visit our website http://bit.ly/2Idfaxa