Symbiosis University Admission Procedure 2014

For getting admission in post graduate programmes in the Symbiosis International University for the 2014-15 academic session. Aspiring candidates will have to go through a centralised admission process for applying to various post graduate programmes at the Symbiosis University.

Candidates who want to take admission to an MBA programme offered by a constituent institute of Symbiosis International University will need to take the Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP).

The new admission process follows as:

• Candidates need to register for the SNAP Test
• Candidates should pay the SNAP registration fee and the programme registration fee
• Candidates should appear in the SNAP Test
• Selected candidates will be called for PI-WAT process
• Final merit list of the candidates will be displayed on the website of www.siu.edu.in

Selection Process for Personal International & Writing Ability Test (PI-WAT)

All the candidates have to appear in Writing Ability Test (WAT), it is part of selection process at Symbiosis International University (SIU) for getting admission to the MBA programme. The maximum marks allocated for this section is 15 marks. The section is divided into two parts, Part-A, Part-B.

Part A: Writing Skills: 10 marks

Part B: Creativity and Critical Thinking: 10 marks

Part A + Part B = 10+10 = 20 marks to be scaled down to 15 marks.

Writing skills, creativity and critical thinking are very important part of SIU MBA selection process, at the time of evaluation candidates will get the quality content.

Every candidate will have to go through the process of Personal Interaction which will be conducted by a panel of experts as finalised by the Admission Committee and this section will carry 35 marks.

Short listing for Personal Interaction and Writing Ability (PI-WAT)

1. Aspirants will be selected for PI-WAT process on the basis of their performance in the SNAP Test Score & Academic Profile Score.
   • SNAP Score on the scale down to 40
   • Academic profile (AP) score scaled down to 10
     
     The score computed as a total of (i) and (ii) will be the total score and percentile equivalent will be made on the basis of the score which will be communicated to the candidates as his/her percentile:
     
     

     SNAP Score out of 180 scaled down to 40 (A)	Academic Profile (AP) Score out of 15 scaled down to 10 (B)	Total (A+B)
     40	10	50

     
     The above score will be converted to percentile and the respective institutes will communicate the cut-off score to the University. The University will declared the list of
2. The above score will be converted to percentile and the respective institutes will be declared shortlisted candidates for respective programmes of the institutes.
3. Each selected candidate will receive an email for the Personal Interaction and Writing Ability Test (PI-WAT). This information will be available online.