The following is the SET eligibility criteria 2025:

• The aspirant must have cleared Class 12 or equivalent examinations in the relevant streams from a recognised board or university with a minimum 50% aggregate ( 45% for SC/ST category students).


• Candidates in Class 12 or awaiting their Class 12 results are also eligible to apply but they will have to submit a passing certificate.


• A candidate who has completed Class 12 or equivalent examination from any Foreign Board must obtain an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

• The counselling process through SET was conducted in various colleges accepting SET scores. Candidates who appeared for SET 2025 were required to apply to the SET accepting colleges during the application process. The counselling rounds of the SET exam 2025 includes a Written Ability Test and a Personal Interview. Candidates are required to fill out the registration form for the participating Symbiosis Institutes after the announcement of results and cut-off marks.


• Selection of students: Students will be selected and called for further admission process based on the scores obtained by them in the SET exam. Students will be intimidated about the SET cutoff and they will be able to check if they met the cutoff criteria.


• Written Ability Test and Personal Interview: The WAT and PI schedule is announced by the individual institutes. Students can appear for the WAT/PI at the allotted venue and they will be judged on various criteria such as general awareness, extracurricular activities, academics and candidate-specific fields of interest, communication skills and overall personality.


• Final selection: Each candidate will be evaluated based on their SET 2025 score, WAT/PI performance, academic history and other parameters for preparing the final merit list. Selected applicants will be called to complete the admission formalities.

• The candidates have to apply for the SET exam by filling SET 2025 application form which will be available online on the official website.


• They need to register on the SET website as new users. On successful registration, the candidates will get access to the application form.


• Payment of the application fee of INR 2250 has to be made online only through net banking or by credit/debit card.