MBA Discretionary Quota Direct Admission SIBM Pune MBA
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MBA Discretionary Quota SIBM Pune MBA
SIBM Pune (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management) offers admission to its MBA programs primarily through the Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) test, followed by a Group Exercise, Personal Interview, and Written Ability Test (GE-PIWAT) for shortlisted candidates.
SIBM Pune admission 2025 is open for MBA and MBA (I&E) program. The last date to apply is December 07, 2024.
- SNAP 2024 registration has started for the MBA admission 2025-27. The last date to register is November 22, 2024, and the registration fee is INR 2,250. SNAP 2024 is scheduled for December 08, 15 & 24, 2024.
MBA Discretionary Quota Direct Admission SIBM Pune MBA
Other New Updates of SIBM Pune are as follows:
- SIBM Pune Placements 2024 has been concluded with the highest package of INR 49 LPA & an average package of INR 28.16 LPA.
- SIBM Pune has been ranked 13th in the management category as per NIRF Ranking 2024 and ranked 4th by IIRF Ranking 2024 among the top private B-schools in India.
MBA Discretionary Quota Direct Admission SIBM Pune MBA
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SIBM Pune Highlights
- Ranking: The NIRF Ranking 2024 has gone up from 17th rank in 2023 to 13th rank in 2024.
- Merit List – The first, second and third merit lists for MBA admission 2024 have been released.
- SNAP Cutoff – SNAP cutoff 2024 was around 98.2 percentile.
- MBA Fees – The fees have increased from INR 24.59 Lakhs in 2023 to INR 26.79 Lakhs in 2024.
- Placement 2024 – The highest package stood at INR 49 LPA and the average package at INR 28.16 LPA.
MBA Discretionary Quota Direct Admission SIBM Pune MBA
SIBM Pune Important Dates 2025
MBA & MBA (I&E) Events | Dates | |
Last Date to Apply | December 07, 2024 | |
Declaration of GEPI Shortlist | January 20, 2025 | |
GEPI Process (Online) | Phase 1: February 5 – 9, 2025 Phase 2: February 12 – 16, 2025 | |
Declaration of First Merit List an First Waitlist | February 28, 2025 | |
Last Date for Payment of Fees | March 15, 2025 | |
Program Commencement | June 04, 2025 | |
SIBM Pune Admission 2025
- Selection Basis: The admission into the MBA program at SIBM Pune will be based on the SNAP test, followed by a Group Exercise and a Personal Interview (GE-PI).
- SNAP Test: It is a common admission test for admission into all the Symbiosis campuses. It is usually held in December in 3 Phases and the registration for the same starts in August.
- For SNAP 2023, over 1 Lakh students registered, which was around 25% more than the previous year.
The timeline for the admission process is as follows: MBA Discretionary Quota Direct Admission SIBM Pune MBA
SIBM Pune Cutoff
- The 2024 SNAP cutoff for SIBM Pune was around 98.2 percentile.
- The candidates clearing the minimum cutoff will be shortlisted for the GE-PI round.
SIBM Pune SNAP Cut-off 2024 | |
Category | Overall |
General | 98.2 |
SC/ KM | 65 |
ST | 24 |
SIBM Pune Courses & Fees
SIBM Pune offer only 3 courses i.e. MBA, MBA I&E and an MBA Executive. The details of all the courses offered by SIBM Pune are as follows:
Course Name | Admission Criteria | Total Fees |
MBA | Intake: 180 Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks (45% for ST/ SC candidates) Selection Criteria: SNAP + GE-PI | INR 26.79 Lakhs for 2-Years |
MBA E&I | Intake: 60 Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks (45% for ST/ SC candidates) Selection Criteria: SNAP + GE-PI | INR 22.04 Lakhs for 2-Years |
MBA Executive | Intake: 60 Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks (45% for ST/ SC candidates) + 1 year of Work Experience. Selection Criteria: Interview | INR 7.03 Lakhs |
- The MBA batch has 180 seats and the MBA I&E has 60 seats. This intake has remained unchanged for the past few years.
- Among the total seats, 15% of seats are reserved for SC, 7% for ST and 3% for Differently Abled candidates. Also, there are 2 seats extra for Kashmiri Migrants and 15% more seats for International students.
The seat intake of other MBA institutes is shown in the graph below:
The SIBM MBA fees over the years are as follows:
- The fees of SIBM Pune increases every academic year. This year for the academic batch 2024-26, from INR 24.59 Lakhs in 2023 to INR 26.79 lakhs in 2024.
- The hostel and mess fees have also increased every year by around 10%. The hostel fees for the academic batch 2024 is INR 65K per semester and the mess fees is INR 47.25K per semester.
SIBM Pune Batch Profile
The data of the MBA batch 2024-26 are as follows:
- The batch had a gender diversity with 39% female students.
- The average age of the students in the batch is 23.09 years.
- The batch had around 39% freshers and the rest 61% of the students had prior work experience.
- The average work experience of the students is around 15.36 months.
- The majority of the students have work experience in backgrounds like IT/ ITES, Automotive/ Manufacturing, Professional Services, BFSI, Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals, and E-Commerce.
The academic background of the batch 2023-25 is as follows:
Academic Backgrounds | Percentage of Student |
Engineering & Science | 65% |
Management & Commerce | 29% |
Arts | 5% |
Other | 1% |
- The majority of the students i.e. 65% of the MBA batch 2023-25 are from Engineering & Science backgrounds and the rest 35% of the batch are from Management & Commerce, Arts, and other disciplines.
- Over the last 3 years, it has been seen that the majority of the students selected for the MBA program are from engineering backgrounds.
The below graph shows the percentage of engineering students in the last 3 years:
SIBM Pune Placements
- The placement for the MBA batch 2024-26 has been concluded with the participation of 103 recruiters, which included both legacy and new recruiters.
- 96 students received PPOs through their summer internships.
The placement statistics for 2024 are as follows:
Particulars | Placement Statistics 2024 |
Highest CTC | INR 49 LPA |
Average CTC | INR 28.16 LPA |
Median CTC | INR 25 LPA |
- The difference between the median package and the average package is quite high. This shows that the placement is highly skewed and thus the average package is not a good measure to analyze the SIBM’s placements.
Let’s look at the average package of the institute over the last 4 years:
- The above graph shows clearly that the average package of the institute is consistently being increased every year.
- Around 50% of the legacy recruiters return every year to hire students from SIBM Pune, offering a package higher than the previous year. The percentage increase in the average package every year is around 5 – 15 percent.
The below graph shows the average package comparison for the year 2023, as no other institute except SIBM Pune has released its 2024 placement report.
- As per the graph, the average package of SIBM Pune is similar to the NMIMS Mumbai, but JBIMS have a higher average package compared to all.
Sector-Wise Breakup
Sectors | Student Placed |
BFSI | 23% |
IT/ E-Commerce | 21% |
FMCG/ FMCD | 18% |
Automotive/ Manufacturing | 13% |
Consulting | 5% |
Media/ Telecommunications | 3% |
Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals | 5% |
Others | 12% |
- In the 2024 placements, BFSI is the most dominating sector with offers made to around 23% of the students.
- The average package offered to the finance students was 25.52 LPA and some of the roles offered to them were Credit Risk Management, Financial Analytics and Change Management, Investment Banking, Project & Product Management, Wealth Management, etc.
- The next dominating sector was IT/ E-Commerce with offers made to 21% of the students, followed by the FMCG/ FMCD sector with 18% of offers and Automotive/ Manufacturing with 13% of offers.