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SNAP 2022 Exam Dates have been announced by the Symbiosis International University (SIU) on its official website. Symbiosis International University (SIU) began SNAP 2022 Registration on 4 August, 2022 and the last date to fill SNAP form is 24 November 2022. Unlike SNAP 2021, SNAP 2022 will be held in the month of December on 10, 18, and 23 December. As per the previous year's trend, SNAP Entrance Exam for MBA will be held in online mode only i.e. it will be a computer based test and will be conducted on three different days. Interested candidates are allowed to take two attempts and the best of these 2 scores will be considered for admission to the programs offered by Symbiosis International University.
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test also abbreviated as SNAP is a national level examination which is conducted every year. The mentioned exam is the gateway for the students aspiring to take admissions in programs like MBA / MSc (CA) / MSc (SS). The exam is conducted by Symbiosis International Deemed University (SIU) which is responsible for taking all the decisions regarding the examination and releasing the notifications. All the information is updated from time to time on the official website of SNAP i.e. snaptest.org.
Particular |
Detail |
Exam Name |
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test SNAP |
Conducted by |
Symbiosis International University (SIU) |
SNAP Exam Dates |
To Be Announced |
Exam Level |
National Level Exam |
Frequency |
Once a Year (Three Attempts) |
Maximum Attempts |
2 Attempts |
SNAP Exam Duration |
1 hour i.e. 60 minutes |
SNAP Exam Mode |
Online |
SNAP Registration Fee |
INR 1950 |
Exam Language |
English |
SNAP Exam Sections |
Three Sections-
|
SNAP Total Questions |
60 |
SNAP Exam Marking Scheme |
|
SNAP Eligibility Criteria |
Bachelor's degree with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized university |
SNAP Official Website |
www.snaptest.org |
Contact Details |
|
Courses Offered |
MBA/ PGDM |
Participating Colleges |
16 Symbiosis Institutes |
SNAP Exam is a national level MBA Entrance Exam conducted in online (computer based) mode for admission to more than 26 Management and M. Sc programs offered by 15 Management Institutes affiliated to the Symbiosis International University (SIU). SNAP full form is Symbiosis National Aptitude Test SNAP which is conducted by Symbiosis International University. SNAP 2022 Exam will analyze students' ability to tackle questions across multiple sections asked in the SNAP Question Paper. The sections asked in SNAP Exam include General English, Quantitative Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency, and Analytical & Logical Reasoning.
SNAP Registration 2022 is expected to begin in August 2022 and students who are interested in taking the exam must fill SNAP Registration Form online before the application window closes. While filling the application form, candidates must also process the payment of INR 1950 as SNAP Application Fee. Those who get to qualify the exam will be called for Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT) conducted by the SIU. There will also be Group Exercise in order to shortlist candidates for admission to the MBA/ PGDM or M. Sc programs.
What is SNAP Meaning? |
SNAP full form is Symbiosis National Aptitude Test conducted for admission to MBA/PGDM programs offered by 15 constituent institutes of Symbiosis International University. |
Now the question arises, who all are eligible for the exam? The eligibility for SNAP exam is as same as the other MBA entrance examinations:
The registration process starts with visiting the official website of SNAP. During the registration process, the candidates are required to provide all the required details and the details filled in by them must be authentic and correct as any incorrect detail may lead to cancellation of their candidature. Unlike other qualifying examinations of the country, the application fee for the SNAP Exam is slightly different, the candidates need to pay a registration fee separately for SNAP.
What is SNAP Exam Date? |
SNAP Exam is scheduled to be conducted on 10, 18, and 23 December 2022. |
SNAP 2022 Exam Dates will be announced in the month of August. The table mentioned below gives the tentative SNAP Exam Dates:
Particular |
Date |
SNAP 2022 Registration Starts |
4 August 2022 |
SNAP 2022 Mock Test Registration Deadline |
24 November 2022 |
SNAP Mock Test Slot Booking |
To Be Announced |
SNAP 2022 Mock Test |
To Be Announced |
Last Date of SNAP Application Form |
24 November 2022 |
SNAP Admit Card Download |
1st Week of December 2022 (Session 1) 3rd Week of December 2022 (Session 2 and 3) |
SNAP 2022 Exam Dates |
10, 18, and 23 December 2022 |
SNAP 2022 Result Date |
2nd Week of January 2023 |
Below mentioned are the institutes affiliated to Symbiosis International University that offer admission through SNAP Exam. The institutes have been mentioned along with the programs that they offer:
Institute |
Programs Offered |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management |
MBA (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) |
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research |
MBA (Information Technology) |
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development |
MBA (Infrastructure Development and Management) |
MBA (Business Analytics) |
|
Symbiosis Institute of International Business |
MBA (International Business) |
MBA (Agri-Business) |
|
MBA (Energy & Environment) |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management |
MBA (Telecom Management) |
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies |
MBA |
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune |
MBA (Communication Management) |
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik |
MBA (Operations Management) |
Symbiosis Centre for Information |
MBA (Information Technology Business Management) |
MBA (Data Sciences and Data Analytics) |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences |
MBA (Hospital & Healthcare Management) |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru |
MBA |
Symbiosis School of Media & Communication, Bengaluru |
MBA (Communication Management) |
Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance |
MBA (Banking and Finance) |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad |
MBA |
Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences |
MBA (Sports Sciences) |
Symbiosis Test Secretariat, Symbiosis International (Deemed University),
Lavale, Mulshi, Pune - 412115
For admission to the 15 institutes affiliated by SIU, the candidates must qualify SNAP Examination. Candidates seeking admission must ensure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria defined by the university.
There are basic education qualifications required by the university in order to process admission to the various courses.
Institute |
Reservation |
SIMS, Pune |
80 % for Children/ Wards of Defence personnel and 10 % for Special Defence Category in MBA |
SIIB, Pune |
5% of seats in MBA (International Business) |
SIDTM, Pune |
5% of seats in MBA (Digital and Telecom Management) |
SICSR, Pune |
5% of seats in MBA (Information Technology) |
SCIT, Pune |
5% of seats in MBA (Information Technology Business Management) |
Category |
Reservation |
SC |
15% |
ST |
7.5% |
DA |
3% |
Kashmiri Migrants |
Two Seats Per Program |
Domiciled Category |
25% |
NOTE* Candidates' candidature will be canceled if they do not fulfill the selection criteria.
Foreign candidates can also apply for the examination. It is important for them to hold a qualifying degree from a recognized university and they are required to generate an equivalent certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
Know more about SNAP Eligibility Criteria
The application procedure for appearing to SNAP Exam must be completed online by visiting the official website of Symbiosis International University. The candidates must follow the instructions written online and get themselves registered for further process of application.
The registration process is divided in two steps i.e. Registration for SNAP Test and Registration for Programs.
How to do SNAP Login? |
In order to do the SNAP Login, candidates are required to visit the official website of SNAP i.e. snaptest.org and enter their registration number and password. Once the details are entered, they can click on login. |
Candidates will pay INR 2265 approximately which will include all the charges to be paid. The DD must be on any Nationalized Bank drawn in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune and sent to the University. On its receipt, candidates will be able to download their SNAP Admit Card once made available online on the official website of SNAP.
Note* Candidates must note that there will be a program registration fee of INR 1000 as per the previous year, payable per program per institute in addition to the SNAP Registration Fee.
There will be no corrections allowed in personal details such as Name, Date of Birth, Category, SNAP Exam City, and SNAP Exam Date. Candidates are advised to pay extra attention while filling in these details. Candidates can always refer to the admission support team of the university in case any correction is needed in the application form of SNAP Exam.
What is the last date to apply for SNAP Exam 2022? |
The last date of SNAP Registration is 24 November 2022. |
Category |
Quota |
Mode |
Gender |
Fee |
EWS, General, OBC, SC, ST |
- |
Offline and Online |
Female, Male, and Transgender |
INR 1950 |
Know more about SNAP Application Procedure
Candidates with successful SNAP Registration will be able to download their respective SNAP Admit Card. Candidates can download their admit card by visiting the official website of SNAP i.e. snaptest.org.
SNAP 2022 Admit Card will be released by the Symbiosis International University on the official website. In order to download their admit card, candidates will be required to enter exam or email id and password.
Candidates must follow the below mentioned steps to download their respective admit cards.
When will SNAP Admit Card release? |
SNAP Admit Card is likely to release during the 1st or 2nd week of December 2022 as the exam is scheduled to be held in 3rd week of December 2022. |
Candidates must bring one of the below mentioned documents along with their admit card:
Also Read: SNAP ADMIT CARD
SNAP Exam is a Computer Based Test conducting online where in the questions are of two types namely Multiple-Choice Questions and Fill in the Blanks. It used to be a pen paper-based test before 2017 but was later changed to computer based one.
The table given below mentions Nature of Question Paper and Topics and Marks Allotted:
Section |
Questions |
Marks Per Correct Answer |
Total Marks |
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability |
15 |
1 |
15 |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
25 |
1 |
25 |
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency |
20 |
1 |
20 |
Total |
60 |
- |
60 |
Following are the sections in which the question paper is divided:
These four sections contribute to a total number of 60 questions.
Know more about SNAP Exam Pattern
Since the minimum educational qualification required to appear in the examination is graduation, the question paper consists of the questions of graduation. It is designed to analyze candidates' general aptitude.
The entire syllabus of SNAP Exam is divided in 3 segments namely General English, Quantitative Data, Interpretation & Data Sufficiency, and Analytical and Logical Reasoning.
How to increase SNAP Score? |
In order to increase SNAP Score, students must be thoroughly aware of SNAP Syllabus. The complete knowledge of the syllabus will help students understand the topics and types of questions asked in the exam. |
Know more about SNAP Syllabus
The selection of right books is the foremost action students preparing for any exam must take. Below mentioned are some of the best books to prepare for the SNAP Exam for MBA.
Subjects |
Books Name |
Author/Publisher |
General Books |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT |
Nishit K Sinha |
High School English Grammar and Composition |
Wren and Martin |
|
How to Prepare Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT |
Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay |
|
Work Power Made Easy |
Norman Lewis |
|
Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency |
How to prepare Quantitative Aptitude for CAT |
Arun Sharma |
How to prepare Data Interpretation for CAT |
Arun Sharma |
|
The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams |
Pearson |
|
Analytical and Logical Reasoning Section |
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning |
RS Aggarwal |
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT |
Nishit K. Sinha |
|
Logical Reasoning Book |
Arihant Publication |
SIU will release the SNAP Answer Key soon after the SNAP Exam is concluded successfully. Candidates will be required to log in to the official website using their login credentials in order to be able to check their respective answer keys. Candidates will also be facilitated to raise objections till a specified date. In order to do so, they will be required to make the payment of INR 590 including GST per question for which the objection is raised. The amount is refundable in case the objection is found to be valid.
Declaration of result will be taking place during the last week of January 2022. Students will be provided with a scorecard that would contain marks and percentile obtained by the candidates in SNAP 2022 Exam. Marks obtained by the candidates would result in preparing the cutoff list.
The cut off list is released by SIU after the declaration of result.
Know more about SNAP Result
When is SNAP Result declared? |
Looking at the trend of SNAP 2021 Exam, SNAP Exam ends during the 2nd or 3rd week of January and SNAP Result is usually declared in the month of February. |
The selection process of Symbiosis International University for admission to its MBA and PGDM programs consists of two phases namely SNAP Exam and GE-PI-WAT Process. The GE-PI-WAT process helps in shortlisting candidates for the Symbiosis Selection process. GE-PI-WAT stands for Group Exercise, Personal Interaction, Written Ability Test qualifying which ensures students' selection in MBA/PGDM Programs offered by the 16 institutes of Symbiosis International University.
SNAP Score secured by candidates is considered to shortlist candidates for the GE-PI-WAT round. After all these rounds are completed, SNAP Cutoff and wait list is released on the official website of each respective SIU Institute.
The idea of expected weightage distributions for the SNAP 2022 Merit List is mentioned below in the table:
SNAP 2022 |
Weightage |
SNAP Score (Out of 150, Scaled down to 50 marks) |
50 |
Group Exercise |
10 |
Personal Interaction |
30 |
Written Ability Test |
10 |
Total |
100 |
SNAP Cutoff ensures admission to any of the 15 institutes of Symbiosis International University. According to the SNAP Score obtained by candidates, they are allotted seats. The table mentioned below gives the overview of the programs and SNAP Cutoff for admission to SIU Institutes. Note that this is the previous year cutoff of SNAP Exam:
SNAP Institute |
Courses Offered |
SNAP Cutoff |
MBA MBA (Innovation & Entrepreneurship) MBA (Leadership & Strategy) |
98 |
|
MBA (Information Technology) MBA (Digital Transformation) |
82 |
|
Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development |
MBA MBA (Infrastructure Development & Management) MBA (Business Analytics) |
97.13 |
MBA (International Business) MBA (Agri Business) MBA (Energy & Environment) |
93.2 |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Digital & Telecom Management (SIDTM) - formerly Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management |
MBA (Digital & Telecom Management) |
83 |
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
|
MBA |
76 |
MBA (Communication Management) |
72 |
|
MBA (Operations Management) MBA (Agri Operations Management) |
87 |
|
MBA (Information Technology Business Management) MBA (Data Sciences & Data Analytics) |
75 |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) |
MBA (Hospital & Healthcare Management) |
60 |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru (SIBM, Bengaluru) |
MBA MBA (Quantitative Finance) MBA (Business Analytics) |
90 |
MBA (Banking & Finance) |
65 |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad (SIBM, Hyderabad) |
MBA |
60 |
MBA (Sports Management) |
55 |
SNAP Test 2021 was held in 94 cities all over the country. Below mentioned are the SNAP Exam Centers which are likely to remain the same for SNAP 2022 as well.
SNAP Test Cities |
||
Agra |
Gangtok - Bardang |
Mumbai |
Ahmedabad |
Guntur |
Mysuru |
Ajmer |
Guwahati |
Nagpur |
Aligarh |
Gwalior |
Nashik |
Ambala |
Hisar |
Navi Mumbai |
Amravati |
Hooghly |
Palghar |
Amritsar |
Howrah |
Panipat |
Anand |
Hubballi |
Panjim - Mapusa |
Asansol |
Hyderabad |
Patiala |
Aurangabad |
Indore |
Patna |
Bareilly |
Jabalpur |
Portblair |
Belagavi |
Jaipur |
Prayagraj |
Bengaluru |
Jalandhar |
Pune |
Bhilai |
Jammu |
Raipur |
Bhopal |
Jamshedpur |
Rajkot |
Bhubaneswar |
Jhansi |
Ranchi |
Bilaspur |
Jodhpur |
Roorkee |
Chandigarh - Mohali |
Kakinada |
Rourkela |
Chennai |
Kanpur |
Shillong |
Coimbatore |
Karnal |
Shimla |
Cuttack |
Kolhapur |
Siliguri |
Dehradun |
Kolkata |
Surat |
Delhi |
Kota |
Thane-Kalyan-Dombivli |
Gurugram |
Kottayam |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Faridabad |
Kozhikode |
Thrissur |
Ghaziabad |
Kurnool |
Udaipur |
Greater Noida |
Lucknow |
Vadodara |
Noida |
Ludhiana |
Varanasi |
Dhanbad |
Madurai |
Vijayawada |
Dibrugarh |
Mangalore |
Visakhapatnam |
Ernakulam - Kochi |
Meerut |
- |
Gandhinagar |
Moradabad |
- |
All the process of examination is online and after the successful completion of the registration, process candidate will be able to download their respective admit cardsfrom the official website on the scheduled dates mentioned by the conducting body. The final examination will be conducted on 10, 18, and 23 December 2022 in 92 major cities of the country. It is important to know that the examination center will be allocated on basis of the preferences made by the candidate while filling the application form.
After the completion of the examination, the answer sheets will be evaluated, and the qualified students will have to attend the GE-PIWAT to confirm their seat. The process is conducted by each of the constituent institutes individually. The GE-PIWAT is a detailed selection process which includes
The selected students will be allotted a seat in a respective college and stream based on their performance in the mentioned stages of the SNAP Test.
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