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School of Management and Business Studies, Kottayam offers admissions in postgraduate and doctoral courses. SMBS Kottayam admissions are offered for MBA courses at postgraduate level. SMBS Kottayam offers admission to PhD courses at the doctoral level.
Interested candidates in SMBS Kottayam courses need to meet the eligibility criteria and follow the complete admission procedure. Admission to the MBA programme is based on the performance in CAT/CMAT/KMAT followed by group discussions and personal interview.
Candidates need to meet the eligibility criteria of the SMBS Kottayam courses for admission.
Eligible candidates can download the application form from SMBS Kottayam official website.
Candidates need to fill the SMBS Kottayam application form with the required details.
The filled-up SMBS Kottayam application form needs to be submitted in online mode.
SMBS Kottayam offers an MBA programme at the postgraduate level. The details related to the course, seat intake and eligibility criteria is mentioned below:
Course | Seat Intake | Eligibility Criteria |
60 | Candidates must have completed Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks from MG University or equivalent degree. Candidates should have valid CAT/CMAT/KMAT score. |
Candidates must have met the SMBS Kottayam MBA Programme eligibility criteria.
Candidates must have a valid score in CAT/CMAT/KMAT for the further process of SMBS Kottayam MBA Programme admission.
Candidates having valid scores need to appear for group discussion and personal interview rounds organised in the SMBS Kottayam campus.
Based on the entrance test score , group discussion and interview, the final rank list for SMBS Kottayam MBA admission will be declared.
The selected candidates should complete the SMBS Kottayam admission procedure with the payment of fees.
SMBS Kottayam offers PhD courses at research level. The details related to course and eligibility criteria is mentioned below:
Course | Eligibility Criteria |
Candidates must have completed a postgraduate degree with at least 55% marks in aggregate (5% relaxation to reserved category) in any discipline from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam or any other recognised university. |
Candidates must meet the SMBS Kottayam Ph.D course eligibility criteria.
Candidates need to apply for the exam from the official website of MGU Kottayam.
Candidates need to appear for the entrance exam conducted by the university.
Candidates having valid scores in the NET/SLET/GATE/GPAT/JEST/RGNF or other tests conducted by such Government bodies as UGC, CSIR, ICAR/ICMR are exempted from entrance examination.
The selected candidates need to complete the SMBS Kottayam admission procedure with document verification and payment of fees.
SMBS Kottayam Required Documents
Class 10th mark sheet
Class 12th mark sheet
Degree mark sheet
Photo ID Proof
Date of Birth certificate
Entrance Exam Scorecard
Migration Certificate (if applicable)
Recognition Certificate (if applicable)
Certificate of SC/ST/PD (if applicable)
Passport size photographs
Note: Candidates applying need to follow the complete SMBS Kottayam admission procedure, followed as per the guidelines of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
The admission procedure of a PhD course at SMBS Kottayam is that candidates need to apply for an entrance exam from MGU Kottayam website and appear for the entrance exam. Candidates who scored at least 50% need to complete the admission procedure with document verification and payment of fees.
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