Compare SoM-PDEU vs SVNIT Surat

• Only Candidates who have appeared at Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs/Xavier Admission Test (XAT) conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur /NMAT conducted by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)/  GMAT (taken between 2024 and 2026 till submission of online application) conducted by ‘Graduate Management Admission Council’ (GMAC) are eligible to apply.

Admission Criteria:An applicant with a full-time regular Undergraduate Degree in any discipline with
a minimum of 60 percent marks or 6.5 CGPA for General, Gen-EWS, and OBC-NCL category and 55
percent or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ST & Persons with Disabilities (PWD) category is eligible.

• A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST candidates) in aggregate in all semesters/trimesters or equivalent CGPA, of any University incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education, as per degree nomenclature approved by the UGC from an institution recognized by the UGC.
• In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the overall equivalence certified by the university/ institution from which they have obtained bachelor's degree.
• In case a candidate establishes that the university/ institution from which he/she graduated, does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the PDEU-SPM by dividing earned CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the quotient with 100.
• A candidate appearing for the final year semester examination of bachelor's degree or equivalent can also apply.
• Such candidates must have to obtain 50% marks or equivalent in aggregate of all the semesters/years. Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally with an undertaking to submit the final marks sheet/grade sheet and the passing certificate to the School.
• However, the admission shall be cancellable without informing the candidate if the final marks sheet/grade sheet and the degree certificate are not submitted and if the candidate has not met the prescribed eligibility criteria, in such case the fees paid will not be refundable except the deposit money.
• Non-fulfilment of the above conditions/dates will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission, otherwise the admission shall stand cancelled and the fees paid will not be refundable except the deposit money.

For Foreign Nationals:
An appropriate bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years of education with Minimum 45% aggregate marks or equivalent from any stream of education recognized as equivalent by Association of Indian Universities (AIU)/UGC/AICTE/other statutory bodies as applicable with English as the medium of instruction. Merit list will be prepared accordingly.

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree (Regular) with at least 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA on
  a 10-point scale in aggregate or equivalent. A relaxation of 5% marks or 0.5 in CGPA will be
  extended to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST)
  /Persons with Disabilities (PWD) category.
• A candidate must have appeared in CAT (in the year 2024 and/or 2025) or
  GRE/GMAT/XAT/CMAT/MAT with a valid score card or SVNIT’s own test for A.Y. 2026-27.
• The students who are appearing in their final semester examination may also apply. However,
  they will have to submit an undertaking. Such candidates, if selected, will be admitted
  provisionally, on the condition that they will complete the requirements of a qualifying degree
  with minimum marks or CGPA stipulated above (Point a).
• Before the commencement of the programme, the selected candidates have to produce a
  provisional certificate of completion of the qualifying degree latest by 16th September 2026,
  failing which their admission will stand cancelled.
• The Institute/Department may specify additional requirements over and above these minimum
  requirements as stated above.