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Best BBA entrance exams and colleges in India

If you are interested in BBA course, and are looking for a good college to study in, then you have landed at the right place. In this article, we are going to shed some light on the leading BBA colleges in India and their entrance examinations.

Most of the reputed central government BBA colleges, state BBA colleges and deemed universities give admission on the basis of an entrance test, rather than just on the basis of the marks scored in 12th class board exams.

You can join a BBA course after 12th, no matter what your stream was. That is, students from all three streams (science, commerce, arts) can do BBA.

BBA

BBA stands for Bachelor of Business Administration. In this course, students learn the art of running a business, e.g. finance, marketing, systems, etc.

After completing their BBA many students go for MBA, which is Masters of Business Administration.

Table of Contents
  • BBA entrance exams for government colleges
  • BBA entrance exams for some good private colleges

Entrance exams for BBA in India

We will enlist entrance exams for the best government colleges, as well as some good private colleges too.

BBA entrance exams for government colleges

  • DU JAT – Many BBA colleges of Delhi University give admission to students based on JAT exam. Some of such colleges are Deen Dayal Upadhyay College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, etc. Successful candidates may also be called for Group Discussion (GD) and Interview round. Thereafter final merit list will be released. Shaheed Sukhdev College also gives weightage to 12th class marks (around 35% weightage; rest 65% weightage is given to DU JAT score).

  • IIMs – To get admission in BBA courses of IIMs, such as IIM Indore, and IIM Rohtak, you will have to appear in IPM exam. Thereafter you will also have to appear in an Aptitude Test (AT), Written Ability Test (WAT), and Interview.

  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP University), Delhi CET exam for BBA

  • Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

Note

Fees of government colleges are generally lower than that of private colleges. So, return on investment (ROI) is good. Fees in DU colleges is one of the lowest in India, be it BBA or MBA, or any other course.

For example, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi and Christ University, Bangalore are almost equally good. But fees that you will be required to give in Shaheed Sukhdev College will be much lower.

BBA entrance exams for some good private colleges

  • Christ University, Bangalore – It’s one of the best BBA colleges in India (easily in top 5). It conducts its own BBA entrance exam. Thereafter Group Discussion (GD), Presentation (1-2 minutes long), and Interview round is held. There is some weightage given to 10th and 12th class marks too.

  • S.P. Jain University, Mumbai – It conducts its own BBA exam. This college is also a leading college as far as MBA is concerned.

  • Symbiosis University, Pune – It conducts its own exam called SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test). There’s also a Written Ability Test (WAT), and Interview. SET and (WAT + Interview) are given 50% weightages each. There are many BBA and MBA colleges in Symbiosis University. One of the colleges for BBA is Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune.

  • Narsee Monjee University (NMIMS), Mumbai - It conducts its own BBA exam, called NPAT. However, only Maths stream students can apply in this exam. You must have scored 60% marks in 12th to be eligible for this exam. Its MBA course is also considered reasonably good.

  • St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai – It’s a deemed university. They conduct their own BBA entrance exam.

  • Presidency College, Chennai

  • Mount Carmel College, Bangalore – It’s for women candidates only. They conduct an exam called MCMAT, followed by GD and interview.

  • IMS, Noida – Entrance exam called JET + 12th class marks.

  • St. Joseph College, Bangalore - It conducts its own BBA exam.

All the above colleges conduct their own entrance examination. But some of them may give some weightage to 12th class marks too.

Moreover, some colleges do give admission solely on the basis of 12th class marks (without conducting any entrance examination). Some of such colleges are:

  • Women Christian College, Chennai – Admission is given on the basis of 12th class marks + Group Discussion (GD) + Interview
  • Loyola College, Chennai - Admission is given on the basis of 12th class marks + Interview. Classes are held in the evening only. Keep that in mind.
  • Madras Christian College, Chennai – It’s a government aided minority institution. Admission is given on the basis of 12th class marks.
  • Banasthali Vidyapith, Jaipur (Rajasthan) - Admission is given on the basis of 12th class marks. It’s a girls college.
Note

For more extensive and authentic rankings of colleges and universities, you may refer to the official website of Ministry of Education of Government of India.

Note

If you want to learn about BBA exam preparation tips, then you may refer to this article of ours.

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