SNAP 2026 Exam is expected to be held in December 2025. Application Form will be released in August 2025. SNAP exam is held on different dates by Symbiosis International University (SIU).
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SIU conducts Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) at university level exam to provide admission in MBA- management courses. Eligible candidates will be able to apply for SNAP 2026 exam.
All you need to know about SNAP 2026 Exam:
- Want to know the complete schedule of SNAP 2026 exam. Check schedule below.
- Are you searching for the best and effective preparation tips to prepare for exam. Check tips & tricks below.
- Do you know, apply for SNAP 2026 is starting from August 2026 via online mode. Check application form.
- Confused about the eligibility criteria of SNAP 2026? Let’s check eligibility criteria below.
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Candidates can go through the article below to know complete information regarding SNAP 2026 exam such as application form, exam dates, eligibility criteria, pattern, syllabus, etc.
SNAP 2026 Overview
| Examination Name | Symbiosis National Aptitude Test 2026 |
| Short Name | SNAP 2026 |
| Exam Category | Post Graduate |
| Exam Level | University |
| Conducting Body | Symbiosis International University (SIU) |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Offered Courses | MBA/PGDM |
| Frequency of Exam | Once a year (three attempts) |
| Website | snaptest.org |
SNAP 2026 Exam Dates
To know complete schedule of SNAP 2026 exam, candidates can check out the given table:
| Events | Dates 2026 (Tentative) |
| Registration starts | 1st week of August 2025 |
| Last date to fill application form | 4th week of November 2025 |
| Admit Card | December 2025 |
| SNAP 2026 Exam Date | December 2025 |
| Declaration of Results | 2nd week of January 2026 |
SNAP 2026 Application Form
Candidates can check out the given section to know complete application form details:
- SNAP 2026 application form will begin most likely in August 2025.
- Interested candidates will be able to apply for the same via online mode, no other method will be provided.
- Candidates are advised to fulfill the complete eligibility criteria before proceeding towards registration procedure.
- To complete the registration procedure carefully, candidates must keep all their documents ready.
- Details such as academic qualification, personal details, communication details need to be fill in application form.
- In case of any mistake while filling the SNAP form, candidates will be able to edit the details in form during correction facility.
- Complete the process by uploading the requisite documents in specific format.
- Candidates are suggested to complete the registration procedure before the last date i.e. till last week of November 2025.
- Recheck the details and submit the form, do not forget to take a hardcopy of form for further usage in admission.
Application Fee:
- For every candidate, application fee will be of Rs. 2250/- only.
- There will be online & offline both the modes will be available to submit the fee.
- Online facilities such as Bill desk payment and Ease buzz payment gateways to pay registration fee.
- Demand Draft will be used to submit the fee via offline method.
- Candidates will have to draw a DD from any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune.
How to Apply for SNAP 2026 Exam
Here we have mentioned the complete steps below to fill SNAP 2026 form:
- Step-1: Visit the website of SNAP (Link will be given above).
- Step-2: Click on “Apply Now for Symbiosis MBA via SNAP” link on the homepage.
- Step-3: Press the “Register” button and proceed further.
- Step-4: Register yourself now by entering the basic information in the given space.
- Step-5: After registration, User ID and Password will be generated by the system and start filing the application form.
- Step-6: Upload the requisite documents in specific format.
- Step-7: Pay the prescribed amount of registration fee and submit the form.
- Step-8: Recheck the details and take a hardcopy of form.
SNAP 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Before filling the form, candidates must fulfill the complete eligibility criteria below:
- Nationality: Indian/ NRIs/ OCI/ PIO or Foreign national citizenships candidates will be eligible to apply.
- Qualification: Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in any stream from any recognized board will be able to apply for SNAP 2026 exam.
- Marks: Candidates graduated from any recognized university/ institute of national importance must score at least 50% marks in qualifying exam & 45% marks or equivalent grade for reserved category to apply.
- Appearing: Candidates appearing in the final year of qualifying exam in 2025 will also apply for SNAP 2026 exam.
SNAP 2026 Exam Pattern
Do you want to know the mode of SNAP 2026 exam and other exam related details, check section below:
- Exam Mode: Exam will be held through online CBT mode (Computer based).
- Duration: 60 minutes in total will be given to solve the exam.
- Sections: Three sections will be there in exam – General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning & Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency.
- Type of Questions: In exam, Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will be asked.
- Marking scheme: For each correct answer, 1 mark will be given.
- Negative Marking: 0.25 mark will be deducted for each incorrect response.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability | 15 | 15 |
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | 20 | 20 |
| Analytical & Logical Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| Total | 60 questions | 60 marks |
SNAP 2026 Syllabus
To prepare for SNAP 2026 syllabus, candidates can go through the complete syllabus below:
- General English: Jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences, Fill in the Blanks, Reading Comprehension of passage/ Poem, Jumbled paragraphs (6 sentences with first and last fixed), Sentence completion, Antonyms, One-word substitution, Sentence correction, Odd one out, Idioms and syllogisms, Verbal Reasoning, etc.
- Data Interpretation & data Sufficiency: Line Graph, Mixed Graphs, Tables, Pie Chart, Miscellaneous, Bar graph, etc.
- Verbal Ability: Synonyms & Antonyms, Vocabulary, Proverbs & Idioms, Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning, Analogy,fill in the blanks, etc.
- Quantitative Ability: Profit & Loss, Ratios, Proportion & Variation, Allegations Mixtures & Averages, Time Speed Distance, Time & Work, Number System, Linear Equations and Quadratic Equations, Vectors, HCF & LCM, Geometric Progression, Arithmetic progression, Arithmetic mean, percentages, etc
- Analytical & Logical Reasoning: Embedded images, alphanumeric series, Reasoning Analogies, Artificial Language, Blood Relations, Calendars, Cause and Effect, Clocks, Coding-Decoding, Critical path, etc.
SNAP 2026 Preparation Tips
Candidates can check out the given preparation tips to perform better in exam:
- Candidates must aware about the complete syllabus of SNAP 2026
- Try to make a notes and revise them on daily basis.
- Make a proper schedule to prepared for the exam.
- Keep up some physical activities during preparation.
- It will be mandatory to solve the mock test to score better.
- Do not forget to eat healthy and stay hydrated.
SNAP 2026 Books
Here we have mentioned the list of SNAP 2026 most popular books:
- How to prepare for Verbal Ability and reading comprehension for CAT by Arun Sharma & Meenakshi Upadhyay
- Verbal Ability and reading comprehension for CAT by Nishit K Sinha
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
- High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin
- Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha
- A Modern approach to logical reasoning by RS Aggarwal
SNAP 2026 Exam Centres
SNAP 2026 exam will be held in various centers. We have mentioned the name below in tabular format:
| Port Blair | Mangaluru (Mangalore) | Patiala |
| Guntur | Mysuru | Ajmer |
| Kakinada | Ernakulam – Kochi | Jaipur |
| Kurnool | Kottayam | Jodhpur |
| Vijayawada | Kozhikode | Kota |
| Visakhapatnam | Thiruvananthapuram | Udaipur |
| Dibrugarh | Thrissur | Chennai |
| Guwahati | Bhopal | Coimbatore |
| Patna | Gwalior | Madurai |
| Bhilai | Indore | Hyderabad |
| Raipur | Jabalpur | Agra |
| Panjim Mapusa | Amravati | Aligarh |
| Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar | Aurangabad | Bareilly |
| Anand | Kolhapur | Ghaziabad |
| Rajkot | Mumbai | Kanpur |
| Surat | Navi Mumbai | Lucknow |
| Vadodara | Nagpur | Meerut |
| Ambala | Nashik | Moradabad |
| Faridabad | Palghar | Noida |
| New Delhi – Gurugram | Pune | Prayagraj |
| Bilaspur – HP | Thane/Thane District | Varanasi |
| Jammu | Shillong | Dehradun |
| Dhanbad | Bhubaneswar | Roorkee |
| Jamshedpur | Cuttack | Asansol |
| Ranchi | Rourkela | Howrah |
| Belagavi (Belgaum) | Amritsar | Kalyani – Hooghly |
| Bengaluru | Chandigarh Mohali | Kolkata |
| Hubballi (Hubli) | Jalandhar | Siliguri |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
SNAP 2026 Admit Card
Admit card of SNAP 2026 will be released in the first week of December 2025. There will be online facility available to download the admit card. It will be mandatory to visit the SNAP website to access the link.
Candidates must keep their login credentials such as SNAP ID and Password safe to download the admit card. Details such as name, signature, photograph, name of exam, exam venue, time & date, reporting time will be mentioned the hall ticket.
SNAP 2026 Answer Key
SNAP 2026 answer key helps the candidates to calculate their estimated scores in examination. Online facility will be available to download the answer key. In the first week of January 2026, applicants will be able to access the answer key from the website. In PDF b, answer key will be accessible.
All the correct answer asked in examination will be mentioned in the key. Facility to raise an objection against it will also be provided by the authority. Authority will publish the final answer key, after analyzing all the raised queries.
SNAP 2026 Result
SNAP 2026 Result will be released in January 2026. Those appearing candidates in SNAP 2026 exam will be eligible to download the result from the website. Online facility will be available to download the result, no other offline method will be provided.
Login ID and password will be the login credentials required to get the result. Those qualified candidates in exam will be able to participate in further admission procedure in the university.
SNAP 2026 Cut Off
There will be a various factor on which SNAP 2026 cut off depends such as difficulty level of exam, number of candidates appeared in exam, etc. Category wise cut off will be released by the authority via online mode.
For admission into MBA courses, SNAP 2026 exam scores will be accepted by total 16 symbiosis institutes. Candidates who will score higher in exam will lead to shortlist to the top institutes of symbiosis – SIBM Pune,SCMHRD Pune among others to MBA admission
SNAP 2026 Admission Procedure
Qualified candidates in SNAP 2026 will be able to participate in further admission procedure. As there will be no centralized counselling organized by the SIU. Candidates will have to clear the further rounds of selection procedure to get admission.
Rounds such as Group Exercise (GE) and personal Interaction (PI) will be there in counselling. Based on the overall performance of candidates, the authority will release the merit list on the website. After the declaration of result, counselling procedure will be organized.
| Tests | Weightage for Final Merit List |
| SNAP Score (out of 150, scaled down to 50 marks) | 50 |
| Group Exercise (GE) | 10 |
| Personal Interaction (PI) | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Participating Institutes of SNAP 2026
We have mentioned below the various participating institutes of SNAP 2026:
- Symbiosis Institute of International Business
- Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management
- Symbiosis Institute of Business Management
- Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research
- Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development
- Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
- Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance
- Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management, Hyderabad
- Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences
- Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
- Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik
- Symbiosis Centre for Information
- Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences
- Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru
- Symbiosis School of Media & Communication, Bengaluru
Candidates can go through the article above to know complete information related to SNAP 2026 exam. Application Form for the same will be released in August 2025 via online mode. Exam is expected to be conduct in December 2025.
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