St Xaviers College, Mumbai

Hi Aishwarya!

The admission procedure for B.Sc(Life Sciences) in St Xaviers College, Mumbai is as follows :

Admission Policy

St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous, affiliated to the University of Mumbai, runs the BA, BSc, BCom, MA and MSc Government Aided Degree Courses on Campus. The College also runs the BMM, BMS, BSc I.T., M.Sc. Biotechnology and MA Public Policy, Degree Courses on a Self-Financing Basis. The College has also introduced the UGC sponsored B.Voc Degree Coursesin Tourism and in Software Development from the academic year 2014-2015.  The University of Mumbai awards degrees for all these courses.

Certificate or Diploma courses in Clinical Research, Forensic Science, Criminal Investigation and in Counselling Psychology etc are also held in collaboration with other Institutions or groups. Details of admission for these courses are available.

Admissions to most degree courses, except those explicitly specified (the BMM and BMS and the MA Ancient Indian Culture and MA Public Policy, and M.Sc Life Sciences), are done on the basis of the overall percentage of Marks scored in the Qualifying Examination. If the Qualifying Examination awards Grades, these are converted into percentages according to a scale provided by the University of Mumbai.

The College is a Catholic Minority College, administered under the Provisions of the Indian Constitution, to promote the welfare of the Minority community and to extend its services to all other communities in India, so as to contribute to the harmony and integration of Indian society. 50% of seats are reserved for Catholic Minority students. As per the directives of the Government of Maharashtra, there is also a reservation for Special category students and for Backward Class students. The rest of the seats are for students from the General Category.

Applications for Admissions to all the Under-graduate Degree courses are done online through a facility on this website, located on the Homepage. This facility will be available from 20^th May 2016 a few days before the declaration of the HSC results in Mumbai. This date is uncertain and is normally in the first part of June. Admissions will actually be done on days to be announced, through an interview of the candidate and one parent/guardian, of those listed on the website and on the College Notice board as being offered admission.

 
Applications for Admissions to all the Post-graduate Degree courses are also done online through a facility on this website, located on the Homepage. This facility will be available from 20th May, 2016 (except for M.A. in Public Policy which will be activated sometime inMarch 2016)  till such time the B.A./B.Sc. Degree results of Mumbai University are declared.  This date too is uncertain and is normally sometime in June. Admissions will actually be done on days to be announced through an interview of the candidate and one parent/guardian, of those listed on the website and on the College Notice board. Once the dates of the interviews are announced, outstation students are requested to make travel arrangements in advance, even before the merit lists are declared, as your presence for the interview is essential.
Applications for Admissions to the BMS and BMM courses are done online, and the admission process includes an Entrance Exam and Interview. Details are displayed on this website. Online applications for these two courses are accepted from the 1st of May 2016 to the 30th May 2016.

Admissions to the B.Com course are done through the College office, by filling up and submitting a form for the same in June 2016, and through an interview with the Vice Principal of the Commerce section or his representative. The Commerce Section holds classes in the late evening from 5.50 pm to 9.20 pm. It is not meant for the regular student. It is specially designed to offer higher education to working students of a disadvantaged background.

Hi Ravi!

The admission procedure for B.M.M. in St Xaviers College, Mumbai is as follows :

St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous, affiliated to the University of Mumbai, runs the BA, BSc, BCom, MA and MSc Government Aided Degree Courses on Campus. The College also runs the BMM, BMS, BSc I.T., M.Sc. Biotechnology and MA Public Policy, Degree Courses on a Self-Financing Basis. The College has also introduced the UGC sponsored B.Voc Degree Coursesin Tourism and in Software Development from the academic year 2014-2015.  The University of Mumbai awards degrees for all these courses.

Certificate or Diploma courses in Clinical Research, Forensic Science, Criminal Investigation and in Counselling Psychology etc are also held in collaboration with other Institutions or groups. Details of admission for these courses are available.

Admissions to most degree courses, except those explicitly specified (the BMM and BMS and the MA Ancient Indian Culture and MA Public Policy, and M.Sc Life Sciences), are done on the basis of the overall percentage of Marks scored in the Qualifying Examination. If the Qualifying Examination awards Grades, these are converted into percentages according to a scale provided by the University of Mumbai.

The College is a Catholic Minority College, administered under the Provisions of the Indian Constitution, to promote the welfare of the Minority community and to extend its services to all other communities in India, so as to contribute to the harmony and integration of Indian society. 50% of seats are reserved for Catholic Minority students. As per the directives of the Government of Maharashtra, there is also a reservation for Special category students and for Backward Class students. The rest of the seats are for students from the General Category.

Applications for Admissions to all the Under-graduate Degree courses are done online through a facility on this website, located on the Homepage. This facility will be available from 20^th May 2016 a few days before the declaration of the HSC results in Mumbai. This date is uncertain and is normally in the first part of June. Admissions will actually be done on days to be announced, through an interview of the candidate and one parent/guardian, of those listed on the website and on the College Notice board as being offered admission.

 
Applications for Admissions to all the Post-graduate Degree courses are also done online through a facility on this website, located on the Homepage. This facility will be available from 20th May, 2016 (except for M.A. in Public Policy which will be activated sometime inMarch 2016)  till such time the B.A./B.Sc. Degree results of Mumbai University are declared.  This date too is uncertain and is normally sometime in June. Admissions will actually be done on days to be announced through an interview of the candidate and one parent/guardian, of those listed on the website and on the College Notice board. Once the dates of the interviews are announced, outstation students are requested to make travel arrangements in advance, even before the merit lists are declared, as your presence for the interview is essential.
Applications for Admissions to the BMS and BMM courses are done online, and the admission process includes an Entrance Exam and Interview. Details are displayed on this website. Online applications for these two courses are accepted from the 1st of May 2016 to the 30th May 2016.

Candidates seeking admission to the First Year B.M.M. course in St. Xavier’s are required to appear for an entrance test conducted by the College.   The entrance test will be held in this College on Friday, 3rd of June 2016. (Details of the entrance test are given separately on the College website). Candidates should first register for the entrance test through the online system on the ‘homepage’ of the College website. The online system will be activated on the 1^st of May 2016.  The last date for registration is 30th May, 2016. Candidates appearing for the Class XII Board Examinations (Maharashtra State Board) or ISC/CBSE (Delhi Board) or any other qualifying examination equivalent to class XII to be held in 2016including foreign Board i.e. International Baccalaureate (IB) or those who have completed “A” Level from Cambridge and such other Universities are allowed to register for the entrance test in the absence of the Class XII final results.   However, candidates will be required to submit an attested copy of their class XII Board marksheets on the day of the entrance test i.e. 3rd June, 2016.  The qualifying mark to appear for the entrance test is 65% marks at the class XII Board examinations for candidates belonging to the General Category, 60% marks for candidates belonging to Christian Minority and 55% marks for candidates belonging to the SC/ST category.

The merit list for admission for the First Year BMM course is based on the total scores he/she obtains at the entrance test (60%) and the marks obtained in the Std. XII Exam (qualifying exam – QE) (40%). 

IMPORTANT

The University of Mumbai has made it mandatory for all candidates seeking admission to the First Year courses in Degree Colleges to fill in the “Pre-Admission Online Registration Form” on the following linkhttp://mum.digitaluniversity.ac (Dates for online registration will be announced by the University sometime in the last week of May 2016 - you will need to click on: Pre Admission Online Registration)

          Therefore, all candidates applying for admission to St. Xavier’s College for the First Year Courses i.e. B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., B.Sc. (IT), B.M.M., B.M.S. and B.Voc courses in Tourism and in Software Development are required to fill in the “Pre-Admission Online Registration Form” and submit a hard copy of the same to the College Office (dates for submission will be announced later).

At the time of admission the candidate must submit the Class XII marksheet in original and two attested copies of the same and one attested copy of other relevant documents as mentioned below:

1. Class XII Marksheet – (Original + 2 attested copies)

2. Baptism Certificate (For the Minority community - Christians)

3. Caste Certificate (for reserved category)

4. Documentary Evidence regarding special category status

FEES:

The total fees, including deposits and laboratory fees, as sanctioned by the management board, St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous:

However the fees for the year 2016-2017 are likely to be upgraded

Note: The Reserved Category Candidates (i.e. SC,ST,VJNT,DT,SBC & OBC) will be entitled to exemption from certain fees as prescribed by the Government, subject to the submission of necessary documents along with the application form, if found eligible for such concession.

Provisional Eligibility Certificate

Students passing the Class XII from other Boards i.e. ISC, CBSE, IB, other State Boards etc or Foreign Boards / Universities have to apply for a provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai at the time of admissions through the College.   Therefore, candidates who accept the offer of admission to the College will be given the prescribed application forms for provisional eligibility.  The duly filled in forms are required to be returned to the College with an attested copy of the class XII marksheet and a passport size photograph along with a prescribed fee of Rs.320/- for eligibility and Rs.500/- (towards verification of documents) total Rs.820/- The duly filled in application form will then be forwarded to the University of Mumbai for issue of the Provisional Eligibility Certificate. 

Further, candidates admitted to the College on the strength of the provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai, are required to submit the original and attested copies of the following certificates/documents as mentioned below to the College Office before the close of the 1^st semester or at the beginning of the 2^ndsemester.  These certificates will be sent to the University of Mumbai for confirmation of eligibility to the respective courses in which he/she has been offered admission.

a)      Class XII Statement of Marks

b)     Pass Certificate  

c)      Migration Certificate

Candidates passing Class XII Examinations from Foreign Boards and students passing from International Baccalaureate (I.B.) or “A” levels examinations - General Certificate of Education (GCE) / Cambridge International School Exam (CIE) of Cambridge or University of London are required to first approach the University of Mumbai, Eligibility Section, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400 098 and obtain a ‘PRIMA FACIE’ Eligibility letter from the University of Mumbai for the purpose of admission to all First Year Degree Courses namely B.A., B.Sc., B.Com, B.M.M., B.M.S., and B.Sc. (IT) and B.Voc courses in Tourism and in Software Development.          

Hi Akanshu!

The admission procedure for B.A(Economics) in St Xaviers College, Mumbai is as follows :

St. Xavier’s College has been granted Autonomous status by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the University of Mumbai from the academic year 2010-11. The College has taken on the responsibility to design its courses, frame its syllabi and conduct its own evaluation. The Credit System, Semester System and a System of Continuous Internal Evaluation, helps the College to upgrade the quality of its education, thus bringing an international quality of Higher Education to its beautiful heritage campus.  The University of Mumbai awards the Degrees to our students.

The University of Mumbai offers Integrated Bachelor Degrees. It is one of the oldest Universities in the country and also a well-reputed one. However, it does not offer an Honours Degree, since its Degrees are already highly valued. Students are offered a system of a single major and of double majors in working towards a degree.

The B.A. programme is a three-year degree programme with six semesters.

A student for the B.A. degree programme will be required to offer 40 courses and the break-up of these courses will be as under:

I. Three Core Subjects (Including FOUR courses of an Applied nature related to the Core                                                                (34 Courses)

II. Special Courses                             (4 Courses)

III. General Applied Component       (2 Courses)

FIRST YEAR - 1^st & 2^nd Semesters

• Special Course -  two courses
• Communication Skills in English
• Language (other than English): Literature in a Modern Indian Language or a Classical or a Modern Foreign Language.
• (i) A student may offer six courses from the Social Science Group or (ii) four courses from the Social  Sciences Group and two from the Languages Group or (iii) two courses from the Social Science Group and four courses from the Language Group.

Students are expected to choose any three subjects (one from each Group), in order of preference, for the first two years (i.e. first 4 semesters).

The choice of major/s will be decided only at the end of the 4^th Semester, when Heads of Departments will interview the students after reviewing their performance in their 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Semester Assessments.  The College will not be responsible if students are not granted the choice of their major(s) in their 5^th Semester, nor if students have to leave the College because their performance does not satisfy the minimum requirements laid down by Heads of Departments to which they seek admission.

Optional Subjects:  Choose any one from each of the 3 groups

(Subjects which do not have the minimum enrolment required by Govt./University will not be offered)

*  Single or Double Majors at Third Year - 5^th & 6^th Semesters (12 courses or 6 courses  in  each)

**   Only Double Majors at Third Year - 5^th & 6^th Semesters (6 courses in each)

*** No Majors at Third Year (Only 2 courses at FY – 1^st & 2^nd semesters & 4 courses at SY – 3^rd & 4^th semesters))

Economics (A) or (B) and Sociology (A) or (B) only represent divisions in that subject, in the First & Second Year, and can be selected  in only one group.

 I.          Total No. of Seats for the First Year B.A.: 360

II.        All in-house SYJC Arts (XII) regular students (from St. Xavier’s Junior College) passing from the H.S.C (Maharashtra State Board) are automatically eligible for admissions to the First Year B.A. course irrespective of the % of marks secured at the Board Exams and therefore in-house students applying for admissions to the B.A. course will have the first preference in their respective category as given below.  Their choice of subjects, however, may be restricted, according to their performance.

III.       Reservation of Seats: (As per the directives given in the University of Mumbai Circular No.Spl.Cell/(68)/218/2005 dated 3rd June, 2005.)

** Special category i.e. for Wards of transferred State/Central Government and Private Sector employees, Defence Personnel, Ex-Servicemen, Freedom fighters and students who have met with an accident and also for award winners at the District/State/National Level in Sports or Cultural activities.

Provisional Eligibility Certificate

Students passing the Class XII from other Boards i.e. ISC, CBSE, IB, other State Boards etc or Foreign Boards / Universities have to apply for a provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai at the time of admissions through the College.   Therefore, candidates who accept the offer of admission to the College will be given the prescribed application forms for provisional eligibility.  The duly filled in forms are required to be returned to the College with an attested copy of the class XII marksheet and a passport size photograph along with a prescribed fee of Rs.320/- for eligibility and Rs.500/- (towards verification of documents) total Rs.820/- The duly filled in application form will then be forwarded to the University of Mumbai for issue of the Provisional Eligibility Certificate. 

Further, candidates admitted to the College on the strength of the provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai, are required to submit the original and attested copies of the following certificates/documents as mentioned below to the College Office before the close of the 1^st semester or at the beginning of the 2^ndsemester.  These certificates will be sent to the University of Mumbai for confirmation of eligibility to the respective courses in which he/she has been offered admission.

a)      Class XII Statement of Marks

b)     Pass Certificate  

c)      Migration Certificate

Candidates passing Class XII Examinations from Foreign Boards and students passing from International Baccalaureate (I.B.) or “A” levels examinations - General Certificate of Education (GCE) / Cambridge International School Exam (CIE) of Cambridge or University of London are required to first approach the University of Mumbai, Eligibility Section, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400 098 and obtain a ‘PRIMA FACIE’ Eligibility letter from the University of Mumbai for the purpose of admission to all First Year Degree Courses namely B.A., B.Sc., B.Com, B.M.M., B.M.S., and B.Sc. (IT) and B.Voc. courses in Tourism and in Software Development.

HI AKASH!!

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Hi Anshul,

Admissions: 

1. Admission of students into the Autonomous Degree Courses will be on the basis of the aggregate marks in the qualifying examination or its equivalent, for both the Undergraduate Courses and the Masters Courses, unless specified otherwise.  The quota system as specified by the Government of Maharashtra will be followed for Minority, Backward Class and other candidates.                                                 
2. For the BMS & BMM Courses, unlike other courses, the students come from all 3 faculties (Arts, Science & Commerce) where the marking systems are very different.  Hence an Entrance Test for these courses will be conducted for admission purposes.  Admissions to the BMS & BMM will be on the basis of the entrance test: 60%, an interview: 20% and the XII Std. marks: 20%.

The M.Sc Life Sciences programme will also have an Entrance Test for admission and the M.A. in Ancient Indian Culture will hold an Entrance Test for students from faculties other than Arts.

1. All applications for admissions to any undergraduate or postgraduate Degree Course should be submitted by the date notified by the College. Late applications may not be accepted.
2. Admissions can be considered to be granted only when the full fees for the academic year are paid, an official receipt has been issued and the name of the applicant appears on the relevant rolls. Payment in full or in part can be condoned or deferred by the Principal.
3. All admissions, both of undergraduates and post-graduates, are valid only for one year and are therefore to be renewed for each subsequent year of study. Students who misbehave and have serious complaints of indiscipline against them during the year will not be re-admitted to the College.
4. No student will ordinarily be re-admitted to the College after three unsuccessful attempts at the same examination or after s/he has not been granted terms by the College in two successive years.

Provisional Eligibility Certificate

Students passing the Class XII from other Boards i.e. ISC, CBSE, IB, other State Boards etc or Foreign Boards / Universities have to apply for a provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai at the time of admissions through the College.   Therefore, candidates who accept the offer of admission to the College will be given the prescribed application forms for provisional eligibility.  The duly filled in forms are required to be returned to the College with an attested copy of the class XII marksheet and a passport size photograph along with a prescribed fee of Rs.320/- for eligibility and Rs.500/- (towards verification of documents) total Rs.820/- The duly filled in application form will then be forwarded to the University of Mumbai for issue of the Provisional Eligibility Certificate. 

Further, candidates admitted to the College on the strength of the provisional eligibility certificate issued by the University of Mumbai, are required to submit the original and attested copies of the following certificates/documents as mentioned below to the College Office before the close of the 1^st semester or at the beginning of the 2^nd semester.  These certificates will be sent to the University of Mumbai for confirmation of eligibility to the respective courses in which he/she has been offered admission.

a)      Class XII Statement of Marks

b)     Pass Certificate  

c)      Migration Certificate

Candidates passing Class XII Examinations from Foreign Boards and students passing from International Baccalaureate (I.B.) or “A” levels examinations - General Certificate of Education (GCE) / Cambridge International School Exam (CIE) of Cambridge or University of London are required to first approach the University of Mumbai, Eligibility Section, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400 098 and obtain a ‘PRIMA FACIE’ Eligibility letter from the University of Mumbai for the purpose of admission to all First Year Degree Courses namely B.A., B.Sc., B.Com, B.M.M., B.M.S., and B.Sc. (IT) and B.Voc. courses in Tourism and in Software Development.