Saturday, January 10, 2015

ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE MUMBAI BMS/BMM Entrance Examinations 2015

ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE – AUTONOMOUS, MUMBAI – 400001

 BMS/BMM  Entrance Examinations 2015


St. Xavier’s College, an Autonomous College under the University of Mumbai, invites applications for entrance exams and admission to the Three Year Degree Courses: the Bachelor in Mass Media (B.M.M.) and the Bachelor in Management Studies (B.M.S.) for the Academic Year 2015-2016.


The Entrance Exam will ONLY be held at ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE – AUTONOMOUS, MUMBAI – 400001 as per the schedule below:

B.M.S.: On Friday, 05th June 2015, 14.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs (IST)
B.M.M.: On Saturday, 06th June 2015, 14.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs (IST)

Type of Exam There will be one question paper for each course, of two hours duration.  The Question paper will consist of 2 Sections made up of objective and subjective type questions i) For the BMM it will consist of questions on General Knowledge Current Affairs, Data Interpretation, English Language Skills and Critical Analysis & Creative Thinking. ii) For the BMS it will consist of General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Data Interpretation and Basic Mathematics, Language skills, Reasoning, Critical Analysis & Creative Thinking. The test is meant to evaluate aptitude for the Course and does not require any coaching. Classes being offered by external agencies may even be counterproductive.

Examination Centre The BMS/BMM 2015 Entrance exams will be conducted ONLY at St. Xavier’s College, 5, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400 001.

Eligibility for BMS/BMM 2015 Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the eligibility conditions given below for appearing for the BMS/BMM 2015 Entrance Exams.  Candidates belonging to the General Category (GC) whose date of birth falls on or after 1st June 1992 are eligible to appear for the Entrance Exams BMS/BMM 2015.

Candidates belonging to the Catholic religious community and SC/ST candidates who are born on or after 1stJune 1990 are eligible to appear for the Entrance Exams BMS/BMM 2015. The date of birth as recorded in the School Leaving Certificate, First Board / Pre-University Certificate / Birth Certificate issued by a Competent Authority will be accepted.

 In case of minority candidates the Baptism Certificate will be necessary. Year of passing Qualifying Examination (QE): A candidate must have passed a QE or will be appearing for the same in 2015.  Those who will be appearing in the QE later than June 30th, 2015 are not eligible to apply for BMS/BMM 2015.

The Qualifying Examinations (QEs) are listed below: i) The final examination of the 10 + 2 system conducted by any recognised Central / State Board, including the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Mumbai, Pune, etc., Central Board of Secondary Education, (C.B.S.E.) New Delhi, Council for the Indian School Certification Examination, (I.S.C.) New Delhi. ii) Intermediate or 2 year pre-university examination conducted by a recognised Board / University. iii) High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva. iv) Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of 5 subjects.

Mode of Application for BMS/BMM 2015 Candidates can apply on-line by logging on to the Homepage of St. Xavier’s College website: www.xaviers.edu.  The site has been designed in a user friendly way to help candidates apply online in a step by step fashion. The On-line application portal will be open from 8.00 hrs (IST) on 1st May 2015 to 17 hrs (IST) on 30th May, 2015. The fee for the on-line application for ST/SC candidates only are Rs. 300/- and Rs. 600/- for all other candidates.

Candidates can make payment online through Credit/Debit Cards of Nationalized or other banks as listed on the website.  Candidates can also opt to make payment by Demand Draft drawn on a Nationalized Bank in favour of ‘Principal, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai’ and forward it by Speed Post addressed to the Registrar of the College so as to reach the College before 2nd June 2015. 

A Demand Draft received after 2nd June 2015 will not be accepted and the application will not be considered. The College will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity or loss during postal transit.

The Last date for receipt of duly completed online application forms is 17.00 hrs on 30th May 2015.


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