Postgraduate

First year admissions for the academic year 2022-23

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We are delighted that you are considering a postgraduate programme at the Centre for International Studies. Please read all instructions and requirements carefully to ensure a complete and correct application.

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  • NRI: Non Resident Indian as per the definition given in the section 6 of the Income Tax Act 1961. ‘NRI Candidate’ means a candidate who is a child/ward of the person who has the ‘NRI status’ as defined under section 6 of the Income Tax Act.
  • PIO: Person of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) means a citizen of any country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan who had (a) at any time held Indian passport or (b) he or either of his parents or any of his grandparents was a citizen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955 or (c) the person is a spouse of an Indian citizen or a person referred to in (a) or (b)
  • CIWGC: Children of Indian Persons Working In Gulf Countries
  • FN: Foreign Nationals, foreign passport holder

Faculty Programmes First Year Fees Second Year
Fees		 Total Fees
Humanities and Social Sciences
Masters of Arts in International Studies 1,00,000 1,00,000 2,00,000

  • Parents, grandparents, parents’ real brothers/sisters or candidate’s real brothers/sisters holding NRI status can sponsor.
  • The sponsor must be able to produce an NRI certificate from the Indian Embassy indicating NRI status and should be holding an NRE/ NRO account in Indian bank or an account in foreign bank
  • A candidate eligible for admission to M.A in International Studies must have B.A/B.Com/ B.Sc. or any other 3 or 4 year undergraduate degree recognised by the UGC.
  • Students who passed B.A/BSc (Arts/Commerce/Science) with 50 percentage marks from any recognized University shall be eligible to apply for admission.
  • Students passing B.Com/B.Pharma/BE/B.Tech from present or any other University have to go under remedial international studies course after his /her admission.
  • Remedial Economics course will be conducted at the start of academic year and it will be compulsory for other stream students.
  • Students should get 50 percent marks in the examination conducted after the remedial course.

Interim Admission (Phase 1)

Interim Admission i.e. Phase 1 of the admission process is the phase before the declaration of result of Semester VI or equivalent exam of Bachelor degree.

Interim Admission means a provision to secure the seat on the basis of Semester V final examination results if the applicant is selected as per the admission merit process and completes the required payment of fees. Applicants will be considered eligible for Interim Admission if they have successfully completed their Semester V final examination with no pending KTs. The selection criteria will be based on the merit of Semester V final result score.

However, Applicants who are selected for interim admission will be eligible to confirm his/her interim admission only if he/she passes Third year - Final exam of Bachelor degree (or equivalent) examination and qualifies as per the conditions laid under eligibility criteria and competes the balance fee payment of the concerned programme. Note: A student can pursue only one full time postgraduate programme of the college.

Provisional Admission (Phase 2)

Provisional Admission i.e. Phase 2 of the admission process is the phase after the declaration of result of Semester VI or equivalent exam of Bachelor degree.

Provisional admission indicates that admission is offered to the applicant on the basis of merit of Semester VI or equivalent examination of Bachelor Degree and is provisional in nature until the payment of required fees is made as per the schedule in order to confirm the admission for the concerned programme.

Applicants will be considered eligible for Provisional Admission if they have successfully completed their Semester VI or equivalent examination of Bachelor degree with no pending KTs. The selection criteria will be based on the merit of Semester VI final result score.

However, Applicants who are selected for provisional admission will be eligible to confirm his/her provisional admission only if he/she qualifies as per the conditions laid under the eligibility criteria and completes the payment of required fees as per the schedule for the concerned programme.

Note: A student can pursue only one full time postgraduate programme of the centre.

Interim Admission (Phase 1) Process

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Step 1

The students should fill the pre-admission form which is available on the college admissions portal   https://admissions.somaiya.edu/en

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Step 2

Submission of 1000 towards registration of postgraduate programme pre-admission form through the online payment gateway.

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Step 3

A student should apply separately for each programme if desiring to fill the form for multiple programmes.

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Step 4

An interim admission will be offered based on the merit and availability of seats taken together. The candidate will be communicated via email about his/her admission status.

Step5

Step 5

A candidate who is offered an interim admission needs to pay 50000 as per stipulated admission schedule to secure the same.

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Step 6

Payment of the balance fees as per the schedule displayed in myaccount portal.

Note : Applications are now OPEN for First year of Postgraduate programmes.

 

PHASE 1 Interim Admissions
Online Pre-admission Form acceptance : (For PHASE 1 Interim Admissions )

Till the declaration of Semester VI results
     
PHASE 1 Interim Admissions Release of List date First Instalment Payment Due date
     

FIRST LIST

(For those applicants who have applied during the period from 19/07/2022 to 31/07/2022)

2nd August 2022

Email will be sent to all applicants on 2nd August 2022 (evening) mentioning their admission status and further process.

6th August 2022

Balance Fees Payment while confirming the admission will be Post Semester VI Result declaration as per dates set in student myaccount portal

SECOND LIST

(For those applicants who have applied during the period on or before 20/07/2022 )

24nd July 2022

Email will be sent to all applicants on 24th July 2022 (evening) mentioning their admission status and further process.

29th July 2022

Balance Fees Payment while confirming the admission will be Post Semester VI Result declaration as per dates set in student myaccount portal

 

Note:

  • In case of vacancy, if any, further phases of admissions may be conducted. Details regarding the same will be notified on the website.
  • The above schedule may change under unavoidable circumstances or as per directive or instructions from admitting authorities of Somaiya Vidyavihar University. The revised schedule, if any, will be notified on the website.
  • The College or the Management does not accept any donation or capitation fees for any admission. The admission to students is given as per the standard and transparent procedures. Any person approaching the students or parents for donation/capitation fees should be reported to the Head of Institution immediately.
  • The Head of Institution reserves the right to amend or modify the rules regarding admission, as and when such amendments and guidelines are received from the UGC, the Government or the Management. The Head of Institution also reserves the right to refuse admission, if in his/her opinion; such an admission is likely to adversely affect the overall discipline of the college.
  • Admission preference will be given to students who have passed the eligibility qualification in the preceding academic year.
  • The final admissions will be based on the fulfilment of eligibility criteria and the merit in the qualifying examination as per the eligibility criteria.
  • All admissions are on first come first serve basis.
  • All the admissions are online.
  • Candidate who does not pay the requisite amount as per the deadline will lose his/her claim on the offered seat during that phase.
  • A candidate who has been allotted a provisional/ confirmed seat and fails to secure the same within the deadline, his/her candidature will not be considered in further rounds of that phase.
  • At any point of time, candidates will not be permitted to hold two seats in college.
  • A student has to submit all the relevant documents / certificates / marksheets as per the list displayed on web site.
  • Non-submission of such mandatory documents after the stipulated time declared by admission department will lead to cancellation of admission of concerned student and the admission fees will NOT be refunded. If the student has submitted documents and found discrepancy during verification, the admission would be cancelled and fees will be forfeited.
  • Cancellation rules are available on the website for reference.
  • The admission schedule may change under unavoidable circumstances or as per directive /instructions from admitting authorities of Somaiya Vidyavihar University. The revised schedule, if any, will be notified on the website.
  • Accommodation is available and will be charged separately as per the Somaiya Vidyavihar University norms.
  • Provisional admission acknowledgement
  • S.S.C. or Equivalent Mark-sheet
  • Maharashtra State Domicile Certificate (if applicable)
  • Aadhar Card, Two passport size Photographs of the candidate
  • Bachelor Degree final semester Marksheet
  • H.S.C / Final year diploma / Equivalent Marksheet
  • Gap Certificate/ Affidavit (if Bachelor degree passed before 2022)
  • Indian Nationality Certificate (If not mentioned of LC)
  • Transfer Certificate
  • Note : Applicable for only Gujarati Linguistic Minority Candidate
    • Self declaration of the candidate in specified format (​“Gujarati Linguistic Minority Community Students Self Declaration” proforma) Download Form And
    • Certificate from respective community/ samaj stating that they belong to the Gujarati Speaking Community.
    • Affidavit Annexure 1 -Candidate who has completed 18 years of age while making the Affidavit Download Form
    • Annexure 2-Candidate who has not completed 18 years of age while making the Affidavit Download Form

Fees for students enrolled for First year in academic year 2022-23

Faculty Programmes First Year Fees Second Year
Fees		 Total Fees
Commerce & Business Studies Masters of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) 1,00,000 1,00,200 2,00,000

Note:

  • In case of vacancy, if any, further phases of admissions may be conducted. Details regarding the same will be notified on the website.
  • The schedule may change under unavoidable circumstances or as per directive or instructions from admitting authorities of Somaiya Vidyavihar University. The revised schedule, if any, will be notified on the website.

for Interim Admission (Phase 1 admitted students) This cancellation policy is applicable from the date of Interim Admission till 7 days after declaration of result of Semester VI examination but before the confirmation of admission.

An interim admission seat in Phase 1 will be offered based on the merit and availability of seats taken together. A candidate who is offered an interim admission seat needs to pay 50000 in case of Postgraduate programme as per stipulated admission schedule to secure an interim admission.

If candidate chooses to withdraw from the programme of study and application for cancellation of an interim admission is received before the confirmation of admission, then the following cancellation charges will be applicable:

Point of time when application for admission cancellation is received by college Cancellation Charges Applicable
From the date of interim admission till date of confirmation of admission i.e. within 7 days after declaration of Semester VI results as applicable. 6000
After the date of confirmation of admission Deductions will be as per rules for Regular Admission i.e. Confirmed Admission
Interim admitted students fail to fulfill eligibility criteria as prescribed and have not applied to cancel admission within the stipulated period mentioned in Point 1 of this table. No refund of fees

After commencement of any programme, if a student wants to take a break for certain valid reason, then he/she can do so as per the following norms :

The academic break can be granted to any student by HOI and the maximum period for an academic break is one year only. This will be based on HOI getting convinced of the reason for academic break.

  • Serious personal medical reasons involving hospitalization, if required and supported by documents.
  • Serious ‘family’ related issues.
  • Financial constraints.

The HOI will approve the academic break and forward the application of the student to admission department for necessary process.

The academic break can be granted to any student at best twice during the programme as long as the total period of academic break is not exceeding one year and not exceeding the validity period of that programme.

  • Payment of Fees for the academic break: If the student has informed the HOI regarding academic break before the commencement of the relevant year and not paid the total fee for that year, then if his academic break is granted, he can pay the total fee (100%) prevalent at that time when he seeks re-admission.
  • If a student wants to take academic break after the commencement of the academic year, but he has not attended the classes and if the fee is not paid, then while seeking re-admission he has to pay the total fee (100%) plus 25% of the total fee as re-admission fee to continue his studentship.
  • If the student has paid the total fee for the entire year and then sought the academic break after commencement of that academic year in the middle of semester again, then he has to pay 25% of the total fee prevalent at that time, towards re-admission in subsequent year.
Academic break Fees to be paid at the time of admission after aca
Informed before the commencement of the year. 100% total fee preva
Informed after commencement, not attended classes and fees not paid. Deductions will be as per rules for Regular Admission i.e. Confirmed Admission
Informed during the semester / trimester fees not paid for current year. No refund of fees
Informed during the academic year and fees paid for that year. No refund of fees