SLAT 2023: Exam Date, Application (Out Now), Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Shortlisting Process

Applications for SLAT 2023 or the Symbiosis Law Admission Test are open.

SLAT is a prestigious entrance test for admission into Symbiosis Law School, which falls under Symbiosis International University. There are a total of 4 campuses of these universities, in which admission can be taken- Pune, Hyderabad, Noida and Nagpur.

Candidates must have passed Standard XII (10+2) or equivalent examination from any recognised Board with a minimum of 45% marks or equivalent grade (40% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes).

SLAT 2023 will be conducted across two days. Test 1 will be conducted on May 06, 2023. Test 2 will be on May 16, 2023. A candidate can appear for the test on both the dates (May 06 and May 14, 2023). If a candidate appears for more than one test, the higher score will be considered for the final percentile calculation. 

Both the exams will be held between 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Applications for SLAT 2023 will close on April 12, 2023.

SLAT 2023 will be a 60 mark paper, with 60 minutes as the total amount of time provided. There will be 5 sections with 12 questions each.

The sections are:

– Arguments and conclusions
– Sets and statements
– Puzzles
– Blood relation
– Series
– Syllogism
– Strengthening-Weakening arguments,
– Finding the conclusion

– Law of Torts,
– Indian constitution
– Legal terms,
– Law of Contracts,
– Intellectual Property Rights
– Legal GK and contemporary developments

– Blood Relations,
– Coding-Decoding,
– Analogies,
– Series,
– Directions,
– Mathematical Topics like- Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Time, Distance and Work, etc.

– Synonyms
– Antonyms
– Word Meanings
– Themes and sub-themes
– Title of the passage
– Grammatical errors, Spotting Errors
– Idioms and phrases
– One-word substitution
– Sentence improvement and rearrangement

– International developments
– History
– Economics
– Geography
– Sports
– Awards and Honors, etc.

The entrance test scores will be used to shortlist candidates for the PI/WAT round. The candidates are advised to check the websites of specific institutes for more updates on PI/WAT round.

Note: It is mandatory to attend all components of PI-WAT to be eligible for admission to any UG programs. Only candidates who attend all tests of selection process (PI-WAT/ST-PI) shall be considered as eligible for generation of merit / wait / reject list. 

The entrance scores will be scaled down to 50 marks and the PI/WAT will carry 30 and 20 marks respectively.