TISS BAT 2018 for BA – Tata Institute of Social Sciences

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) conducts Bachelor’s Admission Test (BAT) to provide admission to the aspirants in different BA programs offered by it. Candidates are offered admission in three year BA Programme in Social Sciences (in all campuses), BA Hons. in Social Work with specialization in rural development (Tuljapur campus only). Interested aspirants can apply for TISS BAT 2018 by filling the application form on the official website of Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Candidates have to ensure that they fulfill the eligibility conditions before filling in details in the online application for TISS-BAT. Eligible candidates will then have to appear for the TISSBAT 2018 online exam.

It has been estimated that around 35000 candidates are likely to apply for the TISS BAT 2018. Check important details of TISS BAT 2018 including important dates, eligibility, application form, admit card, selection procedure, seat intake, syllabus, exam pattern etc in the article below.

TISS BAT 2018

The officials have announced the dates for the schedule of various events of TISSBAT 2018. The key schedule has been provided below:

Events	Dates
Last date for filling the online application	19 Mar 2018
Issue of TISS BAT 2018 Admit Card	17-18 Apr 2018 23 Apr 2018
TISS BAT 2018 exam date	05 May 2018 (2.00 pm to 4.00 pm)
Declaration of Result	25 May 2018
Selected candidates have to send scanned copies of their Paid fees challan, Acceptance letter, Scorecard. (SC/ST/OBC candidates should also send the Caste and Income certificates)	26 May to 04 Jun 2018
First Waitlist	07 Jun 2018
Selected candidates have to send scanned copies of their Paid fees challan, Acceptance letter, Scorecard. (SC/ST/OBC candidates should also send the Caste and Income certificates)	08 to 16 Jun 2018
Second Waitlist	20 Jun 2018
Verification of certificates & Payment of fees	21 to 27 Jun 2018
Commencement of classes (Hyderabad & Tuljapur Campus) Commencement of classes (Guwahati Campus)	02 Jul 2018 To be announced

BA Courses Offered in various campuses of Tata Institute of Social Sciences

The following courses are offered by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences:

Course	Campus Offering the Course
Three year BA Programme in Social Sciences	TISS Guwahati
	TISS Tuljapur
	TISS Hyderabad
BA (Hons) in Social Work with specialization in Rural Development	TISS Tuljapur

TISS BAT 2018 Eligibility Criteria

1. The candidates who have cleared Class 12th or Intermediate in any stream from a recognized board or fulfill the TISS BAT 2018 eligibility condition. Also, candidates who are awaiting their results of Class 12th exams are also eligible to apply.
2. Candidates who have studied International Baccalaureate Diploma and are expecting the declaration of their Class 12th results are eligible to apply for the exam as well.
3. If selected, candidates have to produce the final pass result at the time of joining the program.

Age Limit:

Candidate should be less than 23 years of age at the time of appearing for the Bachelors Admission Test (BAT 2018).

TISS BAT 2018 Application Form

For TISS BAT 2018 registrations, candidates need to fill as well as submit the online application form. For online registration, applicants will need to provide a valid email id and submit the details. Next, the candidate can proceed to fill the details in the online application form. The online application form for TISSBAT 2018 can be obtained from the official website of Tata Institute of Social Sciences. In the online application form, candidates need to fill in all the details including personal information, educational details, communication details etc. After filling in all the details in the TISS BAT 2018 application form, submit the online application.

Candidates will be required to pay the application fee either in online (via debit card/ credit card/ internet banking) or offline (SBI Challan) mode.

Category	TISSBAT Application Fee (Online Mode)
SC/ ST (with income less than Rs 2.5 lakhs)/ OBC (non-creamy layer candidates with income less than Rs 1 lakh)	Rs 275
Others	Rs 1,025

TISS BAT 2018 Admit Card

Candidates will be able to download their TISS BAT 2018 admit card from the official website of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. TISS BAT admit card will contain candidate details such as name and roll number as well as exam details such as date, time, name, and address of the test center. It will be mandatory for the exam takers to carry their admit card at the time of the exam. To download the admit card for TISSBAT 2018, candidates have to log in to their online application system.

TISS BAT 2018 Mock Test

TISS Bachelor’s Admission Test (TISS-BAT) is conducted by TISS for admission in BA in Social Sciences. With the help of TISS BAT Mock Test you can know where you stand and what next to do to succeed. Here, you can find mock tests on every topic. TISS Mock Test will help you to analyze your preparation level in terms of speed and accuracy.

Mock Test: Click here to give TISS BAT 2018 Mock Test for BA course.

TISS BAT 2018 Exam Centre

The TISS BAT 2018 will be held in the following below 22 cities across India.

Sr. No.	Test City	Sr. No.	Test City	Sr. No.	Test City
1	Delhi	9	Hyderabad	17	Patna
2	Dimapur	10	Lucknow	18	Nagpur
3	Guwahati	11	Visakhapatnam	19	Pune
4	Kolkota	12	Bengaluru	20	Bhubaneshwar
5	Silchar	13	Kochi	21	Solapur
6	Tiruvananthapuram	14	Bhopal	22	Vijayawada
7	Ahmedabad	15	Jaipur
8	Chennai	16	Mumbai

TISS BAT Entrance Exam Pattern

TISS BAT 2018 will be an online examination i.e. computer based. It will be divided into two parts – Part A and Part B. Part A will consist of objective type questions from subjects such as Current Affairs, Social Awareness, and Logical and Analytical Reasoning. Whereas, Part B will contain subjective questions wherein candidates need to write two short questions in a duration of 30 minutes.

The total duration of the TISS BAT online examination will be 1.5 hours. Maximum marks that the candidate can secure in the exam are 100 marks.

Part	Type of Questions	Marks	Duration
A	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)	60	60 Minutes
B	Descriptive	40	30 Minutes
Total		100	90 Minutes

TISS BAT 2018 Result

Candidates who appeared for the TISSBAT 2018 can check their result on the official website of Tata Institute of Social Sciences by entering their registration number and password. TISS BAT result shall contain the names and/ or roll numbers of candidates qualifying the entrance exam.

Candidates who will qualify the written test will have to appear for the Personal Interview (PI) round. The Interview round carries weightage of around 50 marks and will be conducted in order to test the motivation and orientation of the candidates.

Note: This Personal interview step will be valid only for those candidates who have applied for BA (Hons) in Social Work course. All other candidates will be offered admission in BA courses offered at Tata Institute of Social Sciences on the basis of their score in TISS BAT 2018 only.

Seat Intake

Course	Campus Offering the Course	Seat Intake
Three year BA Programme in Social Sciences	TISS Guwahati	60
	TISS Tuljapur	60
	TISS Hyderabad	60
BA (Hons) in Social Work with specialization in Rural Development	TISS Tuljapur	40

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Fee Structure

The fee structure provided below is as per the last year’s information. As soon as the new fee structure will be announced, the same will be updated on this page.

TISS Guwahati Fee Structure

A.	Fees		Semester
			I	II	III	IV	V	VI
	i)	Tuition Fee	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000
	ii )	Exam Fee	800	800	800	800	800	800
	iii)	Experiential Learning	0	5000	0	0	0	0
	iv)	Medical Insurance Premium	1500	0	1500	0	1500	0
	v)	Computer Charges	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
	vi)	Convocation Charges	0	0	0	0	0	2000
	vii)	Students’ Union	200	200	200	200	200	200
	viii)	ID Card	300	0	0	0	0	0
	ix)	Medical Examination fee	100
B.	Development Fund		8000	0	8000	0	8000	0
C.	Institute Caution Deposit (Refundable)		10000	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Fees for Non- Hostellers		27900	13000	17500	8000	17500	10000
D.	Hostel & Dining Hall Expenses		0	0	0	0	0	0
	i)	Hostel & Electricity Charges	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000
	ii )	Dining Hall Advance	1000	16000	16000	16000	16000	16000
	Total Fees for Hostellers		58900	44000	48500	39000	48500	41000

TISS Tuljapur Fee Structure

Particulars			Semester
A.	Fees		I	II	III	IV	V	VI
	i)	Tuition Fee	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000
	ii)	Examination Fee	800	800	800	800	800	800
	iii)	Field Work	0	5000	5000	5000	5000	5000
	iv)	Medical Insurance Premium	1500	0	1500	0	1500	0
	v)	Computer Charges	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
	vi)	Convocation Charges	0	0	0	0	0	2000
	vii)	Students’ Union	500	500	500	500	500	500
	viii)	ID Card	300	0	0	0	0	0
	ix)	Medical Examination	100	0	0	0	0	0
B.	Development Fund		8000	0	8000	0	8000	0
C.	Institute’s Caution Deposit (Refundable)		10000	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Fees for Non- Hostellers		28200	13300	22800	13300	22800	15300
D.	Hostel & Dining Hall Expenses
	i)	Hostel & Electricity Charges	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000
	ii)	Dining Hall Advance	16000	16000	16000	16000	16000	16000
	Total Fees for Hostellers		59200	44300	53800	44300	53800	46300

TISS Hyderabad Fee Structure

Particulars			Semester
A.	Fees		I	II	III	IV	V	VI
	i)	Tuition Fee	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000	6000
	ii )	Exam Fee	800	800	800	800	800	800
	iii)	Experiential Learning	0	5000	0	0	0	0
	iv)	Medical Insurance Premium	1500	0	1500	0	1500	0
	v)	Computer Charges	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
	vi)	Convocation Charges	0	0	0	0	0	2000
	vii)	Students’ Union	200	200	200	200	200	200
	viii)	ID Card	300	0	0	0	0	0
	ix)	Medical Examination fee	100
B.	Development Fund		8000	0	8000	0	8000	0
C.	Institute’s Caution Deposit (Refundable)		10000	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Fees for Non- Hostellers		27900	13000	17500	8000	17500	10000
D.	Hostel & Dining Hall Expenses		0	0	0	0	0	0
	i)	Hostel & Electricity Charges	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000	15000
	ii )	Dining Hall Advance	16000	16000	16000	16000	16000	16000
	Total Fees for Hostellers		58900	44000	48500	39000	48500	41000

TISS BAT 2018 Previous year Question Paper with Answer Key

Dear aspirants, we are uploading TISS BAT previous year entrance exam question papers with answer keys in our website for intention to helping for your preparation. Go through these stuffs to check all the questions asked in TISS BAT entrance exam. While solving the question papers helps in your preparation, to actually analyze your strengths and weaknesses, you will need the answer key as well. These are available in PDF format. You can download these question papers with answers keys for exam preparation.

• TISS BAT 2017 Question paper with keys
• TISS BAT 2016 Question paper with keys

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