Notice for Admission to PhD programme (Dec. 2011)

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for admission into PhD programme of IISER Bhopal in the following areas for the session commencing from Dec. 31, 2011:

• Biological Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Mathematical Sciences
• Physical Sciences

Please see detailed guidelines and other relevant information in the links given below. Queries may be sent to coaa@iiserbhopal.ac.in

Students with MTech, ME, MPharm or other professional degrees who got admission in these programs through GATE are directly eligible for PhD without valid GATE score.

Notice for Ph.D. Admission 2011-12, December Semester- Click here
Download Application form for Ph.D. Admission - Click here
Admission to Programme in Department of Physics - Click here
Admission to Programme in Department of Biology - Click here
Admission to Programme in Department of EES - Click here
Admission to Programme in Department of Chemistry - Click here

Admission to BS-MS Dual Degree Program

The process of admissions in all IISERs is managed by the Joint Admissions Committee (JAC), headed by a Chairman and having members from all the five IISERs.  The details regarding admissions in all IISERs can be obtained by clicking at www.iiser-admissions.in

The first batch of students of IISER Bhopal was admitted in June 2008. From 2010, another channel of admissions was introduced, namely the Direct Channel. The eligibility criteria for admissions from 2010 onwards can be summarized as follows:
Eligibility: Currently, candidates are admitted after 10+2, having qualified any one of the following criteria:

  • IIT-JEE Main Merit list
  • KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana): Students qualified in SA / SX / SB /SP stream (http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy).
  • Direct admission: The State/Central Boards must be recognized by the MHRD. The cut-off percentage to be used for the boards for Class X and Class XII are given in http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/Inspire-Advertisement.pdf. For OBC (non-creamy) a 5% relaxation of the DST cut-off is tenable. The cut-off for SC/ST is 60% in Class X and Class XII for all boards. All state/central board students must also qualify in the IISER Science Aptitude Test (ISAT). For details, please visit: www.iiser-admissions.in.

Reservation: While allotting seats at various IISERs, reservation rules regarding General, OBC, SC, ST and PD candidates are strictly followed as laid down by the Government of India. (http://www.education.nic.in/scholarship/guidelines-collegestdnts.pdf )


Scholarship: All the students taking admission in IISER Bhopal are offered a scholarship of Rs. 60,000 + Rs. 20,000/- as contingency grant per annum through the INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) fellowship, Govt. of India.  Advertisements on a regular basis in newspapers of national repute keeping in mind a regional reach are made in order to attract the young, inquisitive and science-driven minds.  

"Innovation of Science Pursuit for Inspire Research (INSPIRE)" is one such innovative program proposed by the Department of Science & Technology for attracting talent to science. The basic objective of INSPIRE is to communicate the excitements of creative pursuit of science to the youth population of the country. It is an endeavour to attract young talent to study science, and build the skilled human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base.  Students admitted to 5 Years' Integrated M.S. Programme will receive a monthly fellowship of Rs 5000/- called "INSPIRE fellowship" from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India.