JAC IISER Info-Process
JAC-IISER
The Government of India has established the IISERs at Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tirupati to integrate and promote interdisciplinary science education and research. Over the years, the IISERs have been successfully attracting talented young minds. An overarching goal of the IISERs is to enable students to shape the nation by inventing and implementing sustainable solutions for societal problems through research in science. In a short span of time, the IISERs have generated an incredible amount of intellectual property in the form of publications and patents
IISER Counselling is conducted generally in three rounds followed by one post allotment Round. The number of rounds of counselling is not predictable as the vacancy may arise where the students withdraw the allotted seat if not satisfied. First Round is for the qualified IISER Admission Test or KVPY Basic Science stream. Second round is for the JEE Advanced qualified students. The final round for SCB students and to fill any vacancies that may arise after JEE advanced. Last year the number of Rounds went up to eleven.
Admission to the Four year BS program in Engineering Sciences and Economics Sciences is offered only by IISER Bhopal and Five Year BS and BS-MS Dual degree programme at other IISERs will be coordinated through a pan-IISER Joint Admissions Committee for all IISERs across India and is coordinated centrally through a web portal www.iiseradmission.in
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| 1. | IISER Pune Location: IISER Pune, Dr. Homibabha Road, Pune-411008, Maharashtra Website: https://www.iiserpune.ac.in |
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| 2. | IISER Kolkata Location: Mohanpur, Nadia-741246, West Bengal Website: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in |
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| 3. | IISER Mohali Location: Knowledge city, Sector-81, SAS Nagar, Manuali PO-140306 Website: https://www.iisermohali.ac.in |
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| 4. | IISER Bhopal Location: Bhopal Indore byepass road,Bauri bhopal-462066, MP Website: https://www.iiserb.ac.in |
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| 5. | IISER Thiruvananthapuram Location: Maruthamala PO,Vithura, Thiruvnanthapuram-695551, kerala Website: https://www.iisertvm.ac.in |
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| 6. | IISER Tirupati Location: Srinivasapuram, Jangalapalli Village, Panguru (GP),Yerpedu Mandal, Tirupati District, Andhra pradesh-517619 Website: https://www.iisertirupati.ac.in |
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| 7. | IISER Berhampur Location: Berhampur vigyanpuri, Po-Laudigam, konisi, Police station, Golanthara district, Ganjam, Odisha-760003 Website: https://www.iiserbpr.ac.in |
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Overall Eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must be Indian nationals or PIO or OCI in order to apply through KVPY or JEE (advanced) or IAT channels. Candidates who are NOT Indian nationals or PIO or OCI can apply for admission only through the JEE (Advanced) channel.
- Candidates must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) exam with science stream in 2022 or 2023 from any board recognized by Council of Boards of School Education in India COBSE.
- Candidates must have taken at least three subjects among Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics during their Class XII (or equivalent) exam.
- Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD should have scored a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII (or equivalent) exam. Candidates belonging to other categories should have scored a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII (or equivalent) exam.
NOTE: In view of the clarification from The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) that the Class 12 Annual Regular Examination conducted by JKBOSE in December 2021 in the case of candidates of Kashmir division/Winter Zones areas of Jammu division and U.T. of Ladakh is equivalent to the Class 12 Annual Regular Examination conducted by JKBOSE in the months of March-April 2022 in the case of candidates of summer Zone areas of Jammu division, the following has been decided:
- The students of Kashmir division/Winter Zones areas of Jammu division and U.T. of Ladakh who took the class 12 Annual regular Examination conducted by JKBOSE in December 2021 are eligible to apply to the BSMS and BS courses in the 2023 admission cycle provided they satisfy all the other eligibility criteria.
- During the application process, these students need to pick 2022 as their year of passing class 12 examination.
Performance Criteria in Qualifying Examination
- Candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) exam results are not yet declared, can apply for admission to IISERs. However, their admission will be subject to fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria given above.
- For candidates who had appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) exam for the first time in 2022 and reappeared in any subject (for whatsoever reason) in 2023, the better of two performances will be considered.
- If a board gives aggregate marks considering both Class XI and Class XII, then only Class XII (or equivalent) exam marks will be considered. If a board gives aggregate marks considering the results of all three years of a 3-year diploma or courses of equivalent duration, then only the marks scored in the final year will be considered. Similarly, for boards which follow a semester system, the marks scored in the final two semesters will be considered.
- If a board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade-sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it before the deadline of the mark-sheet submission. In case such a certificate is not provided by the board, the percentage marks will be assessed as follows:
- percentage marks = (CGPA or CPI obtained × 100) / PS, where PS stands for the maximum value of the point scale used by the respective board.
OCI/PIO
Following the judgement dated 03 February 2023, of the Honourable Supreme Court in Writ Petition (civil) 891/2021, OCI/PIO card holders shall be considered as Indian Nationals. They can apply via any of the three admission channels provided they satisfy other eligibility criteria. They shall be eligible to compete for seats in the General category.
Foreign Nationals
Candidates who are not citizens of India AND do not hold OCI/PIO card shall be considered foreign nationals. They can apply only through the JEE (Advanced) channel provided they satisfy other eligibility criteria.
Mode of Admission:
There are three channels for admission. A candidate can apply through any one or two or all the three channels, provided they satisfy the overall eligibility conditions and specific eligibility conditions for those channels
- IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) Channel
- Candidates seeking admission through this channel must appear for a computer-based IISER Aptitude Test (IAT-2024).
- Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Channel
- The KVPY-SA-2021 students who have received the provisional KVPY fellowship award are eligible to apply for admissions.
- Candidates in the extended KVPY merit list are not eligible.
- Candidates seeking admission under this channel do not have to appear for IAT-2024.
- JEE Advanced Channel
- Candidates seeking admission under JEE channel should have qualified in the JEE (Advanced) in the year 2024, AND should have a rank within 15000 in the common rank list or in the respective category rank lists (GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL/SC/ST/PwD).
- Those who qualified JEE (Advanced) in any year other than 2024 are not eligible.
- Candidates with JEE (Advanced) preparatory ranks are not eligible.
- Candidates seeking admission under this channel do not have to appear for IAT-2024.
| BS-MS Program | Number of Seats |
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| IISER Berhampur | 170 |
| IISER Bhopal | 240 |
| IISER Kolkata | 250 |
| IISER Mohali | 250 |
| IISER Pune | 288 |
| IISER Tirupati | 200 |
| IISER Thiruvananthapuram | 320 |
| Total | 1718 |
| BS Program | Number of Seats |
| IISER Bhopal (Engineering Sciences) | 60 |
| IISER Bhopal (Economic Sciences) | 30 |
| Total | 90 |
Reservation policies as mandated by Govt. of India will apply.
- Scheduled Caste (SC) – 15% of seats
- Scheduled Tribe (ST) – 7.5% of seats
- Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) – 27% of seats
- Persons with Disability (PwD) with at least 40% impairment – 5% of seats (supernumerary)
- Kashmiri Migrants — 3 seats per IISER (supernumerary)
- Economically Weaker Section (EWS) — up to 10% (as per Government of India rules)
- Note that the EWS/OBC-NCL certificate should be valid for the financial year 2024-25.
Fee Structure for Admission:
Application Fee
- Rs.2000/- for candidates applying under General, EWS, and OBC-NCL categories.
- Rs.1000/- for candidates applying under persons with disabilities, persons registered as Kashmiri migrants and SC/ST category.
- Rs.8,500/- for foreign nationals.
- Application fee is not refundable
Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF)
- Seat Acceptance Fee is to be paid only after an offer of admission has been made to the candidate. The SAF will have to be paid as per the category entered by the candidate in the application
- Rs. 35,000 (Rs.25,000/- + Rs. 10,000/- (Non-refundable administrative fee)) for General/EWS/OBC-NCL categories
- Rs. 17,500/- (Rs.12,500/- + Rs. 5000/- (Non-refundable administrative fee)) for SC/ST categories.
- Failure to deposit the SAF within the stipulated time will result in the cancellation of the offer. Furthermore, you will not be considered in any subsequent rounds of seat allotment during admission
- Once you register in your allotted IISER, this amount will be adjusted against your first semester fee
