IISER Pune Integrated Ph.D. Admissions 2020

The dates of interviews for ALL the disciplines are tentative. Further information in this regard will be communicated here after May 15, 2020

1. Only online applications will be accepted. Incomplete applications will be rejected.
2. The candidates must carefully fill and submit the online application form on or before the specified date.
3. Last date of Application will be displayed here.
4. After the last date, all applications will be screened and candidates selected for interviews will be intimated by email.

Please Note:

1. All communication with candidates will be by email only, on the respective email ids given below.
2. Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
3. In case of any application related queries, please contact: doctoraloffice@iiserpune.ac.in  with your application number mentioned on the subject line.
4. Candidates who are appearing or about to appear for final examinations of the qualifying degree program are eligible to apply for Integrated PhD program. However, if selected, their admission would be conditional upon their completing the qualifying degree with the defined marks criteria, before 1st August 2020.
5. Selection will be based on interviews of the short-listed candidates.
6. Relaxation of eligibility criteria for SC/ST and PD applicants will be as per Government of India norms. Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates, if selected.
7. Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of applications received, respective departments may use additional criteria (like academic performance and/or ranking in respective national level tests like JGEEBILS / JAM / NBHM / JEST) to shortlist candidates for interviews.
8. There may be more than one round of interviews. Shortlisted candidates from round one will be called for a second round of interview. Candidates should come prepared to stay for at least two days when they come for the interview.

 

The admission process has now been initiated for the integrated PhD Programme. Click the links below to know more about the eligibility criteria and application details of respective departments:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics

Chemistry

1. Students with minimum 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage; not only in majoring subject) or CGPA 6 out of 10-point scale (55% or equivalent CGPA in aggregate for SC/ST and PD candidates) in B.Sc. (General / B.Sc. majoring in Chemistry, Physics & Biology) and qualifying additional criteria as given below can apply for Integrated Ph.D. Program in Chemistry starting August 2020.

Candidates who are in the final year of qualifying degree, who have appeared/about to appear for the final exams can also apply for integrated PhD program. If selected for admission to the program, the candidate will be given provisional admission subjected to completing the qualifying degree, as per the criteria specified above, before August 1, 2020.

2. Candidates with rank No. 800 or less in JAM (Chemistry) 2020 can apply for the Integrated PhD program in Chemistry.

Final selection to the programme will be based on performance of the shortlisted candidates in a personal interview to be held at IISER Pune in June 2020.  Based application form and the above listed criteria, applicants will be shortlisted for an interview. Candidates shortlisted for the interview will receive a separate email to appear for the interview at the IISER Pune campus. If the number of eligible applicants is more than what can be interviewed, additional cut off criteria may be used to shortlist from within the list of eligible applicants.

Applying to Integrated PhD program in Chemistry does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for the interview. The department may use additional criteria in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received (e.g., JAM ranking).

1. Opening date of online application form: March 24, 2020

2. Last date of online application form: April 23, 2020

3. Date of interviews: June 10-12, 2020 (the dates are tentative due to current situation of pandemic, and may be revised later as the situation changes)

General queries regarding admissions may be addressed to chem_iphd_selection@iiserpune.ac.in

Mathematics

Final selection to the programme will be based on performance of the shortlisted candidates in a personal interview to be held at IISER Pune tentatively in June 2020.  Based on the application form given below and the above listed criteria, applicants will be shortlisted for an interview. Candidates selected for the interview will receive a separate email to appear for the interview at the IISER Pune campus.