IISER Pune Ph.D. Admissions 2020

About the IISER Pune

The PhD programme at IISER Pune is a blend of class room curriculum and mentoring under-graduate students along with a major research component. IISER Pune admits students to doctoral programme in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities & Social Sciences and inter-disciplinary areas of research.

Students with a Master’s degree in Science / Mathematics or a four-year Bacherlor degree with at least 60% marks (aggregate) are encouraged to apply to our PhD programme. In addition to the qualifying degree, we expect the students to have qualified a national examination such as CSIR-UGC NET/GATE/JEST/NBHM/JGEEBILS, etc. depending on their area of research interest. Students will be selected to the PhD programme based on performance in the interviews.

Please note that the precise eligibility criterion for each year may vary from department to department and will be announced at the time of intake.

General information on the IISER Pune PhD programme

Information regarding ongoing research in various departments at IISER Pune

Admissions to the PhD Programme (Batch starting in August 2020)

NOTE:

In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the last date of submission of online application forms has been extended to May 15, 2020 for ALL disciplines

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

Application Procedure:

Only online applications will be accepted.
The candidates must carefully fill and submit the online application form on or before the specified date.
After the last date, all applications will be screened and candidates selected for interviews will be intimated by email.

Please Note:

All communication with candidates will be by email only.
Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
In case of any application-related queries, please contact: doctoraloffice@iiserpune.ac.in with your application number mentioned in the subject line.
Candidates who are appearing or are about to appear for final examinations of the qualifying degree program are eligible to apply for PhD program. However, if selected, admission to the PhD program would be conditional upon their completing the qualifying degree with the defined marks criteria, before 1st January 2020
Selection will be based on interviews of the short-listed candidates.
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.
Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests) in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received.

Click the link below to know more about the eligibility criteria and application details:

For more details refer the Official Website : https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/

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