Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Masters and Doctoral programmes ADMISSIONS 2009-2010

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)

ADMISSIONS 2009-2010

Masters and Doctoral programmes

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) have invited applications from candidates for admission to Masters and Doctoral programmes. Five IISERs have been established by the Government of India at Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

IISER is a unique initiative in science education in India where teaching and education are totally integrated with state-of-the-art research . Each IISER is an autonomous institution conducting its own Masters and Doctoral programmes. Students are encouraged to work on research projects during the vacation periods in the first four years of their Masters programme in various research institutes outside IISER.

Admission to 5-Year Integrated Masters (M.S.) Programme
Applications are invited for admission to the 5-Year Integrated Masters (M.S) Programme at IISERs for the academic session 2009-10. Applications are to be submitted online as per the instructions provided on this website. Apply Online before April 3, 2009 (for KVPY sream) or between May 30 and June 19, 2009 (for IIT JEE stream) by clicking here www.iiser-admissions.in/apply_online.php

Eligibility Criteria: Passed 10 + 2 or its equivalent examination: passed in 2008 or appearing in 2009 and have also qualified in one of the following examinations:  Kishore Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojna (KVPY) SX (2009), SA (2007) and SP streams. IIT JEE-2009 merit list or extended merit list.

Availability of Seats and Reservations:  Each IISER will be admitting about 100 candidates. The percentage of seats reserved for different categories as per the Government of India norms are: 

15% for Scheduled Class (SC) category.
7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST ) category.
Up to 27% for eligible Other Backward Classes (OBC) category (non-creamy layer)
Remaining seats are available for General category

Up to 3% for Physically Disabled (PD) candidates in all the four categories (General, OBC, SC and ST)

Counseling: Counseling for the admission will be held on May 6, 2009 for KVPY stream applicants and on July 2, 2009 for IIT JEE 2009 applicants simultaneously and concurrently at all IISERs. A non-refundable counseling fee of Rs. 1000 will be charged at the time of counseling. This amount will be adjusted against the tuition fee for selected candidates at the time of admission.

Admission:  The list of the selected candidates will be announced after counseling is completed at all IISERs. Selected candidates should deposit full admission fees within 15 days of issue of the offer letter, failing which the offer will be withdrawn.

Dates to remember:                                                                               
Last date for receiving online applications  : April 3, 2009 (KVPY) --June 19, 2009 (IIT JEE)
Counseling of applicants : May  6, 2009 (KVPY) -- July 2, 2009  (IIT JEE)
Last date for payment of fees:  June 23, 2009 (KVPY)  -- July 17, 2009  (IIT JEE)
Commencement of Academic Session  :August 1, 2009
 

Visit http://www.iiser-admissions.in/ for more details.

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