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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL

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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) is an autonomous research institute located in Bhurai, Bhopal. The institute was established in the year 2008 by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, (MHRD). IISER Bhopal was ranked 61st in the overall ranking of NIRF 2022. The Institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs in the field of science. Admission to these courses is done on the basis of the national level entrance exam namely JEE Advanced

 

IISER Bhopal Courses

Following are the courses offered by the Institute at different levels:

Course 1: BS-MS (Dual Degree)

Duration: 5-years | Full-time
Eligibility: Intermediate graduate with science stream from a recognized board
Specializations: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Physics

Course 2: BS Program

Duration: 4-years | Full-time
Eligibility: Intermediate graduate with Maths as one of the subjects
Specializations: Chemical Engineering, Data Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Humanities and Social Science. 

Course 3: Integrated Ph.D. Program

Duration: 4-years | Full-time
Eligibility: Graduate in B.Sc/ B.Tech/ B.E.
Specializations: Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics

Course 4: Ph.D. Program

Duration: 3-years | Full-time
Eligibility: Master’s degree in MS/ M.Sc/ M.Tech/ MBBS 
Specializations: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Physics

 

IISER Bhopal Admissions

The admission process of the Institute is managed by the Joint Admissions Committee (JAC). The candidates seeking admission will require to meet the basic eligibility requirements as per the Insitute.

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BS-MS (Dual Degree) Admission

Eligible candidates can take admission through any of the 3 channels: Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna (KVPY); Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Advanced); and State and Central Boards Channel (SCB). Given below are more details regarding the admission procedure: 

  • Candidates securing a rank within 10000 in the Common Rank List of JEE Advanced 2019 can apply.
  • Students applying through the SCB channel will have to appear on the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT). This test is conducted at various centres across the country. 
  • Candidates having a valid KVPY fellowship are eligible to apply for admission. They will be required to meet the cutoff criteria as per their board of examination. 

Integrated Ph.D. Admission

Selection is made on the basis of the Entrance Exam and Personal Interview conducted by the Institute.

 

Reservations

Following seats are reserved as prescribed by the Insitute:

  • 15% and 7.5% of total seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe respectively. 
  • 27% of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to Other Backward Class (OBC) 
  • 3% seats are reserved for students who are Physically Disabled category. 

IISER Bhopal Fee Structure

Tabulated below is the fee structure followed by the Institute for the academic year 2019. 

Course Name General/OBC SC/ST
BS-MS and BS INR 44,400 INR 11,000
Integrated Ph.D. INR 44,000 for the first 2 years
INR 11,000 third year onwards
INR 31,000 for the first 2 years
INR 11,000 third year onwards
Ph.D. INR 31,000 INR 11,000

IISER Bhopal Scholarships

The Institute provides a number of scholarships and fellowships to deserving and meritorious students. Given below are the details for the same:

  1. Students taking admission in the Institute will be offered a scholarship of INR 60,000 + INR 20,000 per annum. This will be sponsored by INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research).
  2. Scholarship prize of INR 1000 per month will be awarded to the best student studying in the 1st and 2nd semester of the first year.
  3. Students admitted to Ph.D. program will receive a fellowship of INR 10,000 per month.

IISER Bhopal Placements

The training and placement cell of the Institute helps the students to fulfill their aspirations. It also organizes seminars, pre-placement talks, expert talks to acquaint the student with the placement processes. To talk about recent placement statistics, 87% of students in BS-MS program are placed in reputed organizations and companies. 

 

Under the UG Domain, IISER Bhopal offers BS and BS-MS (Dual Degree) programs and under the PG domain, it offers PhD and Integrated PhD research programs. The admission process is managed by the Joint Admissions Committee (JAC), headed by a Chairman and having members from all IISERs.

Admission to BS and BS-MS (Dual Degree) programs is done on the basis of Common Rank List (CRL) of Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced), Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship or score obtained in State and Central Boards

Candidates applying through the SCB channel are required to appear in IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) followed by an interview to secure admission in BS-MS (dual degree) program.

Admission to Integrated Ph.D. is done on the basis of a valid score in JEST (for Physics) and JAM (Mathematics and Chemistry). The selection procedure for admission to the Ph.D. program will be based on the performance of the candidate in the interviews.

For admission to the Ph.D. program, National level examination like GATE/NET/UGC-JRF /CSIR-JRF/JEST/JGEEBILS /INSPIRE-PhD /NET-LS/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or any other recognized score is mandatory. Check IISER Bhopal Ph.D. Admission 2022

To apply for admission to the above-mentioned courses, the candidates must visit the official website of IISER Bhopal and fill in the online application form.

 

IISER also offers BS-MS (Dual Degree) to students who have passed class XII. The process of admissions in all IISERs is managed by the Joint Admissions Committee (JAC), headed by a Chairman and having members from all IISERs.

The specializations offered by BS-MS (Dual Degree) are Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.

Eligibility Criteria
For BS, candidates must have passed (10+2) with mathematics as one of the subjects.
For BS-MS, candidates must have passed (10+2) in science stream
Selection Criteria
The admission to IISER BS and BS-MS is done through different channels-

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY): Candidates having a valid KVPY fellowship are eligible to apply for admissions.

Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced): Candidates in the General category securing a rank within 10000 in the Common Rank List (CRL) of JEE Advanced are eligible to apply. For candidates belonging to the reserved category (OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PD), their category rank would be used. Additional cut off criteria may be applicable.

State and Central Boards: Students who have passed (10+2) level with science stream during the current or previous year with marks equal or above the cut off percentage in their respective boards are eligible to apply.

Students applying through the SCB channel will have to appear in IISER Aptitude Test which will be conducted at various centers across the country.

How to Apply to IISER BS & BS-MS programs?
Fill the online application form at the IISER’s official admission portal. Check here
Fill the personal details, Qualification details, and upload the documents required to complete the application process.
Fill the center choice for IISER Admission Test and select the IISERs in the decreasing order of your preference.
The application fee for the form is INR. 2000/- for general category students and INR. 1000/- for reserved caste candidates.

IISER Bhopal Integrated Ph.D. Admission 2022
IISER offers Integrated Ph.D. in 3 specializations in full-time mode. The Institute offers an Integrated Ph.D. program in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. Integrated Ph.D. program consists of course work followed by qualifying/comprehensive examination, research work, seminars, and a thesis.

Integrated Ph.D. students from all disciplines will have to register for a minimum of 48-course credits and a minimum of 40 research credits. In order to graduate, they should have a total minimum of 128 credits.

Duration    4 Years
Type    Full-Time
No. of Specializations    3 specializations
Basic Eligibility Criteria    B.Sc/ B.Tech or BE degree in the relevant discipline with minimum 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale
Basic Admission Criteria    JEST/JAM
Eligibility Criteria
Candidate must have completed a graduate program (B.Sc./B.Tech. /B.E.) in a discipline relevant to his/her choice of Integrated Ph.D. program
Minimum 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale, in the qualifying degree
The Department of Chemistry is not offering admissions into the Integrated Ph.D. program this semester.
Selection Criteria
For the admission, candidates are required to submit the Online Integrated Ph.D. Application in the respective departments of Mathematics (Check here) and Physics (Check here)
Candidates seeking admission in Mathematics and Chemistry should have a valid JAM score and candidates seeking admission in Physics should have a valid JEST score

IISER Bhopal Ph.D. Admission 2022
The Institute offers Ph.D. programs in several disciplines in the full-time mode with state-of-the-art research facilities matching global standards in all disciplines to facilitate quality research.

The Institute offers Ph.D. programs in the following disciplines: 

Biological Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Economic Sciences
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Duration    3 Years
Type    Full-Time
No. of Specializations    9 specializations
Basic Eligibility Criteria    Masters degree in relevant discipline
Basic Admission Criteria    GATE/UGC-JRF /CSIR-JRF /JEST /JGEEBILS /NET-LS
Ph.D. program consists of course work, qualifying/comprehensive examination, seminars, and a thesis. Ph.D. students will have to register for course work comprising a minimum of 16 to 24 credits and a minimum of 40 research credits. In order to graduate, they should have a total minimum of 96 credits (coursework and research work).

Eligibility Criteria
Candidate should have completed a postgraduate program (M.S./M.Sc./M.Tech. /MBBS) in a discipline relevant to the choice of the Ph.D. program.
Candidate should be preferably not more than 28 years. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST/PD/Female applicants.
Selection Criteria
Candidates are selected on the basis of score obtained in GATE and/or have qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET)/Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF), University Grants Commission-Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF) or other equivalent examinations.
A relaxation of 5% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD categories.
How to Apply to Integrated Ph.D. and Ph.D. Programs?
Candidates have to submit the application form on the website under the respective departments
To submit the application form. Check here
Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates.

IISER Bhopal Scholarship
KVPY candidates admitted to IISER will draw fellowship as per KVPY norms.
A limited number of INSPIRE scholarship will be available to who are admitted through JEE Advanced and SCB channel as per the norms of DST INSPIRE.
All admitted students in Integrated Ph.D. will receive a fellowship of INR 10,000 per month till the end of the third year (subject to fulfilling the minimum CPI requirements).
All the selected candidates of Ph.D. will be eligible to receive the JRF Fellowship as per the funding agency norms.

Fees and Eligibility

COURSE FEES
M.Sc + Ph.D 92300/Yearly
B.SC 92300/Yearly
Ph.D 65500/Yearly
BS + MS 92300/Yearly

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Under the UG Domain, IISER Bhopal offers BS and BS-MS (Dual Degree) programs and under the PG domain, it offers PhD and Integrated PhD research programs. The admission process is managed by the Joint Admissions Committee (JAC), headed by a Chairman and having members from all IISERs.

Admission to BS and BS-MS (Dual Degree) programs is done on the basis of Common Rank List (CRL) of Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced), Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship or score obtained in State and Central Boards

Candidates applying through the SCB channel are required to appear in IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) followed by an interview to secure admission in BS-MS (dual degree) program.

Admission to Integrated Ph.D. is done on the basis of a valid score in JEST (for Physics) and JAM (Mathematics and Chemistry). The selection procedure for admission to the Ph.D. program will be based on the performance of the candidate in the interviews.

For admission to the Ph.D. program, National level examination like GATE/NET/UGC-JRF /CSIR-JRF/JEST/JGEEBILS /INSPIRE-PhD /NET-LS/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or any other recognized score is mandatory.

Basic Criteria :Entrance Exam and Personal Interview
Entrance Exam :GATE/NET/UGC-JRF /CSIR-JRF/JEST/JGEEBILS /INSPIRE-PhD /NET-LS
Entrance Exam :Online
Application Fee :The application fee for the form is INR. 2000/- fo
Admission Process :Candidates have to submit the application form on the website under the respective departments To submit the application form.Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates.
Placements :Yes
Scholarship Schemes :KVPY candidates admitted to IISER will draw fellowship as per KVPY norms. A limited number of INSPIRE scholarship will be available to who are admitted through JEE Advanced and SCB channel as per the norms of DST INSPIRE. All admitted students in Integrat
Specializations :Engineering and Technology
Intake :GATE/NET/UGC-JRF /CSIR-JRF/JEST/JGEEBILS /INSPIRE-PhD /NET-LS
Tuition Fee :N/A

Admission CutOff Criteria

IISER Bhopal IISER Cut Off 2022

IISER Cut Off Round

2021
Round 1
Courses General OBC SC ST EWS Kashmiri Migrants PwD
BS Engineering Science
3260 6148 12183 20230 7707 12268 16546
BS + MS Earth and Environmental Engineering
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Biological Sciences
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Chemical Engineering
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Chemistry
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Mathematics
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS + MS Physics
2401 5155 11552 19909 8442 6332 19568
BS Economics
3327 6156 12329 19179 8984 12319 16935
 

IISER Bhopal JEE-Advanced Cut Off 2022

JEE-Advanced Cut Off Round

2021
Round 1
Courses General SC ST EWS OBCNCL
male male male male male
BS Engineering Science
11504 2987 - 2471 6554
BS Economics
12458 3034 - 4438 7566
BS + MS Biological Sciences
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Chemical Engineering
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Earth and Environmental Engineering
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Chemistry
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Physics
12526 3270 985 4944 8839
BS + MS Mathematics
12526 3270 985 4944 8839

Hostel

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Scholarship

IISER Bhopal Scholarships

The Institute provides a number of scholarships and fellowships to deserving and meritorious students. Given below are the details for the same:

  1. Students taking admission in the Institute will be offered a scholarship of INR 60,000 + INR 20,000 per annum. This will be sponsored by INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research).
  2. Scholarship prize of INR 1000 per month will be awarded to the best student studying in the 1st and 2nd semester of the first year.
  3. Students admitted to Ph.D. program will receive a fellowship of INR 10,000 per month.

Faculty

Professor Siva Umapathy

Designation :Director
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :Engineering
Experience :24 Years

Dr. Chandan Sahi

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :Engineering
Experience :24 Years

Dr. Himanshu Kumar

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :Science
Experience :24 Years

Dr. Aasheesh Srivastava

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :CHEMISTRY
Experience :23 Years

Dr. Abhijit Patra

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :CHEMISTRY
Experience :32 Years

Dr. Manoj Kumar Tripathi

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :CHEMISTRY
Experience :32 Years

Dr. Arundhuti Ghatak

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :CHEMISTRY
Experience :32 Years

Aditya Sankar Medury

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :CHEMISTRY
Experience :32 Years

Dr. Ajit Bhand

Designation :Assistant Professor,
Qualification :Ph.D
Department :MATHEMATICS
Experience :32 Years

Placement