Ph D Program

Department selects 10-15 students every year for Ph.D program.

For admission to Ph D degree programmes

Basic qualification for eligibility:Master´s or equivalent degree in any branch of Science or Bachelor’s degree in any branch of Medicine/ Engineering/ Technology/ Agriculture/ Veterinary Science/Pharmacy.

All the applicants should qualify in any one of the following appropriate entrance tests. They will be shortlisted for interview based on the performance in the qualifying test.

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE)
• Joint CSIR-UGC NET for JRF
• UGC NET for JRF
• ICMR JRF
• DBT JRF - candidates who have qualified in Grade A are eligible
• INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP

Candidates shortlisted for interview will be called on specific date for the interviews. Brief guidelines of interview sessions is as follows.

• First round of interview: There will be 4 committees to select students and the top 2 students can be selected for the second interview per session (~ 48 students in the second round). The list of selected students will be put out at the end of each session.
• Test on basics in three areas, approximately 15 min/student. (can go slightly longer for promising students).
• Second round of interview: Tests basics and slightly higher level & problem solving questions in three areas, 20 min/student (can go slightly longer for promising students).
• Candidates may meet with faculty members, when they are available to discuss potential projects.
• Merit list is put up by the end of interviews
• After the merit list is prepared, the faculty preferences will be made known to the faculty
• Faculty allocation will be done only after the Dean´s list of students admitted to the Department are made. Allocations will be based on the student´s performance (merit list) and the student´s order of faculty preference. After the list has run, some mutual adjustments between faculty will be permitted.

Eligibility criteria, specialization, areas of research and other details are available at http://www.iisc.ernet.in/admissions.

Integrated Ph D Program

Biological Sciences

Eligibility:

Candidates possessing a minimum of first class in B Sc or equivalent degree in Biological Sciences (including Bachelor´s degree in Pharmacy, Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences) are eligible to apply.

The short-listing of candidates for interview is based on the performance in JAM.

Those candidates who qualify in JAM and interested to apply for the Ph D (Integrated) programme at the Institute must give IISc as one of the preference while applying online through JAM portal after the JAM results.