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 details regarding admissions in all IISERs can be obtained at www.iiseradmission.in
Students are admitted to the programme exclusively through the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT)
Indian nationals and students belonging to PIO or OCI category are eligible to apply provided they satisfy the eligibility criteria described above.
A limited number of INSPIRE scholarships will be available for candidates admitted through JEE Advanced and SCB channels as per the norms prescribed by DST INSPIRE scheme.
IISERs follow Government of India rules regarding reservation for seat allocation in Central institutes of higher education.
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IISER Bhopal offers four years BS Programme for bright and motivated science students who have passed (10+2) with Mathematics as one of the subjects. The programme integrates classroom learning with research. The training during the programme enables students to pursue careers in academia, industry or government organizations.
BS Programme is offered in two broad streams
After completing a common curriculum in the first two years, students can choose from one amongst the three Major disciplines currently being offered:
The courses in the above disciplines are designed to enable students to pursue careers in the industry, academia, or government organizations.
The first year of the programme consists of core courses in basic sciences and introductory courses in Economics. The next three years are dedicated to specialization in Economic Sciences.
The students pursuing the BS Programme can also earn a ‘minor’ degree in other disciplines after fulfilling the prerequisites laid down by the respective department. After spending four years in the BS programme, students have the option to obtain BS-MS (Dual Degree) by spending an additional year devoted to courses and research thesis.
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Admission to the M.Sc. Programmes at IISER Bhopal
Candidates desiring to join for the M.Sc programmes at IISER Bhopal may apply for admission following the procedures given in the Centralized Counselling for Admissions (CCMN 2024) portal. The admission will be based on JAM score of year 2024.
Department of Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
IISER Bhopal offers Integrated PhD programme in Mathematics and Physics for bright and motivated students who have received their Bachelor’s degree. The programme is aimed to provide young motivated individuals with a rigorous training, desired level of scientific understanding, and a glimpse of global contemporary research at an early stage to enable them to pursue a career in science education and research. After successful completion of the coursework based on the advanced professional courses, students may continue with the state-of-the-art research which leads to the PhD degree. However, the students, who do not intend to carrying out their PhD degree, can exit the programme with an MS Degree after the successful completion of the course work
Admission to the Integrated PhD programme will be made once a year during May/June. Advertisement would be floated between March/April.
More information regarding these departments are available at Department of Mathematics and Physics .
1. Minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not just in the majoring subject).
2. A relaxation of 10% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will on B(1) be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD categories and 5% to OBC-NCL/EWS.
If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
Preferably not more than 28 years. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PD/Female applicants. Upper age limit shall be determined as on last date of online submission of applications. Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate/Aadhar Card only will be accepted by the IISER Bhopal for determining the age.
:- Notice for Admission to the Integrated PhD Programme.
Department of Mathematics offers research in the areas of Algebraic Coding Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic K-Theory, Commutative Algebra, Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory, Group Theory, Harmonic Analysis, Low-dimensional / Geometric Topology, Number Theory, Numerical Analysis, Operator Algebras, Partial Differential Equations, Representation Theory, Riemannian Geometry.
Minimum Qualification:
Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale, obtained not earlier than 2023. Candidates appearing in the final year examination of their Bachelor’s Degree in 2024 are also eligible to apply. Additionally, the applicants should qualify the nationwide aptitude test, Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM), and the JAM rank MUST be valid at the time of admission.
If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
Please Note :
Shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. Date of interview will be communicated to shortlisted candidates by e-mail and the same will be available on the Institute website. TA will be paid only to SC/ST/PD candidates appearing for the interview as per Govt. of India norms.
Department of Mathematics
Dr. Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Head, Department of Mathematics
Email: admission.mthphd@iiserb.ac.in
Dr. Karam Deo Shankhadhar
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Email: admission.mthphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Minimum Qualification:
Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale, obtained not earlier than 2023. Candidates appearing in the final year examination of their Bachelor's Degree in 2024 are highly encouraged to apply. Additionally, the applicants should qualify the nationwide aptitude test, Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) or Joint Admission test for Masters (JAM) in Physics.
JEST/JAM is mandatory for applying to Integrated PhD program in Physics at IISER Bhopal. To apply for the Integrated PhD program in Physics at IISER Bhopal, you are required to have qualified JEST/JAM in 2023/2024. Candidates will be shortlisted for an offline written test to be conducted by IISER Bhopal on the basis of their JEST/JAM rank. There may be an interview of the candidates who successfully clear the written test for the final selection.
If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
Please Note:
Shortlisted candidates will be called for a written/online test. Date of test will be communicated to shortlisted candidates by e-mail and the same will be available on the Institute website. There may be an online/offline interview round for final selection. TA will be paid to SC/ST/PD candidates appearing for the test as per Govt. of India norms.
Physics Office
Contact No.: +91 755 269 2582
Email: office_phy@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
All admitted students will receive a fellowship of Rs. 12,400/- per month till the end of the third year (subject to fulfilling the minimum CPI requirements). Subsequently, a revised fellowship will be provided as per Ministry of Education norms/guidelines.
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Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D. programme for the semester commencing from January 25.
Natural Sciences Stream: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physics.
Engineering Sciences Stream: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering.
Humanities and Social Sciences Stream: Economic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences (Cognitive Science, Social Work and Sociology).
Qualifying Degree:
For qualifying degree listed under (2), (3) & (4), candidates must also fulfil anyone of the following additional requirements:
In addition to general eligibility criterion, the applicants must also satisfy the eligibility criteria specified for the respective Departments.
1. Minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not just in the majoring subject)
(A relaxation of 5% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD Categories.) .
If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
Preferably not more than 28 years. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PD/Female applicants. Upper age limit shall be determined as on last date of online submission of applications. Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate/Aadhar Card only will be accepted by the IISER Bhopal for determining the age.
All selected candidates will be eligible to receive JRF fellowship as per the funding agency/Institue norms, in vogue.
After the last date, all applications will be screened and the list of candidates shortlisted for interviews will be available on our Institute’s website and shortlisted candidates will be intimated by email only.
In addition to general eligibility criterion, the applicants must also satisfy the eligibility criteria specified for the respective Departments.
Department of Biological Sciences offers research in the areas of Behavioural Ecology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics, Evolution and Molecular Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Immunology, Metagenomics, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Viral Immunology, Virology.
Minimum Qualification
Please Note:
Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Himanshu Kumar
Head, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Ram Kumar Mishra
Convener, PhD Admissions Committee Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Queries will be entertained only through email sent to admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in. Phone calls will not be entertained
Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE) offers research in the areas:
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Chemical Engineering.
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Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam
DPGC, Convener Department of Chemical Engineering
E-mail: admission.chephd@iiserb.ac.in , che_dpgc@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Chemistry offers research in the areas of:
Inorganic ChemistrySupramolecular Chemistry; Crystallography; Transition Metal Chemistry; Molecular Materials; Organometallic Chemistry; Bio-inorganic Chemistry; Quantum Material.
Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Natural Products; Organometallic Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Chemical Biology; Molecular Biology; Polymers; Biomaterials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Soft Materials.
Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Time-resolved microscopy; Semiconductor nanostructures.
Biophysical Chemistry; Chemical Biochemistry; Chemical Biology; Spectroscopy; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Lipidomics, Electrophysiology, Biomaterials.
Computational Materials Science; Computational Physical and Biophysical Chemistry; Systems Biology.
Minimum Qualification:
Students whose results for CSIR-UGC NET Fellowship or Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or INSPIRE-PhD or any other equivalent fellowship are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application. Such candidates may walk-in for the interview provided they have qualified for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Vishal Rai
Head, Department of Chemistry
Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Prof. Aasheesh Srivastava
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Data Science and Engineering (DSE) offers research in the following areas:
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Please Click here
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the faculty members with whom they wish to work.
Minimum Qualification
Merely fulfilling the eligibility criteria does not entitle a candidate to be called for the interview.
Please Note:
Shortlisted candidates will be called for an ONLINE Interview. Date of interview will be communicated to shortlisted candidates by e-mail and the same will be available on the Institute website.
Department of Data Science and Engineering
DPGC, Department of Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : dse_dpgc@iiserb.ac.in
Office, Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : office_dse@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers research in the areas of:
Atmosphere and Climate Studies
Earth Surface Processes
Solid Earth
For details, the prospective applicants are required to visit weblink: http://ees.iiserb.ac.in/research.php.
Minimum Qualification:
Students whose results for CSIR-JRF or UGC-JRF Fellowship or NET-LS or Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or INSPIRE-PhD or any other equivalent fellowship are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application. Such candidates may walk-in for the interview provided they have qualified examination for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik
Head, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Economic Sciences offers research in the areas of
Minimum Qualification:
Department of Economic Sciences
E-mail: hod_eco@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only. No phone calls will be entertained.
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science offers research in the following broad areas:
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: https://eecs.iiserb.ac.in/program.php
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the faculty members with whom they wish to work.
Minimum Qualification:
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
E-mail: admission.eecsphd@iiserb.ac.in
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Office
E-mail: office_eecs@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
For PhD admissions (2024-25-II), the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is
offering admission in-
1) Social Work and Sociology (Research areas/theme: Migration Studies, Caste Studies, Urban Studies, and Sociology of Work)
Eligibility: M.A in Social Work; M.S.W or M.A. in Sociology/other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in the majoring subject).
2) Cognitive Science (Research area: Self and Cognition, Neurological Disorders)
Eligibility: M.Sc/MTech in Cognitive Science/MA Psychology/other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in the majoring subject)..
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
E-mail: admission.hssphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only. No phone calls will be entertained.
Department of Physics offers research in the areas of:
Group A: Experiments
Group B: Hard and Soft Condensed Matter Theory
Group C: High-energy Theory and Astronomy
Minimum Qualification:
Physics Office
Contact No.: +91 755 269 2582
E-mail: admission.phyphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
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Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D. programme for the semester commencing from January 25.
Natural Sciences Stream: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physics.
Engineering Sciences Stream: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering.
Humanities and Social Sciences Stream: Economic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences (Cognitive Science, Social Work and Sociology).
:- Notice for Admission to the PhD Programme
After the last date, all applications will be screened and the list of candidates shortlisted for interviews will be available on our Institute’s website and shortlisted candidates will be intimated by email only.
Department of Biological Sciences offers research in the areas of Behavioural Ecology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics, Evolution and Molecular Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Immunology, Metagenomics, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Viral Immunology, Virology.
Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Himanshu Kumar
Head, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Ram Kumar Mishra
Convener, PhD Admissions Committee Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Queries will be entertained only through email sent to admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in Phone calls will not be entertained
Chemical Engineering : To submit the online PhD Application for Chemical Engineering, please Click here
Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE) offers research in the areas:
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam
DPGC, Convener Department of Chemical Engineering
E-mail: admission.chephd@iiserb.ac.in , che_dpgc@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Chemistry offers research in the areas of:
Inorganic ChemistrySupramolecular Chemistry; Crystallography; Transition Metal Chemistry; Molecular Materials; Organometallic Chemistry; Bio-inorganic Chemistry; Quantum Material.
Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Natural Products; Organometallic Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Chemical Biology; Molecular Biology; Polymers; Biomaterials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Soft Materials.
Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Time-resolved microscopy; Semiconductor nanostructures.
Biophysical Chemistry; Chemical Biochemistry; Chemical Biology; Spectroscopy; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Lipidomics, Electrophysiology, Biomaterials.
Computational Materials Science; Computational Physical and Biophysical Chemistry; Systems Biology.
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Vishal Rai
Head, Department of Chemistry
Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Prof. Aasheesh Srivastava
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Data Science and Engineering (DSE) offers research in the following areas:
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Please Click here
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the faculty members with whom they wish to work.
Department of Data Science and Engineering
DPGC, Department of Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : dse_dpgc@iiserb.ac.in
Office, Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : office_dse@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers research in the areas of:
Atmosphere and Climate Studies
Earth Surface Processes
Solid Earth
For details, the prospective applicants are required to visit weblink: http://ees.iiserb.ac.in/research.php.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik
Head-in-charge, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Economic Sciences offers research in the areas of
Department of Economic Sciences
E-mail: hod_eco@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only. No phone calls will be entertained.
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science offers research in the following broad areas:
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: https://eecs.iiserb.ac.in/program.php
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the faculty members with whom they wish to work.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Aditya Sankar Medury
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
E-mail: admission.eecsphd@iiserb.ac.in
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Office
E-mail: office_eecs@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
For PhD admissions (2023-24-II), the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is
offering admission only in Cognitive Science, Social Work and Sociology in the following areas:
Self-Referential Processing, Face and Emotion Perception, Neurological Disorders.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
E-mail: admission.hssphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only. No phone calls will be entertained.
Department of Physics offers research in the areas of:
Group A: Experiments
Group B: Hard and Soft Condensed Matter Theory
Group C: High-energy Theory and Astronomy
Physics Office
Contact No.: +91 755 269 2582
E-mail: admission.phyphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
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Ph.D. students at IISER Bhopal are involved in quality research that matches the global standard. The program involves rigorous course work and research works. Besides the mandatory requirements, students are encouraged to participate in several professional activities such as workshops, review meetings, and conferences. All doctoral students are also expected to participate in the undergraduate teaching programme of the Institute as a part of their training.
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Preferably not more than 28 years on the date of application (as per passport) |
Any additional criteria as per respective Departments from time to time. The criteria are subjected to revision based on Departmental guidelines :-
International Students are required to have their own health insurance for the entire period of their stay in India.
The students interested in admission may contact office_dair@iiserb.ac.in and Phone: +91 755 269 2381 for general queries on fees structure, etc.
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