IISER Tirupati Admissions 2025 PhD January – Apply Online
IISER Tirupati, an institute of national importance under the MoE, admits students in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Earth and Climate Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and associated interdisciplinary areas of research. In addition to research, the program involves coursework and teaching assistantships. IISER Tirupati invites applications from prospective candidates for admission to the Ph.D. program in January 2025.
The department-specific eligibility criteria for January 2025 admissions are given below. Information about individual faculty profiles and areas of research can be obtained from the IISER Tirupati website.
In this round, the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Climate Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences will admit Ph.D. students.
The broad areas of research, important dates, and eligibility criteria in each department are as follows:
Biology
Computational Biology and Systems Biology, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Disease Biology, Immunology, Chemical Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology & Neurobiology, Genome Biology, Infection Biology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, Single Molecule Biology/ Nucleic Acid Biology, Microbiology.
Visit the following website for further details:
Important Dates:
- Opening date of online application: October 05, 2024
- Closing date of online application: November 03, 2024
- Announcement of candidates shortlisted for interview: November 11-15, 2024 (Tentative)
- Interview of shortlisted candidates: November 25-29, 2024 (Tentative)
- Announcement of interview results: December 09-15, 2024 (Tentative)
- Joining date for Ph.D. Program: January 2, 2025 (Tentative)
| Discipline | Minimum Eligibility Criteria | Essential Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | Students with minimum 55% marks in aggregate (overall percentage including all subjects) or CGPA 6.0 on a 10-point scale in Master’s degree in any branch of Science Physics/ Chemistry/Mathematics/Biological Sciences/ Ecological Sciences/Agricultural Sciences/ Psychology | Qualified for JGEEBILS 2023 (or) DBT-JRF-A / ICMR-JRF /DBT-BINC / UGC-CSIR JRF / DST-INSPIRE-JRF (or) For GATE -Life Sciences, GATE-Biotechnology, GATE-Computer Science and IT, GATE-Chemistry, and GATE-Ecology and Evolution up to rank 200. (or) Any other national fellowship. |
| M.Tech/ M.VSc or MBBS degree or any equivalent degree. | ||
| Candidates with BE/B.Tech degree with minimum 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage including all subjects) or CGPA 6.5 on a 10-point scale can also apply. IISER BS-MS (All IISERs) Dual degree students with CGPA >= 8.0 are eligible without the essential eligibility criteria listed on the right column. |
Application Procedure: Only online applications will be accepted. Applicants can submit their forms for the Biology discipline in the following link:
General Information to the Applicants:
- The candidate MUST have qualified at least ONE of the above-mentioned essential eligibility criteria in relevant discipline.
- The fellowships/scores/ranks must be valid at the time of joining the course.
- For candidates belonging to SC/ST, PWD and KM category, the percentage of marks may be relaxed by 5% or 0.5 in the case of CGPA.
- Candidates in the final year of their qualifying degree (as mentioned in the minimum criteria) are also eligible to apply. However, their final selection is subject to their successful completion of the qualifying degree with the above-mentioned requirements at the time of admission. A provisional degree certificate is mandatory at the time of admission.
- Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Selection Procedure:
The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview and the final selection is based on interview performance.
TA/DA will be provided to the SC/ST/PD students appearing for the interview as per institute norms.
Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for an interview.
The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests) to shortlist candidates for interviews.
Fellowship:
Upon selection and subsequently joining the PhD program, candidates who do not possess any CSIR, DBT and INSPIRE, will be eligible for institute fellowship at par with CSIR, DBT etc., but without HRA and Contingency components.
Please Note:
All communication with candidates will be by email only.
Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
In case of any application-related specific queries, please contact the respective departments with your application number mentioned in the subject at the following email addresses:
Age Relaxation:
Preferably not more than 30 years at the time of joining. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PWD/Female candidates as per GOI norms. Candidates belonging to the reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates if selected. Relaxation may also be given whenever suitable candidates are not available, in exceptional circumstances.
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