Institute: Tata Institute of Scocial Sciences (TISS)

Programmes offered, no. of seats:

Eligibility:

• A Bachelor’s degree of a min. of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognised university, in any discipline.
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• Candidates who will complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor’s degree examinations by June 11, 2011, are also eligible to apply to all the programmes, except the four programmes offered by the School of Health Systems Studies; provided they have successfully completed their first and second years, if the degree course is of 3 years; and the first, second and third years, if the degree course is of 4 years. Candidates applying for the M.A. Education (Elementary) programme should complete all the requirements by May 8, 2011. In such cases, admission to any of the Master’s Degree Programmes of the Institute will be provisional. If a provisionally admitted student fails in the final year examination, the offer of provisional admission automatically stands cancelled.

• Candidates applying for the Master of Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance; and Master of Public Health in Social Epidemiology Programmes should have (i) A Master’s Degree in any discipline, or (ii) A Bachelor’s Degree in medicine/para-medical courses.
• Candidates who are in their final year Bachelor’s Degree Programme are not eligible to apply for admission to any of the Master’s Degree programmes, conducted by School of Health Systems Studies, i.e., Health Administration; Hospital Administration; Public Health in Social Epidemiology; and Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance.
• Candidates applying for the Master in Habitat Policy and Practice should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Management, Physical Sciences, Geography, Planning, Law, or Social Sciences, with some inclination towards habitat related issues/sectors.
• Medical graduates should complete their internship on or before Saturday, June 10, 2011. Otherwise, their candidature/admission stands cancelled.

Reserved seats:
15% - SC, 7.5% - ST and 27% - OBC (Non-Creamy).

Persons with disability: 3% seats as applicable will be considered in the Master’s degree programmes for PWD of which 1% each is reserved for persons with (a) Low Vision/Blindness, (b) Hearing Impairment, and (c) Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy

Selection Process: On the basis of written test, group discussion followed by an interview.

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How to apply: Click here to apply online.

Application Fee:
Candidates applying through the online mode should pay Rs. 800 (if applying for one programme), Rs. 1600 (if applying for two programmes) and Rs. 2,400 (if applying for  three programmes) by submitting a prescribed challan to any branch of the State Bank of India (Download the Challan from the website).

Note: SBI will charge Rs. 50 as their processing fee, which cannot be adjusted against the application fee. For candidates applying online, payment has to be made only through the SBI, and the payment challan has to be submitted to the Institute along with the Application Form. If payment is made via demand draft, pay order or any other mode, the application will be rejected and no communication to this effect will be sent to such candidates.

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Address:
TISS
V.N. Purav Marg,
Deonar, Mumbai-400088

Phone: (022) 25525264 / 65 / 62, 9223388898 / 9223214955

Website: www.tiss.edu