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Total Fees

4.06 L

Fees Details

General

₹ 4.06 L

Disclaimer: Data for total fees has been calculated based on all years/semesters as provided by the college. The actual fees may vary.

Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

72 Months

The PhD programme in Biology at IISER Pune is a blend of classroom curriculum, mentoring under-graduate students along with a major research component. IISER Pune hosts a diverse group of researchers working in various areas such as-

Biomolecular Structure, Function and Organization
Cell, Organismal and Developmental Biology
Chromosome Biology and Epigenetic Regulation
Ecology and Evolution
Neurobiology and Behavior
Computational Biology

In the first two years, the student will receive a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Upon the successful completion of the comprehensive examination and two years of JRF, the student will be eligible to receive a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for a maximum of another three years. The research progress of the student will be monitored on a yearly basis by a Research Advisory Committee (RAC) involving the thesis supervisor (Convener) and two other faculty members. Upon completion of satisfactory research work (as construed by the RAC), the research scholar will deliver a research seminar regarding their work before the submission of thesis. The submitted thesis will be evaluated by external examiners before the conduct of viva-voce. Successful open defense of the thesis will lead to award of PhD degree during the annual convocation.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Masters' (or B.E., B.Tech., M.Tech., MBBS) degree holders in any branch of science including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biological sciences, ecology and environmental sciences, biodiversity, psychology or equivalent. Students who have completed the 4-year BS degree can also apply.

Applicants must have a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or an equivalent CGPA in the General /OBC/EWS category or minimum 55% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or an equivalent CGPA in the SC,ST or PwD category.

Students whose final results in Masters or equivalent are yet to be declared can also apply. However, if selected, the offer for these students will be provisional, subject to their fulfilling the above criteria.

2. Applicants must have any one of the following qualifications.

Qualified a National Eligibility exam that provides a 5-year Ph.D. fellowship such as CSIR–JRF/ UGC–JRF/ DBT–JRF–A / ICMR–JRF / DBT–BINC–JRF/ Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship / Maulana Azad National Fellowship / National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students by CSIR-UGC / National Fellowship for Higher Education of ST Students / National Fellowship for OBC Candidates / National Fellowship for persons with disabilities (NFPWD).
Qualified JEST* or GPAT or NBHM in the last two years.
INSPIRE-PhD fellowship (should be in possession of provisional selection letter at the time of Interview).
BS-MS/Masters students from any of the Institutes of National Importance with a CGPA 8 or above on a10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility criteria.
Qualified GATE exams (GATE Life Sciences, GATE Chemistry, GATE Eco-Evo, GATE Biotechnology, GATE Mathematics) in.
Qualified JGEBILS (IISER Pune will shortlist based on the ranks of the students).
For all the national eligibility examinations which provide a common rank / score, the cut-off rank / score for shortlisting for the Interviews for the reserved categories shall be lowered to 1.25 times the General category rank / score.

Note: All candidates who fulfil criteria A1 AND any one of the criteria mentioned in A2 are eligible to apply.

Admission Details

Meeting the above-mentioned criteria merely makes the candidate eligible for application. IISER Pune reserves the right to use other / more stringent criteria for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Specifically, the scores obtained in the “Research Question” and “Design a study” can be used for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed.