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The Forest Research Institute University shall admit the students to the M.Sc. courses, through entrance examination.

System of admission

An advertisement will be made in at least three leading national news papers sometime in January / February inviting applications for admission to the programmes to be conducted by the Institute. The number of seats fixed and advertised will not be generally changed. However the Institute has the right to withdraw the programme/programmes offered by it due to operational difficulties in a particular academic Year/session.

Reservation for scheduled castes / tribes, OBC

15 percent of the total available seats shall be reserved for scheduled castes and seven and 7.5 percent for scheduled tribes candidate subject to their being otherwise suitable. These reservations shall be interchangeable i.e. if sufficient number of candidates are not available to fill up the seats reserved for scheduled tribes candidates, these can be filled up from among suitable scheduled castes candidates within the programme concerned. The quota fixed for scheduled castes tribes cannot be de-reserved even if none of the scheduled caste/ tribe candidate qualify for admission in a particular course. The reservation to OBC is being provided as per the policy of the Govt. of India.

Entrance Test through SKUAST-Jammu, Entrance Test through ICAR (For Free seats only), On the nomination of in-service candidates through state govt. (only free seats).

Three years bachelor’s degree in science with at least one of the subjects namely Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or Forestry with minimum 50% marks.

• Bachelor’s degree in B. Sc. Forestry/ B. Sc (Hons) Forestry respective/related subjects.
• 6.00/10.00 or equivalent OGPA/equivalent percentage (60%) of marks at  Bachelor’s degree for General category candidates.
• 5.50/10.00 or equivalent OGPA/equivalent percentage (55%) of marks at  Bachelor’s degree for SC/ST/PH category candidates.