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What is JEST exam. Can I get into iist by writing this exam


Alfiya 4th Feb, 2020
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sushmitha M 15th Mar, 2020

Hi,

JEST (Joint Entrance Screening Test) is an exam to get admission in Ph.D/Integrated Ph.D courses in the firld of Physics,Theoretical Computer Science, NeuroScoence, Computational Biology. IIST does not have a seperate entrance test, it accepts JEE Advanced, GATE, JEST and UGC NET as an entrance .

For more details about IIST and its admission procedures please visit:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/iist-btech-admission

Hope you find this helpful!


Awanya Dabas 15th Mar, 2020

Hey!

JEST exam is conducted to shortlist aspirants for admission in PhD or Integrated PhD programmes in subjects like Physics, Theoretical Computer Science, Neuroscience or Computational Biology.

In IIST admission is provided on the basis of scores of national level exams – JEE Main, JEE Advance, GATE, JEST, UGC NET etc.

Hope this answer helps!

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