Ph.D Biological Sciences at IISER Kolkata Offline Course

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme in Biological Sciences at IISER Kolkata is an introduction to cutting-edge research. In both theoretical as well as experimental subjects IISER Kolkata strives to provide world-class training.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme at IISER Kolkata is an introduction to cutting-edge research. In both theoretical as well as experimental subjects IISER Kolkata strives to provide world-class training. The Institute offers Doctorate degree in the fields of Biological Sciences. Individual Department selects deserving candidates from the pool of applicants based on their academic backgrounds, research interests and their performance in the selection test (often an interview). The selection is conducted twice a year (advertisement goes public tentatively in the months of March and September). The applicants who have their own fellowships (such as, UGC/CSIR-NET, INSPIRE, etc) may apply at any time of the year. The Institute reserves the provision of offering rolling admission to these candidates. The candidates who do not have their own fellowship must apply through the bi-annual selection process.

This course duration varies from 3 to 6 years, the student has to finish between this timeline to obtain the Ph. D degree.