IIST Thiruvananthapuram All Questions

Jee advanced is the only exam for getting admission into IIST.
Minimum Marks Requirement in JEE (Advanced)
General
At least 20% marks in aggregate and at least 5% in each of the three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)
2. EWS/ OBCNCL At least 18% marks in aggregate and at least 4.5% marks in each of the three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)
3. SC/ ST/ PD
At least 10% marks , in aggregate and at least 2.5% marks in each of the three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)

Hello Aaditya,
No, one cannot apply for IIST, Thiruvananthapuram on basis of merit in 10+2. The admission is based on merit in JEE advanced. A candidate must have appeared JEE main and JEE advanced.And this Institute has prescribed the cut off for admission. Only those who have secured the minimum cut off are eligible to apply and the cut off is as follows

• General category- candidate must have atleast 20% aggregate in JEE advanced and minimum 5% aggregate in each subject in JEE advanced.
• EWS/OBC-NCL- Candidate must have atleast 18% aggregate in JEE advanced and minimum of 4.5% aggregate in each subject in JEE advanced.
• SC/ST/PwD- a candidate must have atleast 10% aggregate in JEE advanced and minimum of 2.5% aggregate in each subject in JEE adadvanced.

Apart from this a candidate must have passed 10+2 with atleast 75% aggregate (candidate belonging to general category) and 65% aggregate (candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD) with Mathematics, Physics, chemistry and any language from a recognised board or university.

: You can get into IIST (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology) for their Undergraduate programmes. The admission is based on JEE Advanced scores. Which means you need to have studied Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2. You can pick any of their 4 year Bachelor programmes like B.Tech in Physical Sciences, B.Tech in Avionics and B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering, etc. Or you can also pick up their 5 year Integrated courses in Master of Science in Astronomy and AstroPhysics, Master of Technology in Earth System Science, Master of Science in Solid State Physics and Master of Science in Optical Engineering, etc.

Opportunities are amazing for academically brilliant candidates. With a CGPA of 7.5 or higher, subject to the availability of vacancies, you get placed in ISRO. Aero and Avio graduates have better prospects even outside ISRO.

After B.Tech: IIST also offers Postgraduate Programmes like:
M.Tech in Soft Computing & Machine Learning
M.Tech in RF & Microwave Engineering
M.Tech in Geo informatics
M.Tech in Optical Engineering
M.Tech in Machine Learning & Computing
M.Tech in Solid State Technology
M.Tech in VLSI & Microsystems
M.Tech in Materials Science & Technology, etc.

Opportunities depend upon ISRO Placements conducted by centralised recruitment committee

List of Qualifying Examinations: Any one of the following will be accepted as the Qualifying
Examination:
The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ State Board,
such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for the Indian School
Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc.
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/
University.
Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense
Academy.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling
with a minimum of five subjects.
Any Public School/ Board/ University examination in India or in any foreign country
recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
H.S.C. vocational examination.
General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London/ Cambridge/ Sri Lanka) at the
Advanced (A) level.
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International
Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
In case the relevant Qualifying Examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have
passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level
Hence you are eligible
Other eligibility
(i) Citizenship: Only Indian citizens are eligible to apply for admission in IIST.
(ii) Date of Birth: Candidates belonging to General, EWS and OBC-NCL categories must have been
born on or after October 1, 1994. Candidates belonging to SC/ ST and PD categories must have
born on or after October 1, 1989.
The date of birth as recorded in the certificate of high school/ first Board/ or its equivalent will
be accepted. If the certificate does not mention the date of birth, candidate must, at the time of
accepting the seat, submit an authenticated document from a competent authority indicating the
same.
(iii) Minimum Marks Requirement in Qualifying Examination: Candidates must have secured at
least 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII (or equivalent see below for list of Qualifying
Examinations) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PD candidates should be
at least 65%. The marks scored in the following five subjects will be considered for calculating
the aggregate marks:
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language
with the higher marks will be considered)
Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be
considered)
The fee structure per semester is as follows:
1. Tuition Fee 20000
2. Establishment Fee 8000
3. Student Amenities Fee 4000
4. Medical Charges 2000
5. Hostel and Dining Charges 14400
Total 48400

Hello dear aspirant,

Indian institute of space science and technology is a government aided as well as deemed University situated in Thiruvananthapuram ,Kerela.As the name suggest its basically based upon study and research in space science .Hence you can choose  courses among aeronautical engineering, engineering physics etc. Admission here are based on the rank scored in jee .mains and advanced.

Hello dear,

If you're a part of aerospace engineering and are unable to get into ISRO then there are many of other sectors that can provide job opportunities.

Candidates from IIST have a better chance at getting into ISRO while IIT students attract other sectors more comparatively.

For an aerospace engineer ; First of all you can always go into research field and do higher studies ; create job opportunities by yourself.

There are other major organizations that recruit aerospace engineers are

Government organizations like DRDO, HAL, Bharat dynamic limited and many such companies at pay scale 7-8 lacs per annum in the beginning.

In private sectors also companies like Boeing, Airbus, GM, Pratt and Whitney, rolls Royce and some automobile industries also hire candidates. Package will vary from 6-12 lakh if you're a candidate from IIT or IIST .

Hi there!
Back in 2010 IIST conduct is on exam name I
SAT but now it is IIST recruit student by JEE mains and JEE advanced exam. so study hard. Track the advance with colourful marks to get in it
Hope this will help
Good luck.

Hello.
before going to your question I am informing you that for having admission in the top IIT colleges firstly candidate must have at least 75% in his or her class 12th again for the admission you will have to secure a required rank in your JEE advanced exam so for the same I am providing you a link below where you can see previous year cutoff list for iist colleges which will give you a probable idea of having admission.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/iist-btech-admission
Best of luck.

After 12th: You can get into IIST (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology) for their Undergraduate programmes. The admission is based on JEE Advanced scores. Which means you need to have studied Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2. You can pick any of their 4 year Bachelor programmes like B.Tech in Physical Sciences, B.Tech in Avionics and B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering, etc. Or you can also pick up their 5 year Integrated courses in Master of Science in Astronomy and AstroPhysics, Master of Technology in Earth System Science, Master of Science in Solid State Physics and Master of Science in Optical Engineering, etc.

Opportunities are amazing for academically brilliant candidates. With a CGPA of 7.5 or higher, subject to the availability of vacancies, you get placed in ISRO. Aero and Avio graduates have better prospects even outside ISRO.

After B.Tech: IIST also offers Postgraduate Programmes like:
M.Tech in Soft Computing & Machine Learning
M.Tech in RF & Microwave Engineering
M.Tech in Geo informatics
M.Tech in Optical Engineering
M.Tech in Machine Learning & Computing
M.Tech in Solid State Technology
M.Tech in VLSI & Microsystems
M.Tech in Materials Science & Technology, etc.

Opportunities depend upon ISRO Placements conducted by centralised recruitment committee.

Hello,
Actually your rank and marks are not sufficient enough to get seat in that college. There is no IIT in tiruvananthapuram. May be you got confused with IIITM-kerala. If you are local student then there is a chance that in the whole phase of counselling you may get alloted a seat.
Thank you.