The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) is envisioned to be a unique institution of its kind in India. It is the first institution of its kind set up by the Department of Atomic Energy. It will strive to be recognized as a centre of excellence in science education and research in four basic sciences viz. Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. At a later stage activities will expand to include Earth and Planetary sciences, Engineering sciences and Computer science.

Admission procedure for Five Year Integrated M.Sc. programme will consist of two components:

1. Students seeking admission to NISER will first appear for a National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) to be conducted on July 29, 2007 at a number of centres in India by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai.

2. Based on the NEST score a limited number of students will be called for interview at Bhubaneswar.

Final selection for admission will be made only on the basis of performance in the interview.

Eligibility

(i) Qualification: 60% marks for general category and 55% for SC/ST category in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, from any recognized Board in India. Students who have passed the qualifying examination in 2006 or are appearing in 2007 are eligible to apply. Where only Letter grade is given by the Board, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the NISER Admission Committee will be final.

(ii) Age Limit: Candidates born on or after 01 Oct. 1982 are eligible to apply, relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

Number of Seats and Reservation.

There will be 40 seats in the first year with reservation of 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST categories. The admission will be very selective and students who are highly motivated to pursue higher education and research in science and its applications are encouraged to apply.

Obtaining Application forms for admission to NISER.

Application Form and information brochure can be downloaded from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser or here ApplForm.

See the website http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/nisernest/admisn_proc for further details.

Application Fee

Rs.500/- for General category students and Rs.250/- for SC/ST and all female candidates, in the form of Demand Draft in favour of HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION, payable at Mumbai.

NOTE:
NEST 2007 is a common screening test for NISER and UM-DAE CBS. However, the candidates applying to both the institutes will have to submit separate application forms and application fees.

You can see the further details at http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/nisernest/admisn_proc

Important Dates

Five Year Integrated M. Sc. Programme

• Last date for request for application form - May 25, 2007 extended to June 1, 2007.
• Last date for submission of application Form - June 8, 2007 extended to June 15, 2007.
• Last date of receiving admit cards for NEST - July 9, 2007.
• N E S T Examination - July 29, 2007 (1.00 to 4.00 P.M.).
• NEST 2007 results - August 15, 2007.
• Interviews of short listed students - August 27 - 31, 2007.
• Last date of confirmation of admission - September 30, 2007.