Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) have invited
applications from candidates for admission to Masters and Doctoral programmes. IISER
is a unique initiative in science education in India where teaching and education
are totally integrated with research. Each IISER is an autonomous institution
conducting its own Masters and Doctoral programmes. Students are encouraged to
work on research projects during the vacation periods in the first four years
of their Masters programme in various research institutes outside IISER. There
are five centres in India at
Bhopal,
Kolkata, Mohali, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

Admission to 5-Year Integrated Masters
(M.S.) Programme
Applications are to be submitted online as per the instructions provided
on the website. Apply Online before April 3, 2009 (for KVPY sream) or between
May 30 and June 19, 2009 (for IIT JEE stream) by clicking here www.iiser-admissions.in/apply_online.php

Eligibility Criteria: Passed 10 + 2 or its equivalent examination: passed
in 2008 or appearing in 2009 and have also qualified in one of the following
examinations:

Kishore Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojna (KVPY) SX (2009), SA (2007) and SP
streams. IIT JEE-2009 merit list or extended merit list.

Availability of Seats and Reservations: Each IISER will be admitting about 100 candidates.
The percentage of seats reserved for different categories as per the Government
of India norms are:

15% for Scheduled Class (SC) category. 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST )
category. Up to 27% for eligible Other Backward Classes (OBC) category
(non-creamy layer). Remaining seats are available for General category. Up to
3% for Physically Disabled (PD) candidates in all the four categories (General,
OBC, SC
and ST)

Counseling: Counseling for the admission will be held on May 6,
2009 for KVPY stream applicants and on July 2, 2009 for IIT JEE 2009 applicants
simultaneously and concurrently at all IISERs. A non-refundable counseling fee
of Rs. 1000 will be charged at the time of counseling. This amount will be
adjusted against the tuition fee for selected candidates at the time of
admission.

Admission

The list of the selected candidates will be announced after counseling is
completed at all IISERs. Selected candidates should deposit full admission fees
within 15 days of issue of the offer letter, failing which the offer will be
withdrawn.

Dates to remember

                                                      
 KVPY
                   
IIT JEE 
Last date for receiving
online applications
                    
 April 3, 2009
           June 19,
2009 

Counseling of applicants 
            
May  6,
2009           July 2,
2009 

Last date for payment of fees       June
23, 2009          July 17,
2009 
Commencement of Academic
Session                                         August
1, 2009 

Visit http://www.iiser-admissions.in/ for
more details.