IISC Mid-Year PhD Fellowship Admission 2022 Open; Apply Till October 31

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Social Sciences is inviting applications for Mid-Year admission to PhD Programs with fellowship for the academic year 2022-23. The institute will open the admission portal from October 31.

IISC offers PhD Admissions in various streams like:

Ph D in Science Faculty: Ecological Sciences, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Mathematics, Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics, Organic Chemistry, Physics, and Solid State & Structural Chemistry.

Ph D in Engineering Faculty: Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Automation, Computational and Data Sciences, Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Systems Engineering, Instrumentation & Applied Physics, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nano Science & Engineering, Product Design and Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies.

Ph D in Interdisciplinary areas: Biosystems Science and Engineering (offered by Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering), Brain and Artificial Intelligence (offered by Brain, Computation, and Data Science group), Energy-[Ph D- ERP only] (offered by Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research), Cyber Physical Systems (offered by Robert Bosch Centre for Physical Systems).

IISC Mid-Year PhD Fellowship Admission 2022: Dates

Event	Dates
Starting of online application	October 1, 2022
Closing of online application	October 31, 2022
Date of Interview	November 21-25, 2022
Commencement of Session	January 2, 2022

IISC Mid-Year PhD Fellowship Admission 2022: Eligibility

Applicants having a minimum of 2nd class or equivalent in the following degrees as applicable to the individual departments / areas are eligible for applying.

Qualifying degree	Qualifying in national entrance tests
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ 4-year Bachelor of Science	Mandatory to have Valid GATE score / NET JRF
Master’s degree in Science / Master’s degree in Economics, Geography, Psychology, Management, Commerce, Operations Research, Computer Science/ Application	Mandatory to have Valid GATE score / NET JRF mandatory
Master’s degree in Engineering / Technology /Architecture/ Agriculture / Pharmacy / Veterinary Sciences	Valid GATE score / NET JRF/GPAT is Desirable
MS/MBA (post BE/B Tech/M Sc) – (applicable for the department of Management Studies/Ecological Sciences)	Desirable to have valid GATE score / NET JRF
Graduates of any course with a minimum duration of FOUR years, from any Centrally Funded Technical Institution (including IIITs in PPP mode) with a minimum CGPA of 8 out of 10 or its equivalent (for Ph D only)	Valid GATE score / NET JRF is Desirable
MBBS/MD	Valid GATE score / NET JRF is Desirable
B Pharma	Valid GPAT score / JRF
B.E./B.Tech. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MoE/UPSC/AICTE Note: Candidates enrolled upto 31.05.2013 with professional societies(e.g AMIE) recognized by MoE are only eligible to apply.	Valid GATE score / NET JRF is mandatory

Note –

The GATE/GPAT/NET JRF/other National entrance exams should be valid on 02 January 2023.
NET JRF includes – Joint CSIR-UGC NET for JRF; UGC-NET for JRF; DBT JRF; ICMR JRF; JEST; NBHM Research Award, and INSPIRE. Applicants must be qualified for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) to apply through NET JRF mode.
Applicants applying through INSPIRE mode must have a valid provisional INSPIRE offer to consider their application at level II of the selection, issued by DST at the time of interview.

IISC Mid-Year PhD Fellowship Admission 2022: Selection Criteria

Candidates are shortlisted for an interview based on their performance in the National Entrance Test and/or academic performance. The selection is based on the performance in the interview (in some of the departments, an aptitude test/preliminary interview will precede the interview/final interview).

Note: Candidates who were called for the interview held in June 2022 in any one of the above mentioned departments are also eligible to apply again.

IISC Mid-Year PhD Fellowship Admission 2022: How to Apply?

Applications for IISc Bangalore PhD Admission are available online. Visit website www.iisc.ac.in then go to the Admissions and register online and fill the application.