Bangalore: Indian Institute of Bangalore (IISc), Bangalore, India’s top ranked research university, has announced Mid -Year Admissions 2020 for Research (PhD) Programmes and PhD – External Registration Programme (ERP).
Key Dates & Application Fees: The website opens for online submission of applications – 09 November 2020. Last date for online submission of applications (website closes – 23:59 hours of 06.12.2020)- 06 December 2020.
Date of Reporting (tentative) February 23-25, 2021
Application Fees:
General / OBC – Rs.800/-
SC / ST / PwD -Rs.400/-
ERP – Rs.2000/-
Departments / Research Areas:
PhD in Science Faculty: Biochemistry, Ecological Sciences, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology & Cell Biology, Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics, Neurosciences, Organic Chemistry, Physics, and Solid State & Structural Chemistry.
PhD in Engineering Faculty: Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Automation, Earth Sciences, Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Systems Engineering, Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Management Studies, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nano Science and Engineering, Product Design & Manufacturing, Sustainable Technologies, and Computational & Data Sciences.
PhD in Interdisciplinary areas: Biosystems Science and Engineering (offered by Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering), Energy (offered by Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research), Cyber-Physical Systems (offered by Robert Bosch Centre for Physical Systems), Climate Change (offered by Divecha Centre for Climate Change),.
Selection procedure: 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).
Candidates who had applied for August 2020 admissions and later exercised an option (on the admission portal in June 2020 ) for the deferred interview in the next admission cycle need not apply again. These candidates can access their filled application form by logging onto https://admissions.iisc.ac.in/ using existing credentials.
For more details on the eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, interested candidates should refer the PhD Admission page uploaded on the official website of IISc Bangalore.
