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Education Announcements: Admission Notice at IISc for 2008-2009

Admission Notice at IISc for 2008-2009
- Indian Institute of Science -

ADMISSIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009

Applications are invited for admission to the following programs
(i) Research [Ph D/ M Sc (Engg)]
(ii) Course [ME/M Tech/M Des]
(iii) Integrated Ph D and
(iv) External Registration Program at the Institute.

Qualifications for eligibility, specializations, areas of research and other details are available at our website http://www.iisc.ernet.in/admissions.

Candidates who have not yet completed their qualifying examinations and expect to complete all the requirements for the degree (including all examinations, dissertation projects, viva-voce etc.) before July 31, 2008, are also eligible to apply.

( i) RESEARCH PROGRAMS [Ph D/M Sc(Engg)]

Science Faculty (Ph D): Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Ecological Sciences, High Energy Physics, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Materials Research, Mathematics, Microbiology & Cell Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Solid State & Structural Chemistry, and Management Studies.

Engineering Faculty [Ph D and M Sc (Engg)]: Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Automation, Earth Sciences (New program), Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Design & Technology, Instrumentation, Management Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Research, Product Design & Manufacturing, Sustainable Technologies and Supercomputer Education & Research.

Interdisciplinary programs (Ph D): Chemical Biology, Earth System Science, Mathematical Sciences, Nanoengineering for Integrated Systems, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

ELIGIBILITY

An applicant possessing minimum second class in the following qualifications/degrees in an appropriate area shall be eligible to apply for admission for Research program.
(a) Bachelor’s degree or Master's degree in an appropriate field of Engineering/Technology/Architecture; or Master’s degree in Science in an appropriate field/Agriculture/Biotechnology; or MBBS; or M Pharma; or M V Sc; or Master’s degree in German Language (for Ph D in German); or in Economics, Geography, Social Work, Psychology, Management, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science/ Application, Architecture as applicable to the respective departments.

(b) Master's degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate field; or MBA or equivalent degree(post BE/B Tech) as applicable to the respective departments.

Qualifying in one of the following Entrance Tests is mandatory for candidates(applying for Ph D in Science Faculty and Interdisciplinary programs) eligible under (a) and desirable for candidates eligible under (b): CSIR-UGC NET for JRF; or UGC-NET for JRF; or DBT/ICMR JRF; or GATE; or JEST; or NBHM; or IISc Entrance Test.

IISc Entrance Test is conducted in Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Ecological Sciences, Mathematics, Management Studies, Materials Science. (Note: IISc Entrance Test is not conducted in Engineering disciplines).

(ii) COURSE PROGRAMS [ME/ M Tech/M Des]

(a) ME in Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Microelectronics, Signal Processing, Systems Science & Automation, and Telecommunication Engineering.

ELIGIBILITY

Minimum second class in Bachelor's degree in appropriate field of Engineering/ Technology; or Post B Sc AMIE or equivalent degree in Engineering and valid GATE score.

Selection is based on GATE score only.

(b) M Tech in Electronics Design and Technology, Computational Science, Climate Science (New program) and Instrumentation.

ELIGIBILITY

Minimum second class in the qualifying examination:

(i)Electronics Design and Technology: Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology with Electronics as one of the subjects of study; or Post B Sc AMIE or equivalent in Engineering; or Master's degree in Physics (with Electronics as special subject) and 2 years experience in Electronics hardware.

(ii)Computational Science: Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology; or Master's degree in Science (in all cases strong mathematical and programming background is required).

(iii)Climate Science: Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology; or Master's degree in Physical Sciences. (iv) Instrumentation: Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology in Instrumentation/Instrumentation & Control Engineering/ Electronics & Instrumentation/Electronics; or Master's degree in Science with specialization in Instrumentation/Electronics.

Selection for (i), (ii) ,(iii) is based on an aptitude test and interview after short-listing based on the GATE scores and for (iv) based on GATE score only.

(c) M DES in Product Design & Engineering

ELIGIBILITY

Minimum second class in Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design / Architecture or Post B Sc AMIE or equivalent degree in Engineering including Architecture.

Selection is based on a Design Aptitude Test and interview after short-listing based on GATE / CEED scores.

(iii) INTEGRATED Ph D PROGRAMS
(i) Biological, (ii) Chemical, (iii) Physical and (iv) Mathematical Sciences

ELIGIBILITY

First-class in B Sc degree under 10+2+3 years’ system as indicated below for the various disciplines.
(i) Biological Sciences: B Sc degree in Physical, Chemical or Biological Sciences (including Pharmaceutical, Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences).
(ii) Chemical Sciences: B Sc degree with Chemistry as one of the main subjects with Mathematics at PUC (Plus 2) level.
(iii) Physical Sciences: B Sc degree with Physics as a main subject.
(iv) Mathematical Sciences: B. Math; or B. Stat; or B Sc; or BA degree with Mathematics as one of the subjects or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.

All candidates should qualify in IISc Entrance Test 2008. The short-listing of candidates for interview is based on performance in the IISc Entrance Test.

(iv) EXTERNAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM (ERP)
(Sponsored by R&D Organizations/Industries only)

Science Faculty (Ph D only): All departments in the Science Faculty except High Energy Physics.

Engineering Faculty (M Sc [Engg] & Ph D): All departments in the Engineering Faculty except Management and Sustainable Technologies.

ELIGIBILITY

Qualifications are the same as for regular candidates
Two years’ experience in the current employment
Age NOT greater than
35 years for M Sc(Engg) and 40 years for Ph D as on 01.04.2008.

Please note: Entrance Test or equivalent (like CSIR-UGC/UGC-NET for JRF/ DBT/ICMR JRF/ GATE/ NBHM) is desirable.

Selection is based on performance in interview to be conducted at the Institute.

Reservation for SC/ST/Physically-Handicapped and Kashmiri-Migrant candidates: As per Government of India regulations. (Grade/Class of qualifying examination is relaxed to a “pass class” for SC/ST candidates).

Scholarships: All regular students who join the Institute are eligible for IISc scholarship / fellowship from CSIR/ UGC/ ICMR/ MHRD/ AICTE/ NBHM/ as the case may be. Scholarships from GE / INFOSYS / IBM / HP / TATA / PHILIPS /BELL LAB are available for meritorious students.

Download the whole application and the "How to Apply form" here (PDF - 31 KB).

This admission announcement information was furnished by M Suheshkumar Singh - msuhesh(at)physics(dot)iisc(dot)ernet(dot)in . This announcement was posted on January 28th, 2008 .

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