IISER Kolkata invites applications from motivated students for admission to the Integrated PhD Programme for the Autumn 2025. This programme comprises two years of Masters-level coursework followed by four years of dedicated research towards PhD.

Eligibility: Students with a Bachelor degree from any recognized University/Institute/College can apply for the Integrated PhD Programme in Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Admission, however, will be subject to completion of all the formalities and requirements described below.

Minimum Qualifying marks: Candidates need to secure a minimum of 60% marks/equivalent grades in Honours/Major (if applicable), or 60% marks/equivalent grades in Aggregate (if Honours/Major is not applicable). Those who are appearing in the final examination of their degree course can also apply; for them, the eligibility marks are 60% based on the marks obtained in the undergraduate examinations held till the date of submission of the application form.

Subject combination at Undergraduate level:
Students applying for the Integrated PhD Programme are required to have the following subject(s) in the undergraduate courses:

Integrated-Ph.D Programme	Major Subjects	Supporting Subjects
Biological Sciences	Any branch of Biology, Biotechnology, Medical Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry OR Bachelor’s degree including B.Tech., B.E., B.V.Sc., B. Pharma., B. Sc (Agri).	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Statistics
Earth Sciences	Any branch of Earth Sciences or Physics	Physics/Chemistry and Mathematics
Physical Sciences	Physics	Mathematics

Minimum Qualifying marks:
Candidates need to secure a minimum of 60% marks/equivalent grades in Honours/Major (if applicable), or 60% marks/equivalent grades in Aggregate (if Honours/Major is not applicable). Those who are appearing in the final examination of their degree course can also apply; for them, the eligibility marks are 60% based on the marks obtained in the undergraduate examinations held till the date of submission of the application form. For SC/ST the minimum marks requirement is 55%.in above cases.

Reservation Policy:
Reservations for candidates will be as per Govt. of India norms.


Who can apply:
Please note that applicants who have qualified in the following nationwide aptitude tests in the year 2025 only can apply for the programme :
For Biological Sciences: JAM (Biotechnology) / JGEEBILS
For Earth Sciences: JAM (Geology) OR JAM Physics
For Physical Sciences: JAM (Physics)/JEST (Physics)
In the event of JEST (Physics) 2025 being postponed indefinitely, we would like to clarify that anyone with minimum qualifying marks as mentioned above are eligible to apply. The shortlisted candidates for the IPhD entrance test will be announced after a few days from the close of the application portal.

Important Dates :

Application portal opens	12th March 2025
Application portal closes	14th May 2025 25th May 2025 (for Physical Sciences)
Publication of Shortlisted candidates for Interview	21st May 2025  23rd May 2025 30th May 2025 (for Physical Sciences)
Selection test/Interview	DBS: June 12 & 13 2025: In-person June 16 2025: Second round, online mode DES:9-10 June 2025 DPS:18th - 22nd June 2025
Publication of interview results	DBS: 30th June 2025 DES: 30th June 2025 DPS: 03rd July 2025
Pre-registration portal opens	4th July 2025 (for DBS,DES,DPS)
IPhD Registration	28th July 2025

How to apply:
The applicants should open the link at the bottom of this page (Submit New Application) and properly fill the application form as instructed and submit. Applicants should save the properly filled application form and take a print as the hard copy of the application. In case a candidate is applying to multiple departments, separate applications need to be filled for each department.

Documents required:
Candidates selected for interview should bring a printout of application form along with the required documents listed below (and also the originals) at the time of interview. The candidates selected for admission may need to upload the soft copies of the documents (to be verified against original at the time of the first physical appearance at the IISER Kolkata; the admission remains provisional until the physical verification).

1. Self-attested copies of mark sheets and certificates of all examinations starting from secondary examination.
2. Self-attested copy of the qualifying examination certificate.
3. Candidates are supposed to provide the details of the referee in the application form. Recommendation Letters for shortlisted candidates will be required to be submitted online in the prescribed format by the teachers. The Prescribed format for the recommendation letter is available (download here) .Teachers of shortlisted candidates will be sent a link using which they will be able to submit their reference letter to the portal.
4. Proof of qualification in nationwide aptitude tests.
5. Photo identity.
6. Proof of age.
7. Statement of Purpose mentioning research interest and potential supervisors (if any).

Selection procedure:

1. Institute-level committee(s) will scrutinize all the applications, and prepare a shortlist of candidates, who will be called for an interview.
2. Email addresses of two teachers will be sought from shortlisted candidates. These must be teachers who have taught courses and would be able to evaluate the student as a potential research worker.
3. The Institute will finally declare the list of selected candidates on the Institute website.
4. For candidates whose final examination marks are not available at the time of interview, admission to the programme will be provisional. Such candidates would have to produce final marksheet to the Academic Office within 60 days of their admission and having secured a minimum of 60% of marks/equivalent grades in Honours/Major (if applicable), or 60% marks/equivalent grades in aggregate (if Honours/Major is not applicable).

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