The PhD programme at IISER Pune is a blend of class room curriculum and mentoring under-graduate students along with a major research component. IISER Pune admits students to doctoral programme in Biology, Chemistry, Data Science, Earth and Climate Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Students with a Master’s degree in Science / Mathematics or a four-year Bacherlor degree with at least 60% marks (aggregate) are encouraged to apply to our PhD programme. In addition to the qualifying degree, we expect the students to have qualified a national examination such as CSIR-UGC NET/GATE/JEST/NBHM/JGEEBILS, etc. depending on their area of research interest. Students will be selected to the PhD programme based on performance in the interviews.

Please note that the precise eligibility criterion for each year may vary from department to department and will be announced at the time of intake.

General information on the IISER Pune PhD programme

Application Procedure:

1. Only online applications will be accepted.
2. The candidates must carefully fill and submit the online application form on or before the specified date.
3. After the last date, all applications will be screened and candidates selected for interviews will be intimated by email.

Please Note:

1. All communication with candidates will be by email only.
2. Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
3. In case of any application-related queries, please contact: doctoraloffice@iiserpune.ac.in  with your application number mentioned in the subject line.
4. Candidates who are appearing or are about to appear for final examinations of the qualifying degree program are eligible to apply for PhD program. However, upon selection, the admission to the Ph.D. program would be provisional until the candidate fulfills all the eligibility related criteria.
5. Selection will be based on interviews of the short-listed candidates.
6. Relaxation of eligibility criteria for SC/ST and PD applicants will be as per Government of India norms. Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates, if selected.
7. For all the national eligibility examinations which provide a common rank / score, the cut-off rank / score for shortlisting for the Interviews for the reserved categories shall be lowered to 1.25 times the General category rank / score.
8. Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests) in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received.

Admission procedure for January 2022 batch has been initiated for the following department/s. Click the links below to know more about the eligibility criteria and application details:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Data Science
• Earth & Climate Science
• Mathematics

Admission procedure for January 2022 batch has not yet started for the following department/s:

• Physics

The  following departments will not be conducting admissions for the January 2022 batch:

• Humanities & Social Sciences