IISER Kolkata Admission 2024 : Dates, Fees, Admission Process, Eligibility and Selection Criteria

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) will be conducting IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) 2024 for selecting candidates for admission to various programmes at all the IISERs. This year, IISER Bhopal is conducting the IAT 2024. The aptitude test is scheduled on June 9, 2024. 

The registration window for IAT 2024 has been closed. The exam conducting authority will release the hall ticket for the test on June 1, 2024. Applicants can check the official website for more information.

Candidates must keep in mind that different IISER offer different programs. IISER Kolkata offers a 5 Year BS-MS Dual Degree Programme, Master of Science Programme, MS in Space Physics, Integrated PhD Programme, Doctor of Philosophy Programme and Post Doctoral Research Programme.

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Important Dates

The registration process for the IISER Aptitude Test ended on May 13, 2024. Candidates who have applied for the exam can check the important dates from the table below.

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be Indian nationals 
• Candidates must have passed the Class XII (or equivalent) examination with science stream in 2022, 2023 or 2024 from any board recognized 
• Candidates must have taken at least three subjects among Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics during their Class XII (or equivalent) examination.  
• Candidates must have minimum 60% marks in their Class XII board. Reserved candidates shall have 5% relaxation.

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Admission Process

The counselling process will be conducted online. 

1. Admission offer will only be provided at the Candidate’s application portal
2. Admission offers to any candidate will be given strictly based on the following factors:
• Seat availability in the current allocation round,
• IAT rank.
• IISER preferences by the candidate, and
• The category of the candidate
3. If a candidate receives an offer, he/she must accept it by paying Seat Acceptance Fee through online mode.
4. After accepting the offer and paying SAF , the candidate can exercise two options:  
• Candidate can FREEZE the seat (they will not participate in further rounds of counselling) or  
• Candidate can FLOAT (they will participate in further rounds of counselling to get their higher preferences). 

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Seat Matrix

The tentative total number of seats available for the BS-MS/BS programme is 1933, with each IISER having the following number of seats.  IISER Kolkata has 250 seats allotted this year.

IISER Kolkata Admission 2024: Application and Course Fee

Interested candidates must apply through the portal www.iiseradmission.in. Applications submitted through this portal will only be considered for admission.

IISER Aptitude Test 2024: Application Fee

The Application Fee for candidates applying under the non-reserved category is INR 2000 while for reserved category the fee is INR 1000.

IISER Kolkata: Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF)

Once the students are offered a seat for their admission, the students are required to pay SAF as per their category. 

Fee Structure of programmes at IISER Kolkata