Admission to 5 year M.Sc. (Integrated) Programme at NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CBS, Mumbai

Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
National Entrance Screening Test 2009 (NEST 2009)

Admission to 5 year M.Sc. (Integrated) Programme at
NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CBS, Mumbai

National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar

NISER has been set up by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India to impart high quality science education in a vibrant academic ambience with a faculty of distinguished scientists and teachers. NISER offers 5-year integrated M.Sc. Programme in biological, chemical, mathematical and physical sciences.

UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CBS), Mumbai

The Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India has set up a new autonomous center of excellence in basic sciences in Mumbai. UM-DAE CBS, is to be an international class center for high quality teaching embedded in a vibrant post-graduate and research environment with some of the best teachers and scientists from major institutions in the city and the University and its colleges on its faculty.

Both the institutes have residential campuses with suitable accommodation and boarding facilities. The academic programmes of both the institutes have a balanced semester-based course structure with continuous assessment within a flexible seamless curriculum designed to emphasize interdisciplinary nature of science in 21st century. The curriculum vigorously seeks to inculcate exploration, innovation and research so as to develop a pool of talented and motivated scientific personnel for the national programmes pursued by the Department of Atomic Energy.

Eligibility: General category and OBC candidates must have secured 60% marks in aggregate in class XII and Class X examination from any recognized board in India.

Last date for requesting application form is March 6, 2009 and last date for receipt of filled application form and draft is April 3, 2009. On-line application forms will also freeze on April 3, 2009

For more details please visit website: http://niser.ac.in/NEST (NISER), http://www.tifr.res.in (UM-DAE)