Admission Procedure
The admissions procedure (in all subjects, except Science Education) consists of a written test at one of the several nationwide centres, followed by interviews of shortlisted candidates.
Shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews to be held during end-February to early-April, 2013. Exact dates would be announced later.
Results of the entrance examination will be announced on January 15, 2013 and students shortlisted for interview will be intimated by email.
Biology:
The TIFR
Nationwide Entrance Examination (GS2013) for Biology is also called
the Joint Graduate Entrance Examination for Biology and
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences (JGEEBILS).
Participating Institutions: Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (http://www.ccmb.res.in),
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad (http://www.cdfd.org.in),
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar (http://www.nbrc.ac.in),
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (http://www.ncbs.res.in),
National Centre for Cell Science, Pune (http://www.nccs.res.in),
Department of Biological Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai (http://www.tifr.res.in/~dbs).
Each participating institution has its own admission procedure, and
only the test scores of the TIFR exam (JGEEBILS) are common.
Students need to apply separately to the concerned institution,
indicating the TIFR Entrance Test Reference Code.
Please refer to the individual websites of participating
institutions for details of their admissions process.
Results of the TIFR Entrance Test for Biology (JGEEBILS) will be
shared by all participating institutions.
Systems Science:
GATE score based applications
in Systems Science (including Communications and Math. Finance):
Students with exceptional performance in GATE examination of
2012/2013 in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
may apply for the Ph.D. program without appearing for the TIFR
Entrance Test. The link for GATE score based applications will be
made available on our website on February 1, 2013. Last date for
applying will be March 25, 2013. In case a student takes the TIFR
Entrance Test and also submits a GATE score based application, the
better of the two performances will be considered.
