IISER Pune : an overview

The course is primarily aimed at research in the pure sciences. Faculty to student ratio is healthy and the faculty is highly qualified, most of them post doctorates from reputed universities in India and abroad. Teaching methodology is mostly engaging and is supportive. Exams are usual with varying levels of difficulty. The system is autonomous and course content is entirely decided by the instructor.

A variety of internships are possible from IISERs One can easily avail internships as a part of NIUS, DAAD and MITACS Due to proximity to CSIR-NCL, TIFR-NCRA and IUCAA students can easily attend workshops and work under professors in these universities IISER students regularly take part in internships in IITs, IISc and other reputed universities in India and abroad

Campus placements although do exist, since it is a research organisation, most students aim for a higher degree and aim to get into top research institutes in the country and abroad. There is an entrepreneurship cell that helps in entrepreneurial activities in campus. After the degree I plan to apply for a PhD project at a reputed university that would help me propel my research career in the subject of my liking

Fees structure is lenient. Mess fees is not taken, instead mess works like a canteen based coupon system. A student enrolled in IISERs is eligible to avail the INSPIRE scholarship. Moreover other scholarship options are made available by the administration for meritous students those satisfy the eligibility criteria.

Annual fest Karavaan is held in January-February and is a techno-cultural fest of IISER Pune. The library is well maintained with available digital and paperback books relevant to course work. Classrooms and lecture halls are adequate. IISER Pune has a large cricket ground and an indoor gymnasium plus indoor stadium containing basketball and badminton courts. Additionally there are volleyball,tennis courts and fields for kabaddi and kho kho. IISER Pune has a plethora of student run clubs that aim at literature, arts, social welfare, nature, astronomy, math, cubing, film, quiz etc. It also has a student run article platform and India's only undergraduate science quiz team club Mimamsa

There are three separate hostels. One for BS-MS boys, BS-MS girls and MSc+int PhD students respectively. The hostels in BS-MS are double shared and have access to drinking water, 24 hour electricity supply, elevators and toilets. Each room has adequate lighting with 24 hour high speed LAN connection. Meal quality is excellent with variety of options and barely leaves scope for complaint.

Admission through either JEE Advanced, IISER Aptitude test is possible. A rank below 7K in JEE Advanced and a rank below 500 in IAT is likely to get admitted in IISER Pune Application form and all other information can be found on www.iiseradmission.in