Review

The curriculum is more research oriented. It focuses on research aspects. We start with 2years of introduction to the course before actually selecting it as a major which I think gives a student a lot of time to make a decision and actually gives an insight of what the course has to offer as a major.

There are multiple internships available. There's CHARPAK, MITACS , DAAD which are most popular. Students also go for internships to other IITs or professor's of their choice. Summer Internship is also provided by IISERs with multiple projects and available accomodation.

Students are eligible for campus placements from 4th year or final year. Most seniors usually opted for higher studies from IISER as it tended to be more research oriented not go for campus placements.

One-Time Fees (First Semester Only): Admission Fee: Rs. 4,000 Hostel Allotment Fee: Rs. 1,250 Campus Development Fee: Rs. 1,000 Total for One-Time Fees: Rs. 10,000 Semester Fees: Tuition Fee (varies by batch): Rs. 33,400 to Rs. 36,700 Semester Registration and Evaluation Fee: Rs. 3,000 Student Amenities & Activities: Rs. 3,700 Academic Amenities: Rs. 3,000 Total Semester Fee: Rs. 9,700 Hostel Fees: Hostel License Fee: Rs. 2,200 Hostel and Dining Facilities: Rs. 4,500 Total Hostel Fee: Rs. 6,700 Additional Fees: Miscellaneous fees for services such as medical insurance and mess charges are applicable separately. Note: Fees may change annually based on institute or government policies. Reserved categories are exempted from Tuition Fees of 36700 . INSPIRE scholarship is provided to people according to their 12th marks.

There are main fest happening throughout the year Enthuzia - Cultural Council Arts and Letters - Fine Arts and Literary Council Singularity - Science Council Mahua - Environment Council The library has lots of academic books available and is pretty much accessible to everyone with an ID card. The lecture halls and all academic buildings have centralized ACs and can accomodate large quantity of students. Sports and extracurricular are also spectacular there is annual sports and cultural events between all the IISERs too. There are multiple councils and clubs under this councils which are maintained by the student senate .

Mess quality has increased significantly in the last semester. Hostel is affordable IISER it is mandatory for the student to be residing on campus. For the first three years everyone has a roommate and is then later given a single room.

I actually applied only to IISER and got in and took it. I decided I wanted to go to IISER while at coaching and that's what happened. To get into IISER there are three channels - JEE, KVPY AND IAT. IAT is the specific exam you give to get into IISERs. There are multiple rounds for the admission process where you freeze or float your choice of college. The most preferred I would say is IAT followed by JEE. Cutoffs for IAT are mostly hidden so there's not much of an idea there.

Faculties here are good. Some are approachable some are not. One will do well in exams if they have studied that's it. There's not much of hard or easy exams here for my department at least. There is an mid semester examination and an end semester examination obviously between which professor's typically takes one or two quizzes in between owing to 10-20% of the total marks . Depending on professor whether they provide and assignment or take a quiz.