Indian Institute of Science, [IIS] Bangalore

The brainchild of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, a strong businessman and humanitarian, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was conceptualised in the late 1800s. To this end, Tata set up a provisional committee under the leadership of Burjorji Padshah, an educationist, to come up with an outline for the proposed university. 

The Institute which started with just two departments – General and Applied Chemistry and Electrical Technology – today the college has over 40 departments expanded across six divisions: Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Electrical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research, Mechanical Sciences, and Physical and Mathematical Sciences. 

IISc Bangalore Admissions are based on the merit list of one of the national examinations for all the courses offered by the college. A few amenities located in different parts of the campus make day-to-day life smooth and comfortable. In fact, these facilities have made IISc a totally self–contained campus.

Indian Institute of Science Quick Links:

• Highlights
• Courses
• Departments
• Facilities
• Placement
• Scholarship
• Fee Details
• Awards & Rankings
• FAQs
• Eligibility Criteria
• Admissions
• Hostel Details

Indian Institute of Science Highlights:

IISc strives to be amongst the world’s chief academic institutions through the pursuance of perfection in research and promotion of discovery by allowing world-class education to train future leaders in science and technology and by applying science and technology breakthroughs for India’s wealth production and social welfare.

Indian Institute of Science Courses:

IISc offers so many courses with so many specializations for students. All those courses are given below:

Indian Institute of Science Departments:

IISc offers many departments for students to look after all the courses in different domains of sciences. The departments are as follows: 

• Chemical Science
• Biological Science
• Electrical Science
• Electronics Science
• Computer Science
• Mechanical Science
• Physical Science
• Mathematical Science
• Interdisciplinary Research

Indian Institute of Science Facilities:

The facilities provided by IISc are just world-class. It enhances the experience of college life at every stage of student life while students study at the college. It provides a vast number of labs in all the disciplines for students to sharpen their practical knowledge. The facilities of the college are as follows:

• Travel Agencies (Domestic & International Travel)
• Photo Studio
• Photo Copying Centre
• DTP Centre
• Book Shops dealing in Tech. Publications
• Pharmacy
• Laundry/Dry Cleaners
• Super Market
• Tailoring Shop
• Juice Shop
• Provision & General Store
• Bakery & Pastry Shop
• Hair Dressing Saloons
• Baby Care Centre
• Eateries
• Ladies Boutique
• Shoe Repairs Facility
• Watch Repairs Shop
• Communications
• Banks
• Amenities Hall

Indian Institute of Science Placement:

Numerous leading industrial organizations visit the Institute for campus recruitment and offer good career opportunities to graduating students. These exercises are regulated by the Office of Career Counselling and Placement (OCCaP) which also renders guidance and support to the course and research students about other placement possibilities, including those notified through advertisements, references and special requests from various industrial and research organizations. The below mentioned are a few companies that are recruiting every year:

Indian Institute of Science Scholarship:

Students are granted scholarships/fellowships from the date of joining the Institute. Immediately upon joining the Institute, the students are expected to send the joining report within 15 days to the respective agencies concerned appropriately for activating their fellowships. Such students are entitled to payment of fellowship from the date of sanction from the respective agencies. A few scholarships are given below:

1. All the students who join the Institute (except for M Mgt programme) are eligible for scholarships/ fellowships from CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/AICTE/DAE (NBHM)/ DST as the case may be.
2. IISc provides MHRD scholarships/fellowships for selected students whose mode of entry is GATE/JEST/JAM and ME/M Tech/M Sc(Engg) qualified.
3. Scholarships/fellowships from GE/ Infosys/ IBM/ HP/ Tata/ Philips/ Bell Lab/ Microsoft/ Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DietY) are also available for deserving students.
4. The value of the scholarship/fellowship per month for students registered in different programs of the Institute is as given below:

• Ph.D – INR 25000/28000
• M Tech (Res) – INR 12400
• M Tech/M Des – INR 12400
• Integrated Ph D – INR 16000/25000/28000

Indian Institute of Science Fee Details:

The fee structure of IISc for all the courses is given below:

• The course fee for M.Tech (Res)/M.Tech/M.des/Int. Ph.D is INR 29,200/- per annum.
• The Ph.D course fee is INR 35,200/- per annum.
• Students who have opted for M.Mgt will have to pay the course fee of INR 166,500/- per annum.
• The sponsored students for M.Tech have to pay INR 34,200/- per annum.

Indian Institute of Science Awards & Rankings:

For the consistent performance of the institute, it received many awards and rankings from so many reputed organizations. Some of them are given below:

• Jaya-Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Science/Engineering
• Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering
• Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering
• Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development
• Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award for Assistant Professors
• IISc Distinguished Alumnus/alumna Award (given by the IISc Alumni Association).
• The Indian Institute of Science entered the Simon Marais Mathematical Competition for the very first time in 2018 and has done extremely well. Competition is held all across the Asia-Pacific region annually.
• CST Students won the Best Student Paper award at the CATE-2019 (Comfort at the Extremes 2019) Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai.
• IISc has been ranked as India's #1 university in the NIRF Rankings released by the MHRD.
• The team from IISc has won the Lexus design award for 2019.
• Mindtree has created an endowment focused on AI research with IISc.
• IISc UG team wins GOLD in the IGEM 2018 competition in Boston.

Indian Institute of Science FAQs:

1. What is the designation of the Degree that will be awarded under the Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme?
   - The degree awarded is "Bachelor of Science (Research)".
2. What are the entry channels to get admitted to the Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme?
   - To avoid the extra burden of an entrance exam on the exhausted 12th standard students, the Institute will make use of the merit lists of existing highly competitive national level entrance exams such as KVPY, IIT-JEE (Main and Advanced) and NEET. Students enthusiastic about applying to the Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme must take at least one of the above examinations.
3. What are the major disciplines being offered?
   - Six principal disciplines are being offered: 
   Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Materials, Mathematics & Physics. The major discipline chosen will appear in the degree certificate of each graduate. 

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