National Centre for Cell Science, Pune Admission 2025: Check Admission Details

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National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), an autonomous organisation aided by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, was established to facilitate cell biology research in the country. NCCS adheres to the Act and Rules formulated and amended from time to time by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India. We are being advised by several eminents of various fields including science, finance and other subjects through various committees. 

National Centre for Cell Science, Pune latest update

• October 27, 2022: National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune has started the application process for Ph.D program for the August 2023 session. The last date to apply is December 6, 2022. 

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National Centre for Cell Science 2025

National Centre for Cell Science, Pune is an autonomous institute of the Biological Department, Govt of India. It has many teaching and research departments such as Microbial Ecology, Regulatory RNA & Gene Expression, Neuroscience, National Repositories Cell Organization & Function, Genome Architecture & Regulation, Biology of Cancer & Chronic Diseases, Pathogenesis & Cellular Responses, Stem Cells & Regeneration, Macromolecular Structure & Cell Function. NCC also provides a full time Ph.D course for 2 years.

National Centre for Cell Science Ph.D 2025

Students with a postgraduate degree in any branch of science and interested in pursuing doctoral research in the different areas of biology being conducted at NCCS are welcome to apply, provided they have qualified one of the national fellowships for pursuing Ph.D. programme. The eligibility for the following program is mentioned below

National Centre for Cell Science Ph.D Eligibility 

Admissions will be based on NET/ GATE, conducted at the All India level. Admissions are also offered through the entrance exam conducted by the university, i.e., GATA. Final admission is offered on the basis of candidates’ performance in the interview conducted by the respective department. Details regarding admission criteria, eligibility, etc, are as follows.

General Guidelines

• Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the 'Project List of ICMR’ are not eligible. 
• NCCS's Ph.D. program is a residential program. The selected candidates may have to stay on campus.
• All the eligible complete applications received within the last date will be screened and shortlisted candidates will be called for interview as per the schedule given below. 
• Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be directed by the funding agency awarding the fellowship. The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years which is relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ Women/ PWD and 3 years in case of OK candidates, or as applicable.
• Fellowship will be activated as per the respective funding agencies guidelines on Direct benefit Transfer basis. NCCS will not be responsible for providing fellowships.
• Reservation will be as per Government of India guidelines.
• SC/ ST/ OBC candidates should also attach a true copy of Caste Certificate/ latest non-creamy layer certificate along with the application and originals should be produced at the time of interview. 

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