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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune), established
2006, is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research of India. It
is located in Pune, Maharashtra.

Academics Indian Institute of Science Education and

Research, Pune

IISER Pune offers integrated masters

programmes (BS-MS), an integrated
doctoral programme (Int. PhD) and a
doctoral programme (PhD).

Admission to the masters degree is

through the IISER joint admission
process which provides three channels
for admission: Kishore Vaigyanik Motto Where Tomorrowʼs
Protsahan Yojana, Joint Entrance Science Begins
Examination – Advanced and state and Today

central boards candidates, which Type Public

require an additional IISER Aptitude
Test.[6] Admission to the various Ph.D. Established August 2006

programmes is either with a masters Chairman T. V. Ramakrishnan

degree in science or with a bachelors
Director Jayant B.
degree, for the integrated Ph.D.
Udgaonkar[1]
programme. Candidates are screened
by interviews.[7] In addition to that Academic staff 200[2]
candidates should have qualified a
Undergraduates 1000[3]
national level entrance exam for PhD
program in science (like GATE) Doctoral students 450[4]

Other students Int. PhD 200[4]

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 The faculty are organised by various
Location Pune, Maharashtra,
disciplines, such as Biology, Chemistry,
India
Earth and Climate Sciences,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Campus 98 acres[5]
Mathematics, and Physics.
Website www.iiserpune.ac.in
Interdisciplinary research is
encouraged across disciplines.[8] The
first batch of students graduated in 2012.[9]

Rankings

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,

University rankings
Pune was ranked 23 overall in India by National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019.[10] General – India

NIRF 23
(Overall)
Research centres
(2019)[10]

IISER-Pune houses the following advanced research

centres/ centres of excellence:

Centre for Integrative Studies (CIS)

DBT Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics

DST Unit on Nanoscience

Max-Planck Partner Group in Quantum Field Theory

Max-Planck Partner Group in Glyco-nanotechnology

Campus

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 View of one of the upcoming nine-
storey hostel blocks from the current
Hall of Residence 4 (HR-4) lawns.

The construction of the final campus has been completed.[11][12]​ The campus is of 98
acres.

Student activities

The majority of the student activities at IISER-P are conducted by various clubs.[13]

Mimamsa is an intercollegiate science challenge conducted by the students of IISER-P.

The aim of the organizers is to make it the most conceptually challenging competition at
the national level for science students. It is a two-stage affair. The first stage is a written
exam with 60 subjective questions from all disciplines of science. The top four colleges
selected through this round move into the finals.

There is also a very active SPIC MACAY sub-chapter, which organizes events jointly with
National Chemical Laboratory, and the SPIC MACAY Pune Chapter.

In the first week of November every year, IISER Pune organises it's college fest, Karavaan

See also

List of universities in India

List of autonomous higher education institutes in India

References

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 j. "Director" . www.iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

l. "Faculty" . Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. Retrieved

13 June 2012.

m. "MS Students" . Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

Retrieved 31 March 2016.

n. "Ph.D. Students" . Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

Retrieved 31 March 2016.

o. "Location" . Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. Retrieved

13 June 2012.

p. "Eligibility" . iiseradmission.in. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

q. "Admissions" . www.iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

r. Nair, Ardhra. "Where Physics mixes with Film" . Pune: The Times of India. p. 4.

s. "88 IISER students presented degreesFirst batch of IISER, Pune get degrees" . The
Times of India. 5 August 2012.

jt. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Overall)" . National Institutional

Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2019.

jj. "Campus Info" . Campus. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

jl. "How to reach IISER, Pune" . Directions. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

jm. "Institute intranet guide to student organisations" . Student organisations.

Retrieved 15 February 2012.

External links

IISER Pune

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