IISER Bhopal: Courses, Fees, Admission 2025, Placements, Cutoff

The cutoff differs each year based on certain things. The IISER Bhopal offers three admission channels such as the SCB (STATE CENTRAL BOARD), KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana), and IIT JEE Advanced for admission to the BS and BS-MS (Dual Degree) programmes. Based on the category rank list that is acquired from KVPY, a common rank list is generated for candidates who apply through the KVPY channel. The highest ranking candidates would be admitted in the courses offered by IISER Bhopal. The JEE (Advanced) category rank list determines the candidates, after they apply through the JEE channel. For applicants using the SCB, they will have a separate cutoff. 

In comparison to 2021, the median package offered during BSc-MSc placements in 2022 increased by about 18%.
Data released by IISER Bhopal indicates that Deloitte previously selected five final-year students for IISER Bhopal placements 2022. 
The placement results for 2023 have not yet been formally announced. Previously, 2022 placed 13 out of 152 BSc graduates. Out of 138 students, 3 BSc students were placed successfully in 2021.  The median package for BSc students was INR 11.40 LPA.
Given that IISER Bhopal only has five students and IISER Pune has thirteen students chosen for placement. IISER Pune hence provides superior placements.

Yes, it is possible to get admission to IISER through IISER entrance exam. IISER Entrance exam is conducted by the institute for candidates seeking admission to the BS and Integrated BS specialisations. The cutoff is released category-wise for candidates belonging to the All India quota. For the General AI category candidates, the last round closing rank for all the specialisations are given in the table below:

Earlier, there were three channels through which candidates could get admissions to the courses offered at IISER institutions, IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras. From the academic session 2025, admissions are done through the IAT exam channel only, and the other two channels, including JEE Main and KVPY scores, have been discontinued. 

IISERs get generous funding as they come directly under the MHRD of the central Government. Both IISER Bhopal and IISER Pune have state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities. 

• The labs, lecture halls, academic buildings, hostels, etc. are present at both the institutes. 
• IISER Bhopal has the largest campus among all IISERs. 
• IISRE have very good indoor - outdoor sports facilities as compared to other IISERs .These include football, Cricket, basketball, badminton, TT & Chess etc. 
• Community centers and Visitor’ hostels are also available.
• The whole campus is wifi enabled , library and labs have excellent wifi connection.
• IISRE has a self-sufficient campus with facilities like a shopping centre, health centre, bank, etc. all present on the campus itself so student does not need to worry to go outside.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to compare the IISERs as they all have their unique features and every college is best in its own aspects.

You can enter IISER Bhopal by taking any one of the following exams.

1. KVPY. Candidates who have recieved provisional KVPY scholarship are eligible to aplly at IISER Bhopal.
2. JEE Advanced. You must rank with in the top 10,000 students in common rank list. For Candidates from OBC/SC/ST/PwD category, their rank from respective category will be used.
3. IISER Aptitude Test (also known as IAT). Cutoff for this test changes every year so, it is best to keep yourself updated.

For candidates from General Category, one needs atleast 60% in 12th grade and for SC/ST/OBC, it is 55% aggregate score in 12th grade.

Yes, anyone who scored atleast 60% in 12th grade is eligible to get admission in IISER Bhopal, as long as candidate has studied atleast three of the following subjects in 12th grade, i.e. Pysics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology.

You also need to take one of the three exams, IAT, JEE Adv., KVPY.

IISER Bhopal is one of the best options to pursue BSc. It has great faculty that is always there to guide students. Infrasturcture at the college is great, with state of the art laboratories, a library with large collecion of books on different subjects. Students and especially, seniors are really great when it comes to proper guidance. IISER Bhopal has connections to most of the big research firms, helping students to secure good internships and placement.

 Both of the institutions, IISER Pune and IISER Bhopal offer BS+MS courses for the duration of five years. This integrated programme is different from BSc courses as it focuses more on research papers. Now, to identify which is better, below is the comparison of Shiksha ratings of both institutes on different parameters such as course-specific, placements, infrastructure, etc. 

There are no specific number of seats intake for BSc at IISER BHOPAL. It can change time to time. 8 courses are available for BSc degree in IISER BHOPAL. These are the courses for BSc. 

1. BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer science 

2. BSc In Economic Studies 

3. BSc in Earth and Environmental Sciences 

4. BSc in Biological Science 

5. BSc in Physics

6. BSc in Chemical Engineering

 7. BSc in Chemistry 

8. BSc in Mathematics