Ph.D. in Biological Sciences 

at IISER Mohali, Mohali

Yes, the institute has an Opportunity Cell that offers campus placement facilities for students. The official placement statistics are yet to be released. However, the NIRF report 2025 has been released on the official website. The report incorporates the 2024 placement details for BS MS courses. Out of 157 BSc students, 3 were placed during IISER Mohali placements 2024. Further, the median package offered to BS MS students was INR 11.4 LPA. 

Pursuing a BS MS Dual Degree course in Physical Science from IISER Mohali is a good decision in terms of placement and future scope. Check out the key highlights IISER Mohali placements for the overall BS MS Class of 2023 and 2024 in the table below:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the IISER Mohali NIRF report 2025.

IISER Mohali offers a total of three courses, including BS-MS, Integrated PhD and PhD across six departments, namely Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences at UG, PG and doctoral level, respectively.  Tabulated below is the list of courses offered at IISER Mohali along with their accepted entrance exam:

The IISER average package has not been released on the official website. However, the median package offered in 2024 placements is disclosed in the NIRF report 2025. Check out the table below for course-wise median packages offered during IISER Mohali placements between 2022 and 2024:

NOTE: The above salary details are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

Once IISER result is declared, a seat allotment list is declared containing roll numbers of candidates who are allocated seats in BSMS programme through different channels (SCB, KVPY JEE). Candidates can check the first round allotment list on the official website of the exam on July 15, 2025, Tentatively. All candidates whose roll numbers appear in the first round allotment list need to log in to their application portal to download the offer letters.

Yes, it is possible to join IISER Mohali - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research without JEE. The eligibility criteria for admission to the BS (four-year) degree program at IISER Mohali:
Candidates who have qualified Class XII (or equivalent) examination in science stream either in the year 2022 or 2023 can apply to the BS (four-year) degree program.
Candidates must have taken at least three subjects among Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics during their Class XII (or equivalent) exam.
Candidates seeking admission under the State and Central Boards (SCB) channel do not have to appear for IAT-2023.

IISER Mohali is slight hard to get as its admission and selection is based on various entrance exam. For Bsc admissions its JEE Main and JEE advanced which are to be considered. There is also one more college level entrance exam which is IISER entrance exam to get throught this college. Geeting a good score in these entrance exams is a challenge and depends upon the rank you score. In Bsc the rank considered by the institute was around 2229. 

IISER Mohali - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research fees for various courses depends upon the course you select. For its Bsc course the total tuition fees is around 1.6 to 3.3 lakh per annum whereas for Msc the course fees is around 1.3 to 3.3 lakh pa. For Phd courses the fees is around 1.3 lakh to 1.4 lakh. The fees for these courses is quit nominal as compared to other colleges.

Since the exam officials are yet to announce the IISER 2025 counselling dates and details. However based on the previous year trends, there will be six rounds of IAT 2025 seat allotment process. 

Following the previous years trend, IISER has the tendency of releasing multiple round of IAT  seat allotment/ closing rank list, depending upon the availability of the seat in the IISER insitutes. 

The total fees for the BS-MS programme at IISER Mohali, include several components, such as tuition fees, application fees, registration fees, hostel fees, library charges and other various one-time charges. the total tuition fees of BS MS courses include INR 1.6 lakh to INR 3.3 lakh. The gross cost of a five-year BS/MS dual degree programme is higher for (GEN/OBC/KM/EWS) category compared to (SC/ST/PD) category. Check out the different components of IISER BS-MS fees below: 

The fee amount mentioned here is as per the official website/sanctioning body. It is subject to changes and hence, is indicative.