Ph.D. in Biological Sciences 

at Sunandan Divatia School of Science, Vile Parle West

At the doctoral level, Sunandan Divatia School of Science offers PhD programme across two specialisations. The minimum duration of this programme is three years and it can stretch up to a maximum of six years depending on the course work. Candidates have to choose a specialisation based on their specialisation at the postgraduate  level.

Selection to PhD is subject to qualifying a Written Test conducted by NMIMS. Candidates qualified in UGC-NET (including JRF)/ UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF)/ SLET/ GATE/ teacher fellowship holder or have passed MPhil are exempted from NMIMS entrance test. More details about Sunandan Divatia School of Science PhD admission are as follows:

• The entrance test step is followed by a Personal Interview round which is mandatory for all. Candidates need to give a presentation based on their SOPs and must discuss the topic of their research during the interview.
• Candidates willing to apply for Chemistry (for professionals) for PhD in Chemistry are required to submit an NOC from their employers

Only candidates fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria set by the institute will be considered for final selection. The eligibility requirements for all PhD programmes are tabulated below along with the seat intake:

The five-year integrated MSc + PhD programme is available in two specialisations, namely Biological Sciences and Chemistry.

The list of eminent companies that were part of Sunandan Divatia School of Science placements 2025 included Dr. Reddy's Laboratory, Hyderabad, Asian Paints Mumbai, Nanavati Hospital, Assesshub Mumbai, Breach Candy Hospital, etc.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, no Sunandan Diva Diya School of Science which is part of the deemed university of NMIMS gives admissions to the two BSc courses that it runs on the basis of admission test conducted by the University. Students who have passed 12th standard or who have appeared for 12th standard or equivalent examination of any board are eligible to appear for this test with certain additional restrictions like age and marks scored in the examination. Details of the admission process where registration is to be done online and also the syllabus for the entrance examination are available on the web page of the deemed to the university. This university does not admit students directly but only through entrance examination. 

Best wishes to you.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, Sunandan Divatia School of Science of NMIMS, the famous deemed to be university in Mumbai, is indeed a great inspiring institute. It provides assistance to students in making them confident to face recruiters. It's successful in getting students placed in summer internships also. Inspite all these systems in place, not many students graduating in different branches are getting placed. However the institute is able to place just less than half of the students of its post graduate courses. The data put out by the institute on placements talks only of placements of PG students and is silent on undergraduate students. This may not be viewed against the institute since recruiters normally are looking at only engineering graduates of MBA students and they give go by to other streams. Be that as it may, concern of management in taking all feasible and possible steps is quite evident and students thinking of joining this institution can be assured of this. 

Best wishes to you.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, a very interesting query but I am afraid there are no clear cut answers or no clear cut conclusions. Firstly placements data of BSc courses of any college is very shaky and secondly analysis or conclusions based on very few placements will not actually reveal anything. SDSOS gives out data of placements and packages only for PG students. Some sources though give out figures of 5LPA or 7LPA as the highest package. But authentication is not feasible. Suffice to say that it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. But all said and done, credentials of the NMIMS, the deemed to be university to which SDSOS is affiliated, are indeed impeccable and one needs not have any doubts whatsoever about the quality of staff and facilities provided to the students. 

My advice is to get admission without bothering about placements or packages at placements.

Best wishes to you.

NMIMS Sunandan Divatia School of Science BSc admission is based on candidates' performance in the last qualifying exam. Candidates must apply for the course before the last registration date and appear for the online computer-based entrance exam. The BSc course is offered only in one specialisation, i.e., Applied Science and Biomedical Science . Therefore, direct admission to the Sunandan Divatia School of Science BSc course is not applicable. 

Hello Nishar Ahmed, SDSOS offers two courses under BSc. One is "Applied Psychology" and the other is "Biomedical Science". Basic eligibility criteria for both these courses is the same at 50% in aggregate marks in 10+2. Also age should not be more than 25. For both courses, an entrance exam is conducted. For applied psychology, students could be from any stream while for biomedical, students must have taken Science with biology. The former course will be conducted only if 30 students opt for it while the latter course will be conducted even if 20 students opt for it. 

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The application forms for the Sunandan Divatia School of Science opened in March and will end in June and July. The admission to UG courses is merit-based, while for the PG, Integrated, and doctoral-level courses, admission is entrance-based. The application process for all courses is completely online, and candidates must apply via the official website of the institute.Students can also refer to the following link for the latest information of admission process:

https://www.shiksha.com/college/sunandan-divatia-school-of-science-nmims-mumbai-vile-parle-west-46484/admission