ISI Admission Test 2025 syllabus for the academic session 2025-2026 released by the examination conducting body in the information brochure after the release of the exam notification. There has been no change in the syllabus from previous years; therefore, candidates can check out and do their ISI exam 2025 preparation from the previous year's syllabus.
The ISI Admission Test 2025 syllabus precisely contains the important topics that a candidate needs to study while preparing for the examination. The ISI admission test 2025 exam will be held on May 11, 2025 at various exam centres across the nation.
The syllabus provides a common platform for assessing candidates' knowledge and abilities, ensuring fairness and transparency in the admission process. Candidates should also check the ISI Admission Test exam pattern 2025 to know the structure and types of questions that will be asked in the examination and the depth of covering the ISI Admission Test 2025 syllabus will then be based on that.
Given below is the syllabus for ISI Admission Test for the BStat and BMath courses for students' reference.
NOTE: Candidates must note that admissions to the Bachelor of Statistical Data Sciences (BSDS) will be made through JEE Main and CUET UG exams.
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BStat/ BMath Syllabus 2025
Given below is the previous year's syllabus for reference.
Algebra: Sets, operations on sets. Prime numbers, factorization of integers and divisibility. Rational and irrational numbers. Permutations and combinations, basic Probability. Binomial Theorem. Logarithms. Polynomials: Remainder Theorem, Theory of Quadratic Equations and Expressions, relations between Roots and Coefficients. Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions. Inequalities involving arithmetic, geometric & harmonic means. Complex numbers. Matrices and determinants.
Geometry: Plain Geometry. Geometry of 2 dimensions with Cartesian and polar coordinates. Equation of a line, angle between two lines, distance from a point to a line. Concept of a Locus. Area of a triangle. Equations of circle, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola and equations of their tangents and normals. Mensuration.
Trigonometry: Measures of angles. Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions. Trigonometric identities including addition formulae, solutions of trigonometric equations. Properties of triangles. Heights and distances.
Calculus: Sequences - bounded sequences, monotone sequences, limit of a sequence. Functions, one-one functions, onto functions. Limits and continuity. Derivatives and methods of differentiation. Slope of a curve. Tangents and normals. Maxima and minima. Using calculus to sketch graphs of functions. Methods of integration, definite and indefinite integrals, evaluation of area using integrals.
Commonly asked questions
The Institute offers Junior Research Fellowships in several areas of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, as mentioned in the table below. However, candidates applying for PhD in any area other than the subjects mentioned above need to register with other Universities/Institutes for their PhD degree:
SUBJECT | CENTRE/BRANCH |
Physics and Applied Mathematics | Kolkata, Bengaluru |
Geology | Kolkata |
Biological Science (Agriculture and Ecology) | Kolkata, Giridih, Tezpur |
Biological Science (Human Genetics) | Kolkata |
Linguistics | Kolkata |
The following courses are offered through the ISI Admission Test.
B Stat | B Math |
M Math | M.S (QE) |
M.S (QMS) | MTech (CS) |
M Stat | M.S (LIS) |
MTech (QROR) | JRF in Statistics |
JRF in Mathematics | JRF in Quantitative Economics |
JRF in Computer Science | JRF in Quality, Reliability and Operations Research |
JRF in Physics | JRF in Library and Information Science |
JRF in Sociology | JRF in Geology |
JRF in Psychology | JRF in Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science |
JRF in Linguistics | PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics |
PG Diploma in Computer Applications | |
ISI Admission Test 2025 Exam Pattern
ISI Admssion Test 2025 exam pattern is dicied into 2 parts which are as follow:
ISI Admission Test Pattern for Part 1
The following table brings the ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern or structure for Part 1.
| Particular |
Details |
|---|---|
| Type of questions |
MCQ or Descriptive |
| Subject |
Mathematics of UG level |
| Total marks |
120 Marks |
| Duration |
2 Hours |
ISI Admission Marking Scheme for Part 1
The following table brings the ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern or structure for Part 1.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Number of questions asked | 30 |
| Type of questions | MCQ |
| Total marks | 120 marks |
| Marks awarded for correct answer | 4 marks |
| Marks awarded for incorrect answer | 0 mark |
| Marks awarded for unattempted question | 1 mark |
ISI Admission Test Pattern for Part 2
The following table brings the ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern or structure for Part 2.
| Particular |
Details |
|---|---|
| Type of questions |
MCQ or Descriptive |
| Sections |
Questions will be from 5 sections:
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ISI Admission Marking Scheme for Part 2
The following table brings the ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern or structure for Part 2.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Number of questions asked | 9 |
| Type of questions | Descriptive |
| Total marks | 120 marks |
| Marks awarded for correct answer | 30 marks |
| Marks awarded for incorrect answer | 0 mark |
| Marks awarded for unattempted question | 0 mark |
How to Answer Part 2
There will be nine questions asked in the examination. These nine questions will be divided into three sections. One question is needed to be answered from three sections each. Also one question to be answered from all the three sections. To be more precise, four questions are needed to be attempted overall. Candidates will be awarded 30 marks for the correct answer. There will not be any negative marking for incorrect answers.
Commonly asked questions
ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern depicts that there will be two sections in the examination where section A will have multiple choice questions (MCQ) and section B will have descriptive type questions.
Only the section A will have negative marking scheme. For every correct answer +4 marks will be awarded to the candidates and to every wrong answer marked by the candidates, -1 mark will be deducted.
As section B is descriptive in nature no marks will be deducted for the incorrect answer marked by the candidates.
FAQs
Let us take a look at the syllabus related FAQs for the admission test:
Commonly asked questions
ISI Admission Test 2026 notification has been released on the official website. Candidates interested in applying for the exam must fill out the application form. The expected last date to fill out the ISI Admission Test 2026 application form will be March 26, 2026.
ISI Admisison Test will be providing admissions to the BSc and MSc degree programmes in the Mathematics and Statistics courses offered at various Indian Statistical Institutes across the nation. Candidates who are interested in pursuing their courses from here need to appear for the ISI Admission Test 2026 examination.
As ISI has not released the ISI Admission Test 2026 syllabus, therefore aspirants are left with the option of going through the ISI Admission Test 2025 syllabus. It is highly expected that the ISI Admission Test syllabus doesn't change year to year, so candidates are suggested to go to the ISI official website and search for the ISI Admission Test syllabus there.
Some of the Academic Programmes have more than one channel of admission. The default Channel is referred to as the ISI Test Channel. Admission through ISI Test Channel is conducted through a Written Admission Test, followed by an Interview wherever applicable. Candidates can check out the complete admsision channel list for all the programmes from here:
Programme Names | Parallel Channel Names | Type of Seats |
B. Math and B. Stat | INMO Channel | Supernumerary |
MS (QMS) | ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates | Supernumerary |
M. Tech (QROR) | (a) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates (b) Channel for GoI Sponsored candidates | Supernumerary Supernumerary |
M. Tech (CS) | (a) GATE Channel (b) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates | (a) Regular (b) Supernumerary |
M. Tech (CrS) | (a) GATE Channel (b) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates (c) Channel for GoI Sponsored candidates | (a) Regular (b) Supernumerary (c) Supernumerary |
JRF in Mathematics, Quantitative Economics and Computer Science | Channel for ISI Master Students | Regular |
PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics | ISI Test Channel for domiciles of the NE States | Regular |
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