IISER Entrance Exam

The IISER entrance exam 2026 application process is likely to begin in the third week of March 2026. The mode of the application process is completely online. Students have to visit the exam portal to fill and submit the form. Along with entering the mandatory information, they also need to upload documents such as photograph, signature or category certificates in the requisite format and dimensions. The last and final step is to pay the category-wise application fee in online mode.

With a 7,000 rank in the SC category, admission to any IISER (including newer campuses) is not possible as per 2025 cutoffs. Cutoff ranks for SC category in IISERs generally close between 125 (most competitive) and 750 (least competitive).

Minimum requirement in class 12 for OBC category is 60%

For SC it is around 55%.

But unfortunately you don't fall under these criteria so you are not eligible for IAT exam in OBC category.

But with the same percentile the SC students are eligible to take the IAT exam.

Admission to IAT (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. or similar entrance exams for integrated programs) is primarily entrance-based. While your academic merit (12th-grade marks) is a foundational eligibility criterion, the selection for these highly competitive institutes is almost entirely determined by your performance in a rigorous national-level entrance examination. The scores from this specific entrance test are what ultimately decide your admission and rank, not just your board percentages alone.

IISER Mohali cutoff 2025 has been released for different categories of students under the AI quota. For the General category, the cutoff rank for BS + MS admission across multiple specialisations was 1778. To view the category-wise ranks, refer to the table below:

it is usually in range of 3.5k but for iser pune it is in range of 1000 and this is the details of general category ranking