FRI Entrance Exam 2026: Registration Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Result, Pattern & Syllabus

The FRI Entrance Exam is conducted once a year typically in the month of June.

Here are some tips on how to prepare for the FRI Entrance Exam:

Understand the syllabus, Gather study materials, Create a study plan, Solve practice problems, Join a study group.

Multiple choice questions will be asked in the FRI entrance exam.

The FRI Entrance Exam will  likely to be conduct in the month of May 2026. Therefore the answer key, results and  counseling round has also been announced yet.

• Candidate to be called for the written test shall have a minimum qualification prescribed for the purpose for the various courses.
  
  
• There will be a written test for admission to M.Sc. Courses and Post Master Diploma Course on the following subjects:

1. Basic Sciences including Social Scienc
2. Arithmetic and Quantitative abilities, Computational ability, Quantitative reasoning, Interpretation of Tables, Graphs, etc.
3. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
4. English Language, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Idioms, etc.

FRI entrance exam 2026 is expected to be a remote proctored online exam.

You can use these steps to apply for FRI Entrance Exam:

Step 1: Visit the official website.

Step 2: Then go to the admissions page. 

Step 3: Click on 'Information Bulletin' which will be present on the admission site. 

Step 4: Download the Information Bulletin for FRI Entrance Exam. 

Step 6: Take a print out of the application form. admit card and registration form which will be mentioned in the information bulletin. 

Step 7: Fill all the details as required, paste the passport size picture in the required places.

Step 8: Send it to the Institute bank along with the demand draft. 

The FRI Entrance Exam 2025 admit card already been released in the fourth week of April 2025.

FRI Entrance Exam 2026 notification has not been released yet. But it is expected to be release in the first week of February, 2026 tentatively. Students can check the official website regularly for the latest updates regarding the exam (http://fridu.edu.in/ ).

FRI Entrance Exam 2026 registration process for admissions to the masters degree programme will start in the first week of February, 2026, tentatively. 

Reasons for rejection of FRI Entrance Exam application forms:

•  Non-submission of self-attested identical recent photographs at all appropriate places.
  (Xeroxed copy/copies of photographs shall not be accepted.)
• Lack of signature of the candidate at any of the appropriate place.
• Submission of application form by a candidate after erasing the entries made earlier by another candidate.
• FRI Deemed to be University has the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of a
  candidate who is admitted to a course to which he/she is not entitled, being unqualified or
  ineligible in accordance with the rules and regulations in force.

Hi, For M.Sc Forestry, candidates meet the eligibility criteria for M.Sc. Forestry course offered at Forest Research Institute if they possess Bachelor’s degree in Science with at least one of the subject from Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or Forestry. Minimum Qualifying Marks: Candidates meet Forest Research Institute entrance exam eligibility criteria if they possess at least 50% aggregate marks at the B.Sc Level/M.Sc, if they belong to General category and 45%, if they belong to SC/ST category. Thanks.

The minimum qualifying marks for allowing candidate in appearing in the written test shall be 50 percent in aggregate at B.Sc. level/M.Sc. level prescribed for admission to the different courses in respect of general category candidates and 45 percent aggregate in respect of SC/ST candidate.

Candidates selected for written test based on the academic requirement will be informed of the date, time and venue of written test through a letter under certificate of posting duly signed by and bearing the official stamp of the FRI (Deemed) University Office.

• Candidate to be called for the written test shall have a minimum qualification prescribed for the purpose for the various courses.
  
  
• There will be a written test for admission to M.Sc. Courses and Post Master Diploma Course on the following subjects:

1. Basic Sciences including Social Scienc
2. Arithmetic and Quantitative abilities, Computational ability, Quantitative reasoning, Interpretation of Tables, Graphs, etc.
3. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
4. English Language, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Idioms, etc.

Hello, M.Sc Wood Science & Technology Colleges Kerala Agricultural University KAU, Thrissur Forest Research Institute FRI, Dehradun The institutes look for a graduation in Science with minimum 50 % marks, as the eligibility criteria for admission in this course. There are also provisions of an entrance test conducted by the institute, as the selection criteria. However, the students with a background of graduation in wood Science and technology have preferences.

Duration: Duration of most of the top M.Sc entrance exams such as NEST and TIFR Entrance Exam is typically three hours. However, the duration might change depending on the college/ university policy and/ or the M.Sc subject a candidate is giving the exam for. Types of questions: Questions that appear in M.Sc entrance exams are usually objective-type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). However, few M.Sc entrance exams also include numeric questions. For instance, IIT JAM exam contains a different section for numeric questions, called Numerical Answer Type (NAT). Here, the answer for each question is a number. Marking scheme: Marking scheme for most M.Sc entrance exams is such that 1 3 marks are awarded for each correct answer and 0.5 1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer. Therefore, candidates are recommended to mark their answers carefully. For exams where negative marking exists, candidates are also recommended not to attempt a question if they are unsure of the answer. Number of questions: Total number of questions usually varies in different M.Sc entrance exams depending on the pattern a college/ university is following. However, an M.Sc entrance exam can typically have questions ranging from 60 150. Total marks: Similar to the total number of questions, total marks that a candidate can score in an M.Sc entrance exam also vary. However, maximum marks that candidates can score in the entrance exam can range from 100 450. Know M.Sc entrance exam syllabus

Forest Research Institute has divided the seats available for the Masters degree programme under the following criteria:

• SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES: Fifteen percent (15%) of the total available seats shall be reserved for scheduled castes and seven and half percent (7.5%) for scheduled tribe candidates subject to their being otherwise suitable.\
• OTHER BACKWARD CLASSE (OBC): The reservation to OBC is being provided as per the policy of the Govt. of India as
  defined by National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
• PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: 3% reservation to the persons with Disabilities under the persons with Disabilities
  (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Chapter
  No. 39.
• IN-SERVICE CANDIDATES: Five seats shall be reserved in M.Sc. Environment Management course for in-service
  candidates working in Government Departments/Autonomous bodies under the Central/State/Union Territory/ICFRE.
• FOREIGN NATIONALS: Reservation to the extent of 15% of the prescribed seats on supernumerary basis for
  Foreign Nationals shall be made for admission to each M.Sc. course available in the Institute. 

 

Seleected studentss for the MSc courses offered by the Forest Research Institute for the academic session 2026-2027, need to attend the orientation programme which will be starting from Fourth week of July, 2026 tentaively from 10 am onwards at the examination hall of the institute.