IISER Entrance Exam 2025 provide admissions to the BS-MS/ BS/ BTech programmes offered by some of the prestigious institutions across the nation. Check out the list of IISER Aptitude Test 2025 participating institutes, academic programmes offered and their seat intake in this Shiksha article. Candidates can also check out the IISER 2025 expected good score and opening and closing ranks required by the candidates to get admission to these institutes.
IISER Entrance Exam Participating Institutes
IISER Entrance Exam 2025 will provide admissions to the Bachelors degree programmes like BS-MS/ BS/ Btech courses in the IISER 2025 participating institutes like IISERs, IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras. Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are top notch research Institutes of India that are committed to developing scientific potential and promoting cutting-edge research. The IAT 2025 will be a window to all admissions to the many member IISERs that have special specializations and research opportunities.
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Earlier there was three chaneels through which candidates can ge admissions to the courses offered at IISER institions, IISc Banglore and IIT Madras. From the academic session 2025, admisisons were made through IAT exam channel only and other two channels were discontinued.
There were three channels for admission:
- IAT Channel a. Candidates seeking admission through this channel must appear for a computer-based IISER Aptitude Test (IAT-2025).
- KVPY Channel The KVPY-SA-2021 students who have received the provisional KVPY fellowship award are eligible to apply for admission. A. Candidates in the extended KVPY merit list are not eligible.
- JEE Channel a. Candidates seeking admission under JEE channel should have qualified in the JEE Advanced in the year 2023, AND should have a rank within 15000 in the common rank list or in the respective category rank lists (GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL/SC/ST/PwD). B. Those who qualified JEE Advanced in any year other than 2023 are not eligible. C. Candidates with JEE Advanced preparatory ranks are not eligible. Candidates seeking admission under this channel do not have to appear for IAT-2023.
In the event that there is fewer number of seats available under a particular category in an academic programme than the number of
candidates with the same category-wise rank seeking admission to the B.S. (Medical Sciences and Engineering) program, then all those candidates will be offered seats by creating requisite number of supernumerary seats.
IAT participating institutes 2025 represent the pinnacle of science education in the country, providing students with world-class facilities, renowned faculty, and an unparalleled academic environment. IISER Entrance Exam 2025 will be conducted on May 25, 2025 at various exam centres across the nation. Interested applicants can now fill the IAT 2025 application form which started from March 10, 2025 onwards. Candidates are advised to check out the IISER 2025 eligibility criteria meticulously before applying in order to not lose the candidature at any stage of the admission process.
- IISER Entrance Exam Particpating Institutes
- IISER Participating Institutes: Academic Programmes Offered
- IAT 2025 Participating Institutes 2025: Seat Intake
- IISER 2025 Marks vs Rank
IISER Entrance Exam Particpating Institutes
Candidates can check out the list of IISER 2025 Participating Institutes and their NIRF Ranking from here:
NOTE: The NIRF Ranking 2024 is based on the top research institute wise.
| IAT 2025 Participating Institutes | |
|---|---|
| IISc Bangalore | 1 |
| IIT Madras | 2 |
| IISER Pune | 29 |
| IISER Kolkata | 38 |
| IISER Mohali | 49 |
| IISER Bhopal | NA |
| IISER Thiruvananthapuram | NA |
| IISER Tirupati | NA |
| IISER Berhampur | NA |
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IISER Participating Institutes: Academic Programmes Offered
The exam officials has added two new programmes at IISER 2025 admission process. Check out the newly added courses and old courses from below:
| Newly Added Courses in IISER 2025 Admission Process | |
|---|---|
| Course Name | Institute |
| 5-year BS-MS dual degree program in Computational and Data Sciences f | IISER Kolkata |
| 4-Year BS in Economic and Statistical Sciences | IISER Tirupati |
| 4-Year B.Tech. (in Chemical Engineering, Data Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science) | IISER Bhopal |
| Other Courses- BS MS Dual Degree and BS degree (IISER Bhopal) | |
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Also Read: IISER 2025 New Changes Introduced: Check for Newly Added Courses, Eligibility, Seat Intake Details
IAT 2025 Participating Institutes 2025: Seat Intake
For the academic session 2024-2025, a total of 1933 seats were offered through IISER entrance exam at various IISERs, IISc Banglore and IIT Madras. From this session, two new courses have been added up which increases the overall IISER Entrance Exam 2025 seat intake. Candidates can check out the seat distribution form here:
| BS-MS Programme | Number of Seats |
|---|---|
| IISER Berhampur | 300 |
| IISER Bhopal | 300 |
| IISER Kolkata | 280 |
| IISER Mohali | 270 |
| IISER Pune | 288 |
| IISER Tirupati | 350 |
| IISER Thiruvananthapuram | 320 |
| B. Tech. / BS Programme | Number of Seats |
| IISER Bhopal (B. Tech.) | 140 |
| IISER Bhopal (BS in Economic Sciences) | 35 |
| IISER Tirupati (BS in Economic and Statistical Sciences) | 50 |
| IISER Kolkata (BS-MS in Computational and Data Sciences) | 30 |
| Total | 2363 |
IISER 2025 Marks vs Rank
Candidates must note that the below scores are for UR candidates and can check the category-wise good score in the article below:
The following rules for reallocation of seats will be applicable in every round of seat allocation.
(A) Unfilled OPEN-PwD category seats for an academic program will be reallocated and treated as OPEN category seats for allocation.
(B) Unfilled GEN-EWS-PwD category seats for an academic program will be reallocated and treated as GEN-EWS category seats for allocation.
(C) Unfilled OBC-NCL-PwD category seats for an academic program will be reallocated and treated as OBC-NCL category seats for allocation.
(D) Unfilled SC-PwD category seats for an academic programme will be reallocated and treated as SC category seats for allocation.
(E) Unfilled ST-PwD category seats for an academic programme will be reallocated and treated as ST category seats for allocation.
- IISc Banglore- 200
- IIT Madras- 185
- IISER Pune- 170
- IISER Bhopal- 140
- IISER Kolkata- 160
- IISER Mohali- 140
- IISER Tirupati- 120
- IISER Berhampur- 110
IAT 2025 candidates' ranks will be based on their combined scores from the four sections (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology). The exam comprises 60 questions with a total score of 240 marks. Below is a table for the expected IISER 2025 ranks corresponding to different score ranges.
| IISER 2025 Score (Out of 240) | Expected IISER 2025 Rank |
|---|---|
| 200 and above | Rank 1 to 80 |
| 200-160 | Rank 81- 200 |
| 160- 110 | Rank 201 to 800 |
| 110-95 | Rank 800 to 1500 |
| 95-75 | Rank 1500- 2000 |
| < 60 | Above 2000 |
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