SRM Institute of Science and Technology Admission 2026: Courses, Eligibility, Selection and Application

Yes, all full-time PhD scholars who are shortlisted for provisional registration are paid INR 25,000 per month for a maximum period of three years. Those who have qualified in UGC NET (including JRF)/ CSIR NET (including JRF)/ GATE/ GPAT are paid INR 31,000 per month for a maximum period of three years. The eligibility for availing stipend every year, subsequent to the provisional registration, is based on the progress made in research during the previous year, as part of PhD.

Candidates who withdraw their admission and seeking for fee refund at SRM University, must contact the admission office of the university and go through the refund policies. As per the details collated from the unofficial sources, candidates can also donwload the refund form from the official website. After filling the form and attaching the relevant documents, the form can be submitted to the SRM university admin department main campus.

Candidates seeking PhD admission are required to appear for an entrance test conducted by SRM IST. This test is conducted via CBT mode. The test is followed by a presentation and PI round conducted by the related department. However, those who’ve qualified UGC NET (including JRF)/ CSIR NET (including JRF)/ SLET/ GATE or teacher fellowship holders are exempted from writing the deemed university-level entrance exam for admission.

SRM Institute of Technology Kattankulathur offers PhD at the doctoral level. The course is offered to three category students, namely full-time, part-time and part-time external candidates. While the duration for full-time course range from three to five years, the duration for part-time course range from three to six years. SRM University offers PhD in 60 specialisations. Additionally, Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT-Phase II initiated by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) of the Government of India allots two full-time PhD seats to the institute.

SRM offers more than 80 courses through eight faculty members at UG, PG, doctoral and Diploma levels in multiple streams like Engineering, Management, Science, Humanities, Law, etc. Apart from the regular degree courses, the university also offers online and distance education courses. Online faculty offers MBA, MCA and MCom. Distance education is available in MA, BA, MCA, BCA, BBA, etc. Candidates must qualify Class 12 to apply for UG courses and graduation for PG courses.

Candidates cannot get direct admissions to BSc courses of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur if they have applied for courses from School of Agricultural Sciences and Medicine & Health Sciences.

However, all BSc courses from School of Hotel & Catering Management and many from School of Science & Humanities do allow direct admissions.

Candidates should carefully check eligibility and selection criteria of their chosen BSc course before applying.

No, SRM IST Kattankulathur MBA admission is not available in direct mode.

Candidates who want to apply for MBA admissions must appear in SRMJEEM in order to qualify. 

Additionally, candidates can also appear in one of CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT or TANCET to qualify for admissions as well.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology admission is a multi-step process. Check out the pointers below for more details: 

Application: Aspirants can apply at the official website. The application fee cost is INR 1,200.

Selection: SRM IST conducts its own entrance exam, such as SRMJEEE, SRMJEEM and SRMJEEL, for admission to courses, like MBA, BTech, BA LLB (Hons), etc. SRM also accepts national-level entrance exams. Further, a PI round is conducted for a few courses.

Counselling & Admission Confirmation: Shortlisted candidates are further called for document verification. In the final round, students can pay the admission fee. 

Yes, SRM University offers direct admission to certain programs to candidates who meet required eligibility criteria. The admission to these programs may include past academic performance, work experience, and other relevant factors.

No, SRMIST Chennai BCA course admission is merit-based. Hence, there is no entrance examination for admissions. The institute admits candidates to the UG programme based on merit in the last qualifying examination, i.e., Class 12 or relevant Diploma. The aspirants must meet the prescribed eligibility criteria. Students who have passed Class 12 or Diploma in Engineering with a minimum of 50% aggregate are eligible for admission.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur conducts its own admissions for each school to admit candidates to its BSc courses. For Medicine & Health Sciences, SRMJEEH is conducted every year to admit candidates while for others, a different SRM IST national level entrance exam is conducted.

SRM IST Kattankulathur BBA admission process will need following documents:

• Class 10th and Class 12th passing certificate and marksheet
• ID and address proof
• Passport sized photographs
• Transfer/ Migration certificate

BBA course with the highest fees at SRM IST Kattankulathur is BSc in Fintech course. Total fees for this course is INR 6 Lacs for general mode and INR 8 Lacs for honors mode in academic year 2026.

This fees will be charged on per annum basis at INR 2 Lacs each throughout course duration.

Yes, SRM IST Kattankulathur BTech admissions are still open for the academic year 2026. The SRMJEEE & SRMJEEM 2026 Phase 3 registration portal is now closed. 

Yes, candidates will be offered refunds if they cancel their BBA admission at SRM IST Kattankulathur. Candidates are offered refunds based on AICTE norms which provide refunds if a vacant seat left by a candidate is filled within admission schedule.

Yes, candidates can choose to pursue their BBA course as a BBA (hons) coure in their third year at SRM IST Kattankulathur. Decision to pursue BBA for four years at this institute is made during third year itself when curriculum is about to be over.

SRM IST Kattankulathur BBA application fees is INR 1,200 for academic year 2026. This fees must be paid after candidates have completed their BBA admission form.

This fees is not covered within refund policy of BBA admission at SRM IST.

SRM IST Kattankulathur BBA seat intake is 540 seats for academic year 2026. Each specialisation has atotal intakeof 60 seats. Remaining BBA seats are offered for general BBA course by Kattankulathur campus of SRM IST.

No, candidates cannot get direct admission into BBA LLB (hons) course at SRM IST Kattankulathur. Candidates who want to apply for BBA LLB (hons) course must appear in either CLAT-UG or SRMJEEL after clearing Class 12 board exams.

No, SRM IST Kattankulathur BBA LLB (hons) eligibility criteria does not require candidates to have law as a mandatory subject in Class 12th. Candidates can clear Class 12 board exams in any stream to be eligible as long as they pass with a minimum aggregate of 60%.