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.

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. 

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.

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.

Candidates will need these documents during SRM IST Kattankulathur BSc admission process, at application process and document verification:

• Class 10th and Class 12th passing certificate and marksheet
• ID and address proof
• Passport sized photographs
• Transfer/ Migration certificate
• Scanned images of candidate's signature

SRM IST Kattankulathur BSc fees varies between courses both between or within the same school. The tuition fees ranges fm INR 75K (BSc in Yoga) and INR 8.4 Lakh (BSc in Nursing). 

Yes, candidates can get refunds of SRM IST Kattankulathur BSc fees upon cancelling their admission. These refunds are offered following UGC norms. 

UGC norms provide that candidates who cancel their admission within 30 days of commencement of course be refunded a percentage of fees paid. This percentage is based on how early a candidate cancels their admission.

SRM IST Kattankulathur does mention that its school of Science & Humanities accepts CUET-UG scores for admissions. However, that school has not mentioned anything regarding CUET-UG accepted for any BSc course admissions. Thus, candidates should ask this question from the admission desk.

Yes, admissions to all BSc courses offered by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur are open in academic year 2026. As of yet, only School of Medicine & Health Sciences has released an admission schedule for its BSc courses.

To keep tabs on application status of other BSc courses, candidates should go to SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur's website.

Yes, SRM University offers distance education and online courses to students. The SRM Kattankulathur, through various colleges and departments, offers UG, PG, Ph.D. Diploma, and other courses to students across Management, Architecture, Engineering, and other streams. All the regular and distance education courses are approved by UGC (University Grants Commission) and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).. .

Yes, SRM University offers B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons). To apply for this course, candidates need to clear the basic eligibility criteria, which is, a candidate should have passed Class 12 from a recognised board/university, with Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects along with one among Biology & Mathematics, Biology Mathematics, Botany & Zoology Forestry, Biology & Agriculture, Agriculture or have Biology and Agricultural Practices in a vocational stream with at least 50% overall aggregate. The total tuition fee for the course is INR 8 Lacs and about 240 seats are available.

There is no mention of whether candidates awaiting Class 12 board exams are eligible to apply for SRM IST Kattankulathur BSc admissions. Thus candidates should ask this question from the admission desk of SRM IST Kattankulathur for confirmation.

Generally, candidates can apply for admissions while awaiting Class 12 board exams if selection criteria is entrance based.

Last date to apply for SRM IST Kattankulathur BTech admissions was 30th June for academic year 2026.  

SRM IST Kattankulathur BTech admission process will require candidates to produce following documents during application process and document verification:

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

SRM IST Kattankulathur BBA admission is still open for academic year 2026. Candidates who are intersted in applying for BBA course can do so by going to its official website. Admissions are merit-based for all specialisations.

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.