Eye Opener : 5 Year Integ MSc, in association with Dept of Atomic Energy, GoI
2017-10-29Course Offered : 5 year Integrated M.Sc in basic sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics)
Eligibility
(a) Securing a position in the National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) merit list.
(b) Must have passed the XII standard board examination or equivalent in the science stream from any recognised Board in India.
(c) Secure at least 60% in aggregate in the XII standard board examination. For SC/ST/PD students the requirement is 55%.
About the Institutes : National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar and Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CEBS) of Mumbai University are both established by Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.
(a) NISER : National Institute of Science Education and Research, under the aegis of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has been established with the aim of embedding scientific rigor within larger pedagogic practices in our country. The academic programmes at NISER are deemed to be conducted through the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, which is affiliated to Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI, a deemed to be university), Mumbai and is a grant-in-aid institution, under the Department of Atomic Energy. This arrangement will be in place until the formalities, of granting NISER the Constituent Institution (CI) status of HBNI are completed. The Institute will see the addition of new Schools in Computer Science, Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences in the next few years.
(b) CEBS : The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India and the University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus jointly launched, in September 2007, a Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CEBS) offering high-quality undergraduate teaching embedded in a postgraduate and research environment. CBS offers a five-year Integrated M.Sc. program in the Basic Sciences for students who have completed 10+2 schooling or its equivalent.
A modern, flexible, integrated and seamless curriculum has been developed that places considerable emphasis on practical training and development of analytical and problem-solving skills in addition to formal learning. Some of the best teachers from University of Mumbai departments and University of Mumbai-affiliated colleges, and from proximate partner institutions like Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, IIT Bombay and the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, have helped design courses and are participating in teaching activities of the Centre in the areas of physics, life sciences, mathematics, chemistry.
Intake : Total number of seats at NISER and CEBS are 200 and 45, respectively. Two (2) supernumerary seats in each institution are reserved for candidates from the state of J&K.
Selection Procedure : Selection is done on the basis of National Entrance Screening Test (NEST). The test consists of 5 sections, with section wise cut off applicability.
Scholarship : The 5–year integrated MSc programme at NISER and CEBS offers a limited number of merit based INSPIRE (by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) scholarships of Rs.5,000/– per month and an additional ₹20,000/– per year for carrying out summer projects. For the students entered into the MSc programme through NEST–2016 the numbers of such scholarships were 60 for NISER and 25 for CEBS.
Besides, top performers at NISER and CEBS, securing overall grades above certain threshold at the end of the programme, are eligible to appear directly for the interview for admission to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) training school.
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