NEST 2021 Application Process

NEST 2021 Application Process

National Entrance Screening Test-NEST 2021 Admission to 5 year Integrated MSc Programmesin Biology, Chemistry,Mathematics and Physics at NISER and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai

National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory test for students seeking admission to National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai. Both NISER and UM-DAE CEBS were set up by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India in 2007. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to scientific programmes of Department of Atomic Energy and other applied science institutions in the country

Eligibility : 

* Candidates in the Unreserved and OBC categories must have been born on or after August 01, 2001. The age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC/ ST/ Divyangjan candidates.

* Class XII qualifying examination must have passed in either 2019 or 2020. Candidates appearing in 2021 are also eligible. (Where only Letter Grade is given by the Board, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the respective Admission Committees will be final.)

* At least 60% marks in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII examination from any recognized Board in India. For Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates and for Divyangjan candidates, the minimum requirement is 55%.

* Candidate should secure a position in the NEST merit list.

Registration / Online application opens :24th of February 2021. 

Online application closes : 30th of April 2021. 

Download of admit card starts : 20th of May 2021. 

Date of examination : 14th of June 2021. 

Announcement of results on NEST website : 30th of June 2021.

To Apply visit : https://www.nestexam.in/