Indian Institute of Science, [IIS] Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science, [IIS] Bangalore Overview

The brainchild of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, a strong businessman, and humanitarian, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was conceptualized in the late 1800s. To this end, Tata set up a provisional committee under the leadership of Burjorji Padshah, an educationist, to come up with an outline for the proposed university. NIRF ranked IIS No 1 among the top universities in India.

The Institute which started with just two departments – General and Applied Chemistry and Electrical Technology – today the college has over 40 departments expanded across six divisions: Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Electrical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research, Mechanical Sciences, and Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

IISc Bangalore Admissions are based on the merit list of one of the national examinations for all the courses offered by the college. A few amenities located in different parts of the campus make day-to-day life smooth and comfortable. In fact, these facilities have made IISc a totally self–contained campus.

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Quick Links:

• IISc Bangalore Courses
• IISc Bangalore Departments
• IISc Bangalore Facilities
• IISc Bangalore Placement
• IISc Bangalore Scholarship
• IISc Bangalore Awards & Rankings
• IISc Bangalore Eligibility Criteria
• IISc Bangalore Admissions
• IISc Bangalore Hostel Details

IISc Bangalore Courses:

IISc offers so many courses with so many specializations for students. All those courses are given below:

IISc Bangalore Departments:

IISc offers many departments for students to look after all the courses in different domains of sciences. The departments are as follows: 

• Chemical Science
• Biological Science
• Electrical Science
• Electronics Science
• Computer Science
• Mechanical Science
• Physical Science
• Mathematical Science
• Interdisciplinary Research

IISc Bangalore Facilities:

The facilities provided by IISc are just world-class. It enhances the experience of college life at every stage of student life while students study at the college. It provides a vast number of labs in all the disciplines for students to sharpen their practical knowledge. The facilities of the college are as follows:

1. Travel Agencies (Domestic & International Travel)
2. Photo Studio
3. Photo Copying Centre
4. DTP Centre
5. Book Shops dealing in Tech. Publications
6. Pharmacy
7. Laundry/Dry Cleaners
8. Super Market
9. Tailoring Shop
10. Juice Shop
11. Provision & General Store
12. Bakery & Pastry Shop
13. Hair Dressing Saloons
14. Baby Care Centre
15. Eateries
16. Ladies Boutique
17. Shoe Repairs Facility
18. Watch Repairs Shop
19. Communications
20. Banks
21. Amenities Hall

IISc Bangalore Placement:

Numerous leading industrial organizations visit the Institute for campus recruitment and offer good career opportunities to graduating students. These exercises are regulated by the Office of Career Counselling and IISc Bengaluru Placement (OCCaP) which also renders guidance and support to the course and research students about other placement possibilities, including those notified through advertisements, references, and special requests from various industrial and research organizations.

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IISc Bangalore Scholarship:

Students are granted scholarships/fellowships from the date of joining the Institute. Immediately upon joining the Institute, the students are expected to send the joining report within 15 days to the respective agencies concerned appropriately for activating their fellowships. Such students are entitled to payment of fellowship from the date of sanction from the respective agencies. A few IISc scholarships are given below:

1. All the students who join the Institute (except for the M Mgt program) are eligible for scholarships/ fellowships from CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/AICTE/DAE (NBHM)/ DST as the case may be.
2. IISc provides MHRD scholarships/fellowships for selected students whose mode of entry is GATE/JEST/JAM and ME/M Tech/M Sc(Engg) qualified.
3. Scholarships/fellowships from GE/ Infosys/ IBM/ HP/ Tata/ Philips/ Bell Lab/ Microsoft/ Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DietY) are also available for deserving students.
4. The value of the scholarship/fellowship per month for students registered in different programs of the Institute is as given below:

• Ph.D. – INR 25000/28000
• M Tech (Res) – INR 12400
• M Tech/M Des – INR 12400
• Integrated Ph.D. – INR 16000/25000/28000

IISc Bangalore Awards & Rankings:

For the consistent performance of the institute, it received many awards and rankings from so many reputed organizations. Some of them are given below:

• IISc stands in the Top 100 natural sciences category of the QS world ranking category. 
• Jaya-Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Science/Engineering
• Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering
• Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering
• Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development
• Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award for Assistant Professors
• IISc Distinguished Alumnus/alumna Award (given by the IISc Alumni Association).
• The Indian Institute of Science entered the Simon Marais Mathematical Competition for the very first time in 2018 and has done extremely well. Competition is held all across the Asia-Pacific region annually.
• CST Students won the Best Student Paper award at the CATE-2019 (Comfort at the Extremes 2019) Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai.
• IISc has been ranked as India's #1 university in the NIRF Rankings released by the MHRD.
• The team from IISc has won the Lexus design award for 2019.
• Mindtree has created an endowment focused on AI research with IISc.
• IISc UG team wins GOLD in the IGEM 2018 competition in Boston.
• IISc was ranked at 56th position in the latest QS Rankings for Asian Universities.

IISc Bangalore Eligibility Criteria:

The eligibility criteria for all courses are given below with the required documents that students need to submit to the institution before joining and taking part in the IISc Bangalore Admission.

IISc Bangalore Admissions:

Applications for IISc Admission are invited from eligible applicants for admissions to regular Research Programme [Ph.D./M Tech (Research)], Course Programmes [M.Tech/M Des/M Mgt], Integrated Ph.D. Programs, and Research (Ph.D. only) under External Registration Programmes. Candidates are shortlisted for an interview based on their performance in the National Entrance Test or the qualifying degree as detailed in the above table. The selection is based on the performance in the interview (in some of the departments, a written test will precede the interview) and the IISc Bangalore cutoff.

Indian Institute of Science Hostel Details:

The Indian Institute of Science, one of the premier research institutes of India, is a fully residential institute. There are many self-governing hostel blocks, some of which are for ladies and some for gents. These hostel blocks collectively can house about 3500 plus students who stay on campus. The hostels are huddled in lush green surroundings with open lawns in most of them. No two hostels are identical. There is also an ample parking facility for bicycles and two-wheelers. Some of the IISc facilities are given below:

• Confined service for married students is available. It will be allotted on a seniority basis.
• Guest rooms for visiting parents of students are also available.
• The hostel complex also houses small utility shops like bakery, laundry, cycle repair, hair cutting and pharmacy.
• There are four different Mess facilities for students. A and D messes serve only Vegetarian food. B and C messes are a composite mess that serves both Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Food.