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IAT 2021: The IAT 2021 or IISER Aptitude Test 2021 will be conducted for admissions into the various 4 years BS, and 5 years BS-MS Integrated Courses offered at the various IISER Campuses.
The 4 years BS or Bachelor of Science Degree course is currently offered at only IISER Bhopal while the 5 years Integrated BS-MS Degree course is offered at all the 7 IISER campuses.
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IAT Counselling Procedure 2021 IAT Participating Colleges 2021
IAT Result 2021 IAT Admit Card 2021 IAT Exam Pattern 2021
- Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) channel
- Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Advanced) of the Indian Institutes of Technology
- State and Central Boards Channel (SCB)
While the first two channel candidates take admission directly into IISER through counselling. Only the Candidates who apply through the SCB or State and Central Boards Channel also need to appear and qualify IAT for attending the IISER Admission Counselling.
*Please Note: A maximum of 25% of the seats will be allocated through KVPY and JEE-Advanced channels. Remaining seats will be filled through the SCB channel based on the merit in the IISER Aptitude Test. Unfilled seats from KVPY and JEE channels will also be added to the SCB channel for allotment.
Candidates who clear the minimum cutoff set for the SCB channel for various Boards and categories can appear for IAT 2021. Usually this cut-off is the Total Marks obtained by the Top 20 Percentile of each category student in the respective Board examinations out of 500.
The IAT 2021 will be an online Computer Based Test having 4 sections of Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology with 15 Questions each. The total duration for the Test will be 3 hours.
IAT 2021 Key Points:
IAT Full Form | IISER Aptitude Test |
Conducting Body | IISER |
Exam Level | National |
Mode of Application | Online |
Mode of Exam | Online (Computer Based Test) |
Exam Duration | 3 hours |
Exam Frequency | Once every year |
Score Validity | Same Academic Year |
Number of Questions | 60 (15 in each section) |
Questions Type | MCQs |
Application Fee | INR 2000 For General, OBC-NCL and EWS Category candidates. INR 1000 for PWD and SC/ST Candidates USD 100 for Foreign Nationals |
Total Seats Offered | 1777(1662 for BS-MS and 115 for BS) |
Accepting Colleges | All 7 IISER Campuses |
Official Website | |
Helpline | 0471-2778200 |
IAT Application Form 2021: The IAT Application Form 2021 will be available online tentatively from the 1st week of February, 2021 and is expected to be available till the last week of March, 2021.
The IAT Application Form 2021 will be available only in the Online Mode on the IISER Admission Official Website: http://www.iiseradmission.in/
The Application Fee for IAT 2021 will be as follows:
- INR 2000 For General, OBC-NCL and EWS Category candidates.
- INR 1000 for PWD and SC/ST Candidates
- USD 100 for Foreign Nationals
The IAT Application Form 2021 can be filled online by following these steps:
- The link to the registration page will be provided at IISER admissions website. Please click on the Apply Online.
- Upon reaching the registration page, you will be asked to enter some basic personal details such as Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Mobile number and Email. You have to generate OTP and you will receive the OTP number in the registered mobile number. For this, click generate OTP. Another OTP Captcha validation page will be opened to you to enter the text image displayed. After entering the text, click submit. You will receive OTP in your mobile number. Enter this OTP in the registration page and press validate button. Finally, enter Captcha displayed to you on the registration page and click the submit button. You will be allowed to reconfirm the details. If you press CANCEL, you can modify the details else if you press OK , registration will be completed. You will get application number/User ID and password in mobile and at email address. You may logout by pressing log out button on the right-top most corner. Then re-login using application number/User ID and password.
- Once registered, the same mobile number cannot be used for registering again and cannot be changed.
- Confirm that the details you have entered are correct and click Submit. After you click Submit, you are registered. An email and an SMS containing Login ID and Password will be sent to you after successful registration. Make sure to check your spam folder if you don’t see the email in your inbox.
- You will now be asked to logout and login again. Upon clicking Logout, you will be redirected to the application page.
- You may now log in using your user Id and password on the new page that appears.
- The next step is to fill your personal details, Qualification Details and Document Upload which are divided as three tabs in the application page. Click on the button Go to Personal Details Form.
- You need to enter an alternate mobile number in the application page without which the form cannot be submitted. Alternate Email id is optional.
- Note that the qualifying exam details section has several options depending on the status of your result as well as if you had Math’s as one of your subjects. If the result is not declared, select No.
- If the result for your board is declared, select Yes and fill your marks in the fields that appear. Physics and Chemistry are mandatory subjects. Apart from that, you may choose to enter the names of three more subjects and their respective marks.
- Note that you must write marks obtained out of 100. If your board doesn’t allot marks out of 100 for each subject, refer to the following guidelines for scaling your marks to a 100 marks scale: https://www.iiseradmission.in/index.php/pages/eligibility
- After entering your marks, upload a scanned copy of your 12th class (or equivalent program) marksheet by clicking on the “click here to upload” button.
- Click on the “Browse” button to select the scanned copy of your marksheet (max 1 MB, only PDF, JPEG or JPG formats) from your computer, or drag it directly to this popup (in the grey region). Upon successful upload of your marksheet, you will see the filename along with “File uploaded Successfully” written underneath as shown below. Also, there is an option to download your file on the bottom left corner of this popup to double-check if the uploaded file is correct.
- If you do not have Math’s subject in your 12th class, select No. If you have Math’s as a subject in your 12th Class, then select Yes. You will be shown a dropdown menu to select the result status. If you select Pass or Fail, one more field “Marks” will appear in which you need to write your marks for the Math’s subject (out of 100).
- If your result is awaited, you need to update it in the application before 20th June 5 PM.
- Upload your photograph and signature (max 200 KB, JPEG or JPG formats only) by clicking on the “click here to upload” buttons.
- Enter the Captcha text and click on the text “I Agree “or the checkbox beside it to confirm the declaration.
- Check all the details entered by you and click on the Submit button. You will see all the information entered by you on the next page as a confirmation along with a note saying that “You have successfully submitted your Personal Details.”
- You would also see a new tab “SCB Channel” beside the “Applicant Details” tab.
- You will see the following options after clicking on the “SCB Channel” tab: Click on “Click here to fill the Application” button to go to the application form for the SCB Channel. An application number appended with SCB will be generated for you. Please note that with same application number user id, you will be able to apply for KVPY and JEE(advanced) if you are qualified apply through it. Accordingly the new id will be generated appended with KVPY or JEE. If you are applying through multiple channels, you have to pay the application fee for each channel.
- Next, you are required to fill your city preferences for the test center of the IAT 2021 computer-based test.
- Next, select the IISERs in the decreasing order of your preference.
- Verify these details, select ICICI from the payment type, and click on “I Agree ” if you agree with the declaration to proceed with the submission of the form and the payment. You may also preview the filled form by clicking on the Preview button.
- By clicking on the Submit button, you would be directed to the payment gateway of ICICI bank where you may choose to pay using UPI, debit cards/credit cards issued by all major banks or through the net banking facility. If you are General/EWS/OBC/OBC-NCL/KM you have to pay Rs.2000 + transaction fee, if any, as application fee. If you are SC/ST/PD candidate, you need to pay only Rs.1000 + transaction fee, if any. If you are a foreign national applying through JEE you have to pay US Dollar 100 + transaction fee, if any, as application fee.
- On successful transaction, the payment gateway will revert to the application portal. DO NOT press refresh or back buttons on the payment page. Depending on your network speed, it may take a few minutes for the payment gateway page to show a success message and reverting back you to the application portal. It is advisable to keep the transaction id of your payment written down for future reference.
- In case of a failed payment transaction, instruction with transaction details will be shown on your screen which can be used for all future transactions.
- In this case, kindly save the details for future correspondences related to this transaction, and login on the application portal to submit your application again.
- In case you do not see a transaction success/failure page on payment gateway page, DO NOT attempt multiple payments. Please verify first whether money is debited from the account used for the attempted payment. If the money is debited, then contact the helpdesk through email or at the helpline number with transaction id to resolve the issue. Help desk Email: IISER2021.helpdesk@gmail.com
Before filling the IAT Application Form 2021 the candidates must read the Information Brochure carefully to check important details like Eligibility, Reservations, Admission Process, Seat and Course availability and more.
IAT Eligibility Criteria 2021: The IAT Eligibility Criteria 2021 is necessary for students to read before doing registration for the examination.
The Eligibility Criteria is important for any examination because even if a candidate does not fulfill a single criterion of the eligibility criteria declared for the examination then the candidate is not allowed to appear for the examination or even after appearing for the examination and clearing the same the admission through the examination stands cancelled or void.
The IAT Eligibility Criteria 2021 in detail are as follows:
Nationality:
Candidate must be an Indian National/PIO/OCI.
Qualification:
- Candidate must have passed class 12th or its equivalent from any recognized Board/University.
- Candidate those clear their class 12th in 2020 are also eligible to apply.
- Candidate must be pass from Science Stream.
- Students who have passed 10+2 level with science stream in 2019 or 2020 are eligible to apply for admissions and appear for IAT 2020.
- However, they will be considered for admissions to the degree programmes only if they obtain the cut-off marks specified for their board.
- Students applying through SCB channel will have to appear in the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) which will be conducted at various centres across the country.
Cut-off: Only candidates that clear the minimum Cut-off set for appearing in IAT out of 500 for each Board for all categories respectively can appear for IAT. Mostly it is the minimum marks obtained by the Top 20 Percentile of each board in all categories.
Performance Criteria in Class 12th (Or Equivalent) Board Examination:
- The candidate must have marks within the category-wise cut-off for their respective Class 12th Board examination for being eligible to get admission to IISERs.
- For candidates who appeared in the Class 12th Board examination for the first time in 2020 and reappeared in any subject (for whatsoever reason) in 2021, the better of two performances will be considered.
- If a Board gives aggregate marks considering both Class 11th and Class 12th examinations (in the 10+2 system), then only Class 12th marks will be considered. If a Board gives aggregate marks considering the results of all three years of a 3-year diploma or courses of equivalent duration, then only the marks scored in the final year will be considered. Similarly, for boards which follow a semester system, the marks scored in the final two semesters will be considered.
- In case any of the subjects Mathematics or Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Language are not evaluated in the final, then the marks for the same subject from the previous year(s) will be used for calculating the percentage of aggregate marks.
- If a Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade -sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it before the deadline of the mark-sheet submission. In case such a certificate is not provided by the Board, meeting minimum eligibility criteria will be assessed as follows:
If CGPA/CPI is reported on any scale other than 10 (for example, 4 points or 8 points scale), an equivalent CGPA/CPI will be calculated as per the following formula: CGPA/CPI in a 10 point scale = (CGPA/CPI Obtained×10)/PS. Finally, the marks will be linearly scaled out of 500. (Here PS stands for Point scale used by the Board).
- If a Board does not give marks/grades scored in individual subjects but gives only the aggregate marks/grades, then the aggregate marks/grades given by the Board will be considered as such (linearly scaled out of 500 if the total marks are not out of 500).
- Candidates from any board other than the ones listed on the IAT website (of State and Central Boards) can apply only through JEE-Advanced and KVPY channels provided that they also satisfy the eligibility criteria as specified by JEE-Advanced or KVPY, as the case may be. Such candidates should either bring a certificate from their respective board that they are within top 20 percentile of their board or else cut-off scores for CBSE board will be applied for them.
Reservation:
- SC — 15%
- ST — 7.5%
- OBC-NCL — 27%.
- PwD — 5% (supernumerary)
- KM — 3 seats per IISER (supernumerary)
- EWS — up to 10% (as per Government of India rules)
IAT Exam Pattern 2021: The IAT Exam Pattern 2021 is important to read for every student who wishes to appear for it.
The IAT Exam Pattern 2021 gives a clear idea to the student about the type of questions, exam duration exam language and various other important details about the examination.
The IAT Exam Pattern 2021 also helps in the planning of preparation for the examination and successfully clearing the same.
The IAT Exam Pattern 2021 details are as follows:
Particulars | Details |
Mode of Examination | Computer Based test (Online) |
Exam Duration | 180 minutes |
Subjects |
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Type of Question | MCQ’s |
Total No. of Questions | 60 questions |
Total Marks | 180 marks |
Negative Marking | -1 for every wrong answer |
Language of Paper | English and Hindi |
IAT 2021 Subject wise Distribution of Questions and Marks:
Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks Per Question | Total Marks |
Physics | 15 | +3 | 15*3= 45 marks |
Chemistry | 15 | +3 | 15*3= 45 marks |
Mathematics | 15 | +3 | 15*3= 45 marks |
Biology | 15 | +3 | 15*3= 45 marks |
Total | 60 questions |
| 180 marks |
Marking Scheme:
- +3 will be awarded for every correct answer.
- -1 will be deducted for every wrong answer.
IAT Participating Colleges 2021: IAT Participating Colleges 2021 or IAT Participating Institutes 2021 include 7 campuses of Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER).
The IAT Participating Colleges 2021 or IAT Participating Institutes 2021 are as follows:
S.No. | College Name | Courses Offered | Total Seats Offered |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Berhampur | BS-MS | 185 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal | BS-MS | 252 | |
BS (Engineering Sciences) | 73 | ||
BS (Economic Sciences) | 42 | ||
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata | BS-MS | 233 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Mohali | BS-MS | 239 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune | BS-MS | 280 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | BS-MS | 280 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER), Tirupati | BS-MS | 193 |
Students must go through the Participating Colleges and their seat distribution before filling up their choices for admissions in the counselling procedure. The candidate has a clear idea about the chances of getting admissions through this entrance examination after reading about the participating colleges in detail.
The Participating Colleges in any Entrance Exam also reflect the importance of that examination in a great manner as more important the participating colleges in an examination the more important that entrance examination becomes.
So, students must go through the Participating Colleges while applying for any entrance examination and do a thorough research about the quality of those participating colleges in the entrance examination.
IAT Admit Card 2021: The IAT Admit Card 2021 or IAT Hall Ticket 2021 will be available for download tentatively in the 3rd or 4th week of April, 2021 on the official website of IAT: www.iiseradmission.in
Download the IAT Admit Card 2021 by following below mentioned steps:
- Visit the above-mentioned official website.
- Enter the ID and Password
- Admit Card will be displayed on the screen and check all the details.
- Download and Print the IAT Admit Card 2021.
The Admit Card is an important document and must be carefully kept by the candidates as it is necessary to produce at the Exam centre while appearing for the Entrance Examination and without the same the Candidate is not allowed to enter the exam hall to appear for the entrance examination.
The Admit Card usually contains the details of the Exam Centre, Personal Details of the Candidate like Name and Date of Birth and other important information including the Instructions.
IAT Result 2021: The IAT Result 2021 will be published online on the IISER website: www.iiseradmission.in .
Check the IAT Result 2021 by following the below mentioned steps:
- Go to the official website i.e., www.iiseradmission.in
- Click on the Result Link.
- Enter the Application Number and Date of Birth.
- Result will be displayed on the screen.
- Download and Print the IAT Result 2021 for further admission process.
After the declaration of result, authority will declare the separate merit list and merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in aptitude test.
IISER will declare the cut off list also for SCB for every board.
IAT Counselling Procedure 2021: The IAT Counselling Procedure will start after the IAT Result 2021 are declared along with the counselling for KVPY and JEE Advanced Channels.
The Counselling for all the 3 Channels namely KVPY, JEE Advanced and SCB Channel (IAT) will be conducted for admissions into the BS and BS-MS courses at IISER.
The IISER Admission Counselling for all the three channels will be conducted online. There will be a total of 3 Rounds.
After each Round the Candidates allotted a seat will have to either Accept/Freeze the seat or Float for the next Round. The candidate can also choose to withdraw from the admissions in the initial Rounds.
*Please Note: A maximum of 25% of the seats will be allocated through KVPY and JEE-Advanced channels. Remaining seats will be filled through the SCB channel based on the merit in the IISER Aptitude Test. Unfilled seats from KVPY and JEE channels will also be added to the SCB channel for allotment.
Once after seat allotment and Freeze if the candidate has deposited the Seat Acceptance Fee or SAF. Then the admission cannot be withdrawn and no fee will be refunded to the student.
A Candidate can only participate in the counselling through any of the three channels not more than 1 at the same time.
After the Counselling Procedure for IISER Admissions is completed through the three channels, the classes for the first year of the new session will begin at all the IISER Campus as per their respective schedule.
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