Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) is an autonomous

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established in 2006. It is one of the seven

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier public research institutions in India. The institutes were established by the Government of India through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHR ...

, and was one of the first IISERs to be established along with IISER Kolkata. It is located in the city of

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

, India.

Campus

The construction of the final campus was completed in 2012. The campus is of 98 acres.

Academics

Academic programmes

IISER Pune offers integrated masters programmes (BS-MS), an integrated doctoral programme (Int. PhD) and a doctoral programme (PhD). Admission to the master's degree is through the IISER joint admission process which provides three channels for admission:

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and state and central boards candidates, which require an additional IISER Aptitude Test. Admission to the various PhD programmes is either with a master's degree in science or with a bachelor's degree, for the integrated PhD programme. Candidates are screened by interviews. In addition to that candidates should have qualified a national level entrance exam for PhD program in science (like

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) The faculty is organised by various disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged across disciplines. The first batch of students graduated in 2012.

Rankings

In the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, IISER Pune is ranked among the top 800 globally and ranked 10 in India.

Research centres

IISER-Pune houses the following advanced research centres/ centres of excellence: *Centre for Integrative Studies (CIS) *DBT Centre of Excellence in

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*DST Unit on Nanoscience *Max-Planck Partner Group in

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*Max-Planck Partner Group in Glyco-nanotechnology *National facility for gene function in Health and Disease *Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) *Centre for Energy Science *

Student life

The majority of the student activities at IISER-P are conducted by various clubs. Mimamsa is an intercollegiate science challenge conducted by the students of IISER-P. The aim of the organizers is to make it the most conceptually challenging competition at the national level for science students. It is a two-stage affair. The first stage is a written exam with 60 subjective questions from all disciplines of science. The top four colleges selected through this round move into the finals. There is also a very active

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sub-chapter, which organizes events jointly with National Chemical Laboratory, and the SPIC MACAY Pune Chapter. In the last week of October or first week of November, IISER Pune organises its college fest, Karavaan. The fest attracts students from colleges all across Pune, as well as national institutes all over India.

References

External links

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