IISER Thiruvananthapuram - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research

The institute aims to provide high quality education in modern science, integrating it with outstanding research at the undergraduate level. BSc might be also good option here to study and fees is affordable but there are minimum students who are getting placed so there is a big competetion to get a good placements.

All of the seven branches are considered equal. However, according to the Nature Index, the Pune campus ranked 7th, Bhopal 11th, Mohali 13th, and Thiruvananthapuram 14th. All IISERs are known for their excellent faculty, laboratory facilities, and quality of education they provide. 

IISER- Thiruvananthapuram - Indian Institute of Science Education & Research has a good campus life and facilities. The institute offers 12 courses in the Science stream. The college has a nice infrastructure and a wifi-enabled campus. The courses offered in IISER are research-oriented and hence not fit for recruitment by IT/professional companies. Hence the institute doesn't have a proper placement cell.

Studying in IISER Thiruvanthapuram is not costly as fees is very affordable as compared to other ones. M.Sc fees is around INR 38-48k and P.hd fees is around INR 50 K -55K annually which is a good rate for all students to study. Moreover, institute is providing good education facilities from highly skilled faculty members and there are placement opportunities for students after completion of their course.

From my perspective each IISER functions independently in terms of their course. The facilities provided might be different in both IISER. Rest there is no comparisons in subjects beacause Science remains everywhere.Currently, IISER'S are relatively new compared to other Science institutions in the country, which are well established and developed and so you have to decide which IISER you are comfortable with.

The comparative analysis of IISER Pune placements 2023 with IISER Kolkata, IISER Mohali, and IISER Bhopal are tabulated below:IISER NameTotal Students/ Students Placed (2023)Median Package (2023)IISER Pune164/ 14INR 8.30 LPAIISER Kolkata169/ 11INR 7 LPAIISER Mohali182/ 10INR 8.67 LPAIISER Bhopal239/ 45INR 19 LPANOTE: The placement statistics for all the IISERs mentioned above are from the NIRF report 2024 and are for UG (5-year) courses.

To apply to the PhD programme at IISER Thiruvananthapuram, candidates should have completed Masters with 60% aggregate and qualified for CSIR NET/ GATE/ CSIR-JRF/ UGC-JRF/ JEST.

Yes, IISER Thiruvananthapuram offers scholarships to KVPY scholars as well as INSPIRE scholarships to candidates enrolled through the JEE Advanced and SCB channels.

The MSc programme at IISER Thiruvananthapuram is offered in four specialisations, namely Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.