Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) is a screening test conducted to shortlist candidates for admission to MSc, Integrated PhD and PhD programmes in Physics, Theoretical Computer Science, Neuroscience and Computational Biology at public research institutes. Science and Engineering Research Board declared JEST as a National Eligibility Test.

Eligibility

Please see the websites/advertisements of the participating institutes for their eligibility criteria in detail.

Participating Institutes

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• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital
• Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Homi Bhabha National Institute,Mumbai
• Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
• International centre for theoretical sciences (TIFR), Bangalore
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupathi
• Indian Institute of Space Science  and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
• The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
• Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
• Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
• National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
• National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune
• National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
• Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
• Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
• Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
• Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
• Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
• UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata