National Centre for Cell Science – NCCS Pune PhD Admission March 2025
Full details for National Centre for Cell Science – NCCS Pune PhD Admission March 2025.
National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune invites application for PhD admission for the session starting in 2025 (Aug).
Vacancy
NCCS Pune PhD Program
Eligible applicants, who are bonafide Indian citizens with a consistently strong academic record and a deep commitment to pursuing Ph. D. research in modern biology such as Cell & Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Neuroscience, Immunology, Infection Biology, Cancer Biology, Microbial Ecology, etc. are encouraged to apply.
NCCS Ph. D. program is a full-time commitment, and selected candidates may be required to reside on campus. On-campus hostel accommodation is provided to selected students on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidate must have a postgraduate degree in any branch of sciences with a strong interest in pursuing research in various areas of modern biology. The candidate should have a minimum of 60% or an equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) OR
- A 5% relaxation in marks will be granted to SC/ST/OBC candidates and persons with disabilities.
- Candidate must hold a valid fellowship from either CSIR, UGC, DBT (Category I), ICMR, BINC. OR Candidates must have appeared in the JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR in December 2024. Shortlisting of candidates for Interview will be based on their JGEEBILS cut-off score set by NCCS.
- Candidates who qualified only for Lectureship (LS) in CSIR-UGC (NET), DBT (Category II) and the ‘Project list of ICMR’ are not eligible to apply.
- The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years as on August 01, 2025. Age relaxation for women and candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EWS categories will be in accordance with the Government of India guidelines.
- Reservations for women and candidates from SC/ ST/ OBC /PWD/ EWS categories will be in accordance with Government of India guidelines. Applicants from SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/ EWS categories must attach a self-attested copy of the relevant certificate with their application and provide the original certificates at the time of joining. This includes SC/ST (caste certificate), OBC (latest non-creamy layer certificate), PWD (PWD certificate), and EWS (income & asset certificate).
Application Process
Students should apply Online. Form Link : https://nccs.res.in/Career/1
For any technical inquiries related to the online application process, please contact us at academicsnccs@gmail.com, indicating ‘Ph.D. Admission Query’ as the subject. All future announcements and additional information pertaining to this procedure will be exclusively available on https://nccs.res.in/Career/1 periodically.
Selection Process
Candidates will be shortlisted for interview as per the selection criteria set by NCCS.
Selected candidates are required to be present at NCCS from June 30 to July 2, 2025, to engage in discussions with scientists, finalize their research guide. Accommodation during this period will be provided by NCCS.
Important Dates
- Last date for receipt of online applications: 13 May, 2025
- Publication of the list of shortlisted candidates invited for an interview on the NCCS website: 20 May, 2025
- First round of interview (online): 2 June, 2025 to 4 June, 2025
- Declaration of result of first round (online): 4 June, 2025 7:00 PM
- Final round of interview (online): 5 June, 2025 & 6 June, 2025
- Declaration of result of selected candidates: 13 June, 2025
- Interaction and finalization of guide in person: 30 June, 2025 to 2 July, 2025
- Last Date for Joining: 1 August, 2025