IISER Pune PhD Earth and Climate Science Admission 2025 (Aug)

26 March, 2025

Pune, Maharashtra

PhD

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Full details for IISER Pune PhD Earth and Climate Science Admission 2025 (Aug).

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune invites application for PhD Earth and Climate Science Program for the academic session starting from Aug 2025.

Vacancy

The Department of Earth and Climate Science (ECS), IISER Pune invites applications from highly-motivated students for admissions to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program for the session August–2025.

Members of ECS are engaged in cutting-edge research across diverse domains of Climate science (climate modelling, Monsoons, climate extremes, convective systems, Himalayan glaciers and rivers, …), Geology (weathering and erosion, isotope geochemistry, paleobiology and marine ecology, paleoclimate, Marine Geosciences, …), and Geophysics (theoretical seismology, seismic tomography, geophysical inverse modelling, computational geodynamics, crustal studies and basin modelling, …), employing state-of-the-art lab instruments, theoretical models, and field techniques.

Eligibility

  1. Students with minimum 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage; not only in majoring subject) or a CGPA 6 out of 10 point scale (55% in aggregate or equivalent CGPA for SC/ST and PD candidates) in Master’s (or BS-MS) degree in Geology/ Applied Geology/Physics/Mathematics/Atmospheric Science/Climate Science/Engineering/Biology/Environmental Science, or related subjects. BE/BTech students may also apply.
  2. Additionally, the candidate MUST have qualified in any ONE of the following exams:
  • National Eligibility Test (NET) with valid* CSIR-JRF / UGC-JRF/ UGC-LS/ CSIR-LS/ or a valid* GATE/JEST score,

(b) INSPIRE-PhD fellowship (The candidate should be in possession of provisional selection letter at the time of interview),

*The score/rank MUST be valid at least till Aug 01, 2025.

Or,

BS-MS/Masters students from any of the Institutes of National Importance with a CGPA 8 or above on a10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility criteria.

Selection Procedure

  • Selection will be based on interviews of the short-listed candidates.
  • Only online application will be accepted. Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview.
  • The department may use additional criteria in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received.

Important Dates

  • Application Start Date: 6 March, 2025
  • Last date for Application submission (extended): 21 April, 2025 05.00 PM
  • Tentative dates of Interview: May, 2025

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