Remarks :
The admission is through the national level entrance exam- IIT JAM. The eligibility criteria involve - B.Sc. graduate in any discipline of life sciences with 60% marks in graduation. The application forms can be found on the IIT JAM website. It has reservations for all categories like EWS, OBC, SC, and ST.
Course Curriculum Overview :
The course curriculum is designed to enhance the research skills of the student. The faculty-student ratio is very good about 1:9 in my time. All the faculties are scientists and did post-doctoral studies at reputed foreign universities. The exams are conducted timely according to the academic calendar.
Internships Opportunities :
You are given one complete year for the master's project where you will learn a lot of new techniques. But choose the labs wisely according to your research interest. Do consider how the lab PhDs are before joining the lab.
Placement Experience :
Students are eligible for Placements from the 3rd sem of M.Sc. Placement coordinators invite the companies and then interviews are held. Placement for M.Sc. courses is very less as most students opt for a Ph.D.
Loan/ Scholarship Provisions :
The course has a fee structure of about 55000 per year. The mess advances are also about 55k every year. The scholarship is not given recently but for M.Sc. Biotech students coming from the GAT-B exam a student fellowship of 5000 per month is available from DBT.
Campus Life :
Life at IIT is awesome. The campus life is vibrant with all the festivals celebrated on campus like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Holi, and Christmas. Sports events are conducted regularly by the student gymkhana. The library has an adequate number of books with a reading room facility opening mostly 24hr. Lakshya sports fest has happened recently. TEDx, Fluxus, and other fests are also occurring.
Hostel Facilities :
Hostels are good. Each student gets his room. B.Tech hostels have AC in their units. Each unit has 5 rooms, an attached bathroom, kitchen, and sofa. Each hostel has a Badminton court, TT tables, and Television in common rooms. Registration for a hostel is with the academic website of IIT. Food at the mess is however average.
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