Research Admissions at National Institute of Immunology

National Institute of Immunology (NII), an autonomous research institute of Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067; has invited applications for admission to its Ph.D. program. 

NII is engaged in research related to interdisciplinary areas of Immunology, Infectious and Chronic Disease Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chemical Biology, Structural Biology, and Computational Biology. 

Eligibility: Applicant should hold M.Sc. in any branch of Science (such as Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics), M.Tech., M.B.B.S., M.Pharm., Integrated M.Sc., or equivalent qualification as per the norms of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. 

Applicant should have at least 60% aggregate score/equivalent grade in Senior Secondary Certificate (10+2) and Bachelor’s degree and 55% aggregate score/equivalent grade in Master’s degree. OBC NCL, SC/ST,PwD and EWS applicants will get relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks in Senior Secondary, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees. Rounding off the percentage score to the next integral value is not permitted. 

Those appearing for the qualifying degree examination in the current academic year are eligible to apply, provided their course requirements will be completed by January 2025.Their admission will be provisional pending satisfactory fulfilment of the eligibility requirements at the time of joining. 

Reservations of seats will be as per statutory norms. 

Selection: Selection will be based on a Computer-based Entrance Examination, NII 2024-25 (Winter-Session) to be conducted by NII at multiple centers across India on 27th October, 2024 (Sunday). The examination of 90 minutes’ duration will have 60 objective type questions. Each correct answer will be awarded 3 marks. 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The medium of examination will be English only. Mock test will be available at https://nii.res.in/en/doctoral-programme on or after 07.10.2024.

Entrance results and list of candidates short-listed for interviews shall be available on the NII website and NII Notice Board on or before 10th November, 2024. Interviews will be held online during 26th November, 2024 to 3rd December, 2024. Those selected will be enrolled for the Ph.D. program of NII in academic affiliation with JNU, New Delhi.

The program will start on 1st January 2025. NII provides a Junior Research Fellowship of Rs. 37,000/- per month to the selected candidates. Awardees of fellowships from CSIR, UGC, ICMR, DBT and/or DST, may avail them as per the rules of the respective funding agency. NII is a residential campus and shared hostel accommodation will be provided to all the students admitted to the program.

Application: Application can be submitted online through https://nii.res.in/en/doctoral-programme latest by 23rd September, 2024. 

Detailed admission notification and the details of the application process are available at the website. Application fee is Rs. 1200/- ( Rs. 600/- for SC/ST/PwD/EWS) to be paid online.

For details, visit http://www.nii.res.in