NISER will admit students for Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. programme in various schools through appropriate entrance tests. Candidates with B.Sc. and B.Tech. degrees, can join this programme if they pass through the selection procedure.

B.Sc. students will be required to take 12 courses and carry out an M.Sc. level project before he/she joins the Ph.D. research stream. All Ph.D. Scholars will be required to qualifying written and oral comprehensive tests and candidacy examinations before submitting the thesis. The thesis will be examined by external reviewers. It has to be publicly defended and the candidate will be declared successful before award of the Ph.D. Degree.