Indian Statistical Institute Admission Test - Application Procedure

Applicants are advised to study the prospectus carefully and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for admission to the academic programme for which they are applying. If at any stage it is found that a candidate does not satisfy the eligibility conditions or the information furnished in the application is incorrect, the application will be cancelled.

Those who have completed or are due to complete the qualifying examinations for which results are not yet published, may also apply for admission; if selected, their admission to an academic programme will be provisional pending the announcement of results. In such cases, however, their applications may be cancelled if the final examinations are not completed before July 31, 2023.

The institute may decide to relax this date at its discretion. If a student is asked to discontinue from an ISI programme for having failed or on any disciplinary ground, he/she is not eligible for readmission to the same programme. If a program is offered at multiple locations, the applicant for that programme is asked to choose locations in order of preference. If selected, he/she will be allocated a location according to these preferences depending on availability as per merit list.

Indian nationals residing overseas and foreign nationals, like all other applicants, must take the Admission Test at one of the test cities in India . Applicants of foreign nationality will be regarded as applicants of the general (unreserved) category.

•Applicants seeking admission through the equivalent admission test for JRF in Computer Science, who are awardees of CSIR/UGC Junior Research Fellowships, may refer to the webpage (https://www.isical.ac.in/~admission/Documents/IsiAdmission2022/JRF-CS-Channel2.pdf.)

All other applications for admission to the programmes being offered by Indian Statistical Institute in the academic year 2023-24 must be done online through the ISI Admission Portal the link to which is available at (https://www.isical.ac.in/~admission).

The applicant must initially register at the ISI Application Portal. An account will be created for the applicant in the portal, through which s/he can conveniently fill up the application form and also make payment of the application fee after submission of the form. After completion ofapplication, the applicant will be able to pay the application fee through the payment gateway.

Payment can be made in the online mode (See application portal for details).To complete the online application process successfully and without any problems, the applicant is advised to have the following items ready

Email ID (The submitted email id will be an unique identifier of your registration. Please use only this email for all future activities in this portal and for all correspondence with ISI.)

For completing the online application: A mobile number, A valid Photo ID of the candidate.
(Permissible Ids are: Voter card/ Aadhaar card/ PAN/ Driving License/ Passport/ Admit card of secondary, higher secondary or equivalent board examination). Only the unique identification number and the type of the Id will be required for the application. You do not have to upload the document.

Clear digital color photograph showing your facial features in full frontal view, taken against a light background, to be used for verification at the time of examinations: It should be 35 mm in width and 45 mm in height, The permissible file size is 10-300 KB, Only JPG/JPEG/PNG formats are allowed.

Color scan of full signature, to be used for verification at the time of examinations, Signature must be on a white background with blue ink pen, Signature image must be cropped to a 30 mm × 90 mm box, The permissible file size is 5-100 KB, Only JPG/JPEG/PNG formats are allowed.

Digital/ scanned copies (only PDF file) of Valid caste (SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL/ EWS) and/or disability certificates if and as applicable.

Note: OBC-NCL or EWS certificates issued by any competent authority and valid on the date of application will be acceptable. However, at the time of interview, only a certificate issued on or after April 1, 2022, will be considered to be valid.

Domicile certificate (for candidates applying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Statistical Methods & Analytics (PGDSMA - Tezpur) at Tezpur, under the category of candidates domiciled in the Northeastern states of India).

Sponsorship letter (for sponsored candidates only) showing the following employment details: name of employer, duration of employment, designation/ position, nature of work/experience including publications (if applicable).

If applying for GATE channel seats in M.Tech. (CS/CrS), scanned copy of GATE score card.

Note: For all digital/ scanned documents (excluding photograph and signature), please ensure that the format of the document file is PDF and the file size is less than 2 MB.