Online Course Comparison

Candidates will be asked for preferences of IISERs in the online application form during counselling, if eligible. This is required to be done only after the declaration of the IAT 2025 results. Note that, the prefernces of IISERs are not required during the filling up of the application form for appearing in the IAT 2025.

1. Entire counselling process will be conducted online. There is no need for the candidates to visit any IISER in-person during the counselling process.
2. Candidates can check if they received admission offers by logging into their application portal.
3. Admission offers to any candidate will be given strictly based on the following factors:
   • seat availability at each IISER in the current allocation round,
   • IAT rank obtained by the candidate,
   • IISER preferences given by the candidate, and
   • the category to which the candidate belongs.
4. If a candidate receives an admission offer, he/she can either choose to accept the seat OR reject it. If candidate rejects the offered seat or if no action is taken by the candidate before the deadline, then candidate will not be able to participate in further rounds of counselling.

5. If a candidate receives an offer, then to To “Accept & Float” or to “Accept & Freeze”, the student must pay a seat acceptance fee through online mode before the prescribed deadline. If the seat acceptance fee is not paid, the candidate will not be considered for admission in subsequent allocation rounds.