Admission is offered on the basis of an interview held typically a month prior to the starting of the semester for which admission is looked for. The interview can be supplemented by an entrance exam, if necessary.

Following are a few entrance tests that are conducted by some of the PhD in Biological sciences colleges in India:

JNU PhD Entrance

NCBS Joint Graduate Entrance Examination for Biology and Interdisciplinary Life Sciences (JGEEBILS)

NIPER PhD Entrance Exam

TIFR Graduate School Admission Entrance Test

DBT JRF Biotech  Entrance Test

CSIR-UGC NET exam