Indian Statistical Institute Admission 2018-19

Application Procedure

Application to the programmes being offered by Indian Statistical Institute in the aca-
demic year 2018-19 must be done online through the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Ad-
mission Portal link available at
http://www.isical.ac.in/~admission
For this purpose, an applicant must have access to the

• Access to Internet

• an email account

• digital copy of his/her photograph

• scanned copy of signature

• Acrobat reader and

• a printer for printing the admit card.

Digital images of the photograph (in which the face must be clearly and completely visi-
ble) and the signature of the applicant must be in any of the formats bmp/gif/png/jpg/jpeg,
with sizes as specified below:

(1) Applicant’s Photo: 600 pixels (width) × 600 pixels (height), maximum permissible
image size being 50KB,

(2) Applicant’s Signature: 800 pixels (width) × 300 pixels (height), maximum permissi-
ble image size being 30KB.

Candidates applying under reserved category are also required to upload the following
supporting document(s) for taking the benefit of the reservation policy.

• Caste certificates (Scheduled Caste/Schedules Tribes/Other Backward Classes - Non

Creamy Layer) and/or

• Disability Certificates issued by the appropriate authority.

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OBC-NCL certificates that are issued prior to April 1, 2017 will not be considered valid
for admission in the session 2018-19.
The applicant must initially register at the ISI Admission Portal and create a login ac-
count, followed by the filling up of the application form and upload of the photograph
and signature. After completion of application at the ISI Admission Portal, the applicant
will be directed to State Bank of India (SBI) Collect website for fee payment. However, the
payment of application fee can be done ONLY after two working days from the date of
completion of application at the ISI Admission Portal. The applicant will need APPLICA-
TION NO. and DATE OF BIRTH information for payment of application fee. APPLICA-
TION NO. can be retrieved after selecting ADMISSION STATUS link of the ISI Admission
Portal. See “Mode of Payment” below for the next step.
Once the admit card is generated, applicants will be notified in their portal or by e-mail
about the generation of the admit card. They will be required to take a printout of the
admit card to bring to the test centres.
Applicants from outside India are requested to contact the Dean’s office at the following
e-mail address: [email protected] with subject: Admission 2018-2019.

Application Fee

• Rs 1000.00 for all applicants in the general category, and

• Rs 500.00 for applicants belonging to SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/Persons with Disabilities

(PwD) categories.

Each applicant will have to pay in addition a fixed amount towards bank charges.

Mode of payment For online application, the application fee will be collected through
the State Bank of India Collect website. The payment can be made using NetBanking,
Debit/ Credit Card or through Challan for cash payment at the SBI Branch. For payment
of application fee, please allow at least TWO working days from the date of completion of
application at the ISI Admission Portal. The SBI will collect appropriate additional bank
charges on top of the application fee. After two working days from the date of payment
of application fee, check the ADMISSION STATUS at the ISI Admission Portal for fee
verification.

General Instructions for filling in the application form 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,

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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,
2018. The institute may decide to relax this date at its discretion.

If a student had failed in a programme of the Institute and had been asked to discon-
tinue, he/she is not eligible for readmission to that programme.

Tables 1–3 contain information regarding the ISI Admission Test that will be needed at
the time of filling up of the application form.

Table 1: Codes for ISI Admission Test Centres in 2018

CODE CENTRE CODE CENTRE CODE CENTRE

AG AGARTALA AD AHMEDABAD BG BENGALURU
BH BHUBANESWAR CH CHANDIGARH CN CHENNAI
CO COCHIN CM COIMBATORE DN DEHRADUN
DH DELHI DG DIBRUGARH DP DURGAPUR
GT GUNTUR GH GUWAHATI HY HYDERABAD
IM IMPHAL ID INDORE JP JAIPUR
JS JAMSHEDPUR KN KANPUR KH KHARAGPUR
CC KOLKATA MD MALDA
MN MANGALORE MB MUMBAI NG NAGPUR
PT PATNA PU PUNE RP RAIPUR
RN RANCHI SL SHILLONG SC SILCHAR
SG SILIGURI ST SURAT TZ TEZPUR
VN VARANASI VJ VIJAYAWADA VP VISAKHAPATNAM

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Table 2: Information about Admission Tests for Programmes being offered in 2018.

Forenoon Afternoon
Programme Code 10:30 hrs to 12:30 hrs 14:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs
Test Subject Test Test Test Subject Test Test
Type Code Type Code
B Stat BSTK Math MCQ UGA Math Descriptive UGB
B Math BMTB Math MCQ UGA Math Descriptive UGB
M Stat MSTX Math, Stat MCQ PSA Math, Stat Descriptive PSB
M Math MMTK Math MCQ MMA Math Descriptive PMB
MS(QE) MQEK Math MCQ PEA Eco MCQ PEB
(Kolkata)
MS(QE) MQED Math MCQ PEA Eco MCQ PEB
(Delhi)
MS (QMS) MQMY Math MCQ QMA Math Descriptive QMB
MS (LIS) MLIB Quantita- MCQ PLA Essays and Descriptive PLB
tive and English
Reasoning Compre-
Ability hension
M Tech MCSK Math MCQ MMA Math/Phys/ Descriptive PCB
(CS) Stat/Engg/
Tech/
Comp Sc
M Tech MCYK Math MCQ MMA Math/Phys/ Descriptive PCB
(CrS) Stat/Engg/
Tech/
Comp Sc
M Tech MQRK Math MCQ MMA Stat/Prob/ Descriptive PQB
(QROR) Math/Engg
PG Diploma DSTT Math MCQ DST No Test – –
in Statistical
Methods and
Analytics
PG Diploma DCAG Math, MCQ DCG No Test – –
in Computer Stat
Applications

In the above table, the meaning of the short forms used in the column of ‘Test Subject’ are – Math:
Mathematics, Stat: Statistics, Eco: Economics, Eng. Lang.: English Language, Phys: Physics, Engg:
Engineering, Tech: Technology, Comp Sc: Computer Science, Prob: Probability.

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Table 3: Information about Admission Test for Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) being offered
in 2018.
Forenoon Afternoon
Programme Centre Code 10:30 hrs to 12:30 hrs 14:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs
Test Test Test Test Test Test
Subject Type Code Subject Type Code
Kolkata JSTK
Delhi JSTD
Math, Math,
Statistics Bengaluru JSTB Descriptive STA Descriptive STB
Stat Stat
Chennai JSTC
Tezpur JSTT
Kolkata JMTK
Delhi JMTD
Mathematics Math Descriptive MTA Math Descriptive MTB
Bengaluru JMTB
Chennai JMTC
Quanti-
Kolkata JQEK
tative Math Descriptive QEA Eco Descriptive QEB
Delhi JQED
Economics
Math/
Stat/
Kolkata JCSK Phys/
Computer
Bengaluru JCSB Math MCQ MMA Electro, Descriptive CSB
Science
Chennai JCSC Elect
Engg/
Comp Sc
Math, Stat,
Quality OR, SQC,
Reliability Kolkata JQRK Reliability,
& Delhi JQRD Math MCQ MMA Quality Descriptive QRB
Operations Chennai JQRC Manage-
Research ment &
Systems
Math,
Physics Kolkata JPMK Math MCQ MMA Descriptive PHB
Phys
Biological Biology Biology
Kolkata JHGK MCQ HGA Descriptive HGB
Science Basic Stat. Basic Stat.
Math,
Geology Kolkata JGEK MCQ GEA Geology Descriptive GEB
Geomath
Library & Lib & Lib &
Information Bengaluru JLIB Info MCQ LIA Info Descriptive LIB
Science Sc Sc

In the above table, the meaning of the short forms used in the column of ‘Test Subject’ are – Math:
Mathematics, Stat: Statistics, Eco: Economics, Phys: Physics, Elect Engg: Electrical Engineering,
Electro: Electronics, Comp Sc: Computer Science, Prob: Probability, Agri: Agriculture, Ecol: Ecol-
ogy, Lib & Info Sc: Library & Information Science.

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Submission of application Applications must be submitted by March 9, 2018. Last date

of making payment is March 11, 2018.

Admit Card After the applications are processed at ISI, the Admit Card for the Admis-
sion Test along with the Registration Number will be generated, tentatively after April 11,
2018. Applicants will receive a link containing the above information in his/her account
and will need to take print out of the Admit Card. In all subsequent correspondence,
the applicant must quote the Registration Number without which no correspondence
will be entertained.
The Admission Test will be held on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at a number of centres all
over India.

Notes

• Candidates selected for Junior Research Fellowships may be asked to join at a place
other than the one opted for, if necessary.

• Candidates who fail to appear at the admission tests will not be considered for ad-
mission. On the basis of the performance in the written tests, shortlisted candidates
will be asked to appear at an interview for final selection subject to verification of
their eligibility with reference to original documents.

• Any dispute concerning admissions in 2018-2019 shall be settled in Kolkata sub-

ject to the jurisdiction of the Kolkata High Court.

IMPORTANT DATES
Starts: February 07, 2018
Online Application
Ends: March 09, 2018
Payment of Starts: February 09, 2018
Application Fee Ends: March 11, 2018
Issue of Admit Card Starts: April 11, 2018
ISI ADMISSION TEST May 13, 2018