A quick review and tour through IISER Thiruvananthapuram

IISER is located a bit from the main city of Trivandrum (50km). Reaching IISER is a bit inconvenient. But institute bus services are available. To pursue a degree in this lush green campus, one has to be really lucky. Main tourist places are also located nearby.

The course offered here is revised regularly and Research-oriented. All the faculty here are well versed in their subjects, and the advantage is that they are eminent scientists by profession, hence we get extra exposure to the modern research fields.

The placements and job opportunities here are very vast, because of the interdisciplinary format of the course structure designed. And also the professors here provide internships to interested students every year, and if the candidate applies through online portal( available on Institute's website), there are high chances of getting a stipend also.

Annual Science fest(Anvesha), Annual Cultural fest (Ishya), Sports meet, Inter IISER Sports meet: the above fests are conducted on a very grand scale. Since students from all over the world are present here, mostly all the festivals of all the religions flourish here like sunshine.

The fees structure here is 55000INR ( general category ) per semester and we also get 5000INR per month as a scholarship. So the fees here are not so expensive and easily bearable and all the facilities are also at the next level.

Our students mostly receive INSPIRE scholarship of 5000 INR per month for all five years, or KVPY scholarship of 5000 INR per month for three years and 7000 INR for the next two years of the course at IISER.

Labs here at IISER are outstanding, they were way beyond our expectations. The labs are wholly equipped with all the modern requirements. Even sports are encouraged. Students get involved in many of the clubs available for some regular extracurricular work.

Even the hostels are well furnished very well and grade A level of cleanliness. We also have gym facilities, indoor sports facilities and many more. And there are a vast number of seats still available.

All our seniors were soo encouraging and helped us throughout our journey at IISER. Even the alumni network, constantly provide us with lots of valuable information regarding jobs and placements and also motivates us.

Through IISER Aptitude Test conducted every year. I got in here, directly after my +2 course. There are also several other ways for joining IISER: JEE-advanced and KVPY. The easiest way is through the IISER aptitude test.

The faculties here are well versed and have in-depth knowledge about the subject overall, and everyone is an eminent scientist by profession. Every faculty here hold a Ph.D. degree and have their own research labs where they work in.