Indian Statistical Institute Admission 2019-20

1 Application Procedure
Application to the programmes being offered by Indian Statistical Institute in the aca-
demic year 2019-20 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.

OBC-NCL certificates that are issued prior to April 1, 2018 will not be considered valid
for admission in the session 2019-20.
The applicant must initially register at the ISI Admission Portal and create a login account,
followed by the filling up of the application form and upload of the photograph and
signature.
When a candidate is applying online for a particular program, he/she is additionally
choosing one of the locations where the program is being offered. This location is consid-
ered as the first preference of the candidaate. However, if the candidate is offered a seat at

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the end of the selection process, this may not be the joining location. The joining location
will be determined by the rank of the candidate in the Merit list and the availability of
seats at different locations.
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 APPLICATION NO. and
DATE OF BIRTH information for payment of application fee. APPLICATION NO. can
be retrieved after selecting ADMISSION STATUS link of the ISI Admission Portal. See
“Mode of Payment” (page 2) 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 2019-2020.

Application Fee

• Rs 1250.00 for all applicants in the general category, and

• Rs 625.00 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,
may also apply for admission; if selected, their admission to an academic programme

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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,
2019. 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 2019

CODE CENTRE CODE CENTRE CODE CENTRE

AD AHMEDABAD BG BENGALURU BH BHUBANESWAR
CH CHANDIGARH CN CHENNAI CO COCHIN
CM COIMBATORE DN DEHRADUN DH DELHI
DP DURGAPUR GH GUWAHATI HY HYDERABAD
ID INDORE JP JAIPUR JS JAMSHEDPUR
KN KANPUR CC KOLKATA MB MUMBAI
NG NAGPUR PT PATNA PU PUNE
RP RAIPUR RN RANCHI SC SILCHAR
SG SILIGURI TZ TEZPUR VN VARANASI
VJ VIJAYAWADA VP VISAKHAPATNAM

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Table 2: Information about Admission Tests for Programmes being offered in 2019. In the table be-
low, 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.

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 MSTD Math, MCQ PSA Math, Descriptive PSB
Stat Stat
M Math MMTB Math MCQ MMA Math Descriptive PMB
MQEK
(Kolkata)
MS(QE) Math, Eco MCQ PEA Math, Eco Descriptive PEB
MQED
(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 DSTC Math MCQ DST No Test – –
in Statistical (Chennai)
Methods & DSTT
Analytics (Tezpur)
PG Diploma DCAG Math, MCQ DCG No Test – –
in Computer Stat
Applications

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Table 3: Information about Admission Test for Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) being offered
in 2019. In the table below, 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. Science:
Agricultural Science, Lib & Info Sc: Library & Information Science.

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 Descriptive STA Descriptive STB
Bengaluru JSTB Stat Stat
Chennai JSTC
Kolkata JMTK
Mathematics Delhi JMTD Math Descriptive MTA Math Descriptive MTB
Bengaluru JMTB
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,
Kolkata JQRK
Reliability Reliability,
Delhi JQRD
& Math MCQ MMA Quality Descriptive QRB
Chennai JQRC
Operations Manage-
Bengaluru JQRB
Research ment &
Systems
Physics &
Math,
Applied Kolkata JPMK Math MCQ MMA Descriptive PHB
Phys
Mathematics
Biological Kolkata JAEK Agri. Science Agri. Science
MCQ AEA Descriptive AEB
Science Giridih JAEG 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

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Submission of application Applications must be submitted by March 12, 2019. Last

date of making payment is March 19, 2019.

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 15,
2019. 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 should quote the Registration Number without which no correspondence
will be entertained.
The Admission Test will be held on Sunday, May 12, 2019 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 2019-2020 shall be settled in Kolkata sub-

ject to the jurisdiction of the Kolkata High Court.

IMPORTANT DATES
Starts: February 05, 2019
Online Application
Ends: March 12, 2019
Payment of Starts: February 07, 2019
Application Fee Ends: March 19, 2019
Issue of Admit Card Starts: April 15, 2019
ISI ADMISSION TEST May 12, 2019