National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) Notification 2014

06-Jan-2014

The National Entrance Screening Test or NEST is a compulsory test for admission to the 5-year Integrated M.Sc. programme in basic sciences i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai-Dept. of Atomic Energy Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CBS), Mumbai. Integrated Science Education and Research Center (ISERC), Visva Bharati is also participating in NEST 2014.

Eligibility Conditions

The candidates should have passes from science stream at class XII examination or equivalent from any recognised Board in India in 2012 or 2013 or are appearing in 2014 can appear in NEST 2014 examination.

Age limit

General and OBC category candidates born on or after 22^nd July 1994 are eligible to apply. The age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST/Physically Disabled (PD) candidates.

How to apply

The candidates can apply online through the official NEST website http://nestexam.in. Registration for applying opens in the website on 7^th Jan, 2014.

Application fee

The application fee for the male candidates of General/OBC category is Rs.700. The application fee for SC/ST/PD and all female candidates is Rs.350.

Important Dates

Start of application for NEST 2014: 7^th Jan, 2014
Last date for receiving request for offline application form: 20^th Feb, 2014
Closing of Online / Offline application: 8^th Mar, 2014
Download / Dispatch of Admit Card begins: 8^th Apr, 2014
NEST 2014 examination: 31^st May, 2014
Announcement of results in NEST website: 20^th Jun, 2014