IISER Aptitude Test 2018 Eligibility Criteria

IISER Aptitude Test 2018 eligibility criteria is laid down by the exam conducting authority for the candidates who wish to apply for the entrance exam. The eligibility norms of IISER Aptitude Test include requirements related to nationality, educational qualification, and qualifying marks of the candidates in their final exams and other information relevant for applying for the exam.

Following is the eligibility criteria for IISER 2018:

Nationality:

• Indian National, PIO & OCI candidates are eligible to apply.

Mode of IISER Admission 2018

IISER Aptitude Test is conducted through 3 channels i.e Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), Joint Entrance Examination of Indian Institutes of Technology (JEE Advanced) and State and Central Boards Channel (SCB).

KVPY Channel

• Candidates need to have a valid KYPY fellowship starting 2018-19. Apart from this, candidates have to meet the cut-off norms that may be applicable.

JEE Channel

• General Category candidates must qualify the JEE Advanced exam and secure a rank within 10000 in the Common Rank List (CRL).

• However, the candidates falling in the reserved category (OBCNC, SC, ST, PD) should secure the rank within 10,000.

SCB Channel: Under this channel,

• Candidates should have passed their Class 12th or intermediate examination in 2017 or 2018 with Science stream.

• Candidates must secure equal marks or above the cut-off percentage in their respective boards.

• The cut-off percentage marks is 55% in class 12 for all boards for Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Kashmiri Migrants (KM) category candidates.

• There is 5% relaxation in qualifying marks for the OBC-NC & PwD category.

The cut-off percentage for different boards for this year's admission is as follows:

Name of the Board	Cut-off
AMU Board	81.4
Andhra Pradesh	94.8
Assam	71.9
Bihar	70.0
CBSE	88.3
Chattisgarh	74.1
Goa	82.6
Gujarat	60.2
Haryana	85.5
Himachal Pradesh	79.3
ICSE	93.3
Jammu & Kashmir	86.2
Jharkhand	60.0
Karnataka	88.0
Kerala	93.1
Madhya Pradesh	85.2
Maharashtra	76.1
Manipur	79.0
Meghalaya	67.0
Mizoram	63.8
Nagaland	63.0
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)	83.6
Odisha	68.6
Punjab	80.4
Rajasthan	76.9
Tamil Nadu	95.1
Telangana	94.7
Tripura	60.0
Uttarakhand	66.1
Uttar Pradesh	74.3
Visva-Bharati	83.1
West Bengal	75.9