JEST 2021: Application Form (Released), Exam Date (11 Apr), Syllabus

JEST 2021

The application form for JEST 2021 has been released online at jest.org.in. Whereas, the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2021 will be held on Sunday, 11 April 2021.

JEST 2021 is the screening test for admission to M.Sc, PhD, and Integrated / M.Sc / M.Tech- PhD programs of different participating institutes. The exam is held for courses in Physics, Theoretical Sciences (TCS), Neuroscience, Computational Biology. Get here complete details of JEST 2021 including exam date, application form, syllabus, sample paper, and more.

Latest – The application form for JEST 2021 has been released. Apply here.

Related exam: GATE 2021

JEST 2021 Exam Date – Announced

JEST 2021	Important Dates
JEST 2021 application form available from	11 Jan 2021
Last date to apply for the exam	14 Feb 2021
Availability of admit card	After 25 Mar 2021
JEST 2021 exam date	11 Apr 2021

JEST 2021 Application Form – Released on 11 January

There has been a delay of one month in the issuance of JEST application form 2021. However finally the dates for registration are out. See the dates table above for start and end date for registrations.

How to apply for JEST 2021?

• You have to visit the official website that is jest.org.in to apply.
• There, you will see the “Create new Account” link (on computer it appears on left hand side).
• Do JEST 2021 registration by entering all details the form asks for.
• After that, you get an email with your account information. Check it, and proceed to fill the form by logging.
• Then click the apply online link to fill the rest of the form.
• Fill up all details in the JEST 2021 application form and verify email id, mobile number as steps require.
• Then finally, pay the application fee.
• You get the Unique Submission Number at the end of the process.

Application Fee for JEST exam: You have to pay the requisite fee amount, as per your category. The fee amount shall appear on the screen once you reach the end of the form. Last year the fee amounts were as folows.

General	Rs 400
SC / ST / Gen- Female	Rs 200
SC and ST Females	No Fee

Eligibility Criteria for JEST 2021

One must check the eligibility criteria before applying. Please note that the criteria varies from program to program, and institute to institute. Please check the official website of the institute to know the final criteria. The eligibility criteria is as follows.

Course	Institute	Eligibility
PhD Physics	All	M.Sc. in Physics (If you don’t have this, then check other accepted degree below)
	IIA	M.Sc. in Mathematics / Applied Physics / Applied Mathematics / Optics and Photonics / Instrumentation / Electronics
	IISc, IMSc, ICTS-TIFR, IUCAA, JNCASR, NCRA-TIFR, TIFR-TCIS, RRI, IISER (Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram)	B.E. or B.Tech.
	IUCAA	M.Sc. in Physics / Electronics / Astronomy / Applied Mathematics
	IPR	MSc in Physics, Engineering Physics or Applied Physics
	SNBNCBS	M.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Biophysics or Biochemistry
	TIFR	B.Tech Eng. Phys
	NISER	M.E./ M.Tech in Applied Physics
Theoretical Computer Science	IMSc	M.Sc./ M.E. / M.Tech. in Computer Science and related disciplines, and should be interested in the mathematical aspects of computer science
Ph D in Neuroscience	NBRC	M.Sc (Physics/ Mathematics), B.E/ B.Tech/ M.C.A in Computer Science
Ph D in Computational Biology	IMSc	M.Sc./ M.E. / M.Tech. ​/ MCA ​in any engineering or science discipline, with good mathematical skills and strong interest in biological problems
Integrated M.Sc. / M.Tech – Ph.D Programme (Physics)	SNBNCBS	B. Sc. (Physics / Mathematics)
	IMSc	B. Sc. (Physics)
	IIA	B.Sc. (Physics / Mathematics) / B.E. / B.Tech. in Electrical / Instrumentation / Engineering Physics / Electronics and Communications / Computer Science and Engineering / Optics and Photonics
	NISER	B.Sc (Physics) or B.E./B. Tech in Engineering Physics , with a minimum of first class marks
	IISER-Pune, ICTS-TIFR, NCRA-TIFR, and TIFR-TCIS.	B.Sc. (Physics)
	Bose Institute	B. Sc. (Physics / Mathematics) / B.E. / B.Tech will be considered for Integrated M.Sc – PhD
Integrated Ph.D Programme in Theoretical Computer Science	IMSc	B.Sc./B.E./B.Tech./M.C.A. in Computer Science or related disciplines and should be interested in the mathematical aspects of computer science
Integrated M.Tech – Ph.D. Programme	IIA	M.Sc. (Physics / Applied Physics) / Post-B.Sc. (Hons) in Optics and Optoelectronics / Radio Physics and Electronics
Integrated Ph.D. Programme	IISER IISER. Thiruvananthapuram	B. Sc. (Physics) or B.E. / B. Tech. in any discipline.
M. Sc. Programme	HRI	B. Sc. (Physics) or B.E./B.Tech. degree in any discipline HRI is starting a new M.Sc. program in Physics from 2017. The Integrated Ph.D. program in Physics at HRI is discontinued from 2017.

There is no age limit for JEST exam.

JEST 2021 Syllabus

The Joint Entrance Screening Test will have questions on the basis of general syllabi of graduation and post graduation level courses offered in various Indian institutes.

Besides this, no further elaboration is available for the syllabus.

You can check some past year papers to get a better idea.

Sample Papers and Previous Year Papers

For Physics

• Click here to download the Physics sample paper 2020.
• Click here to download the Physics syllabus 2020.
• Click here to download Physics sample paper 2017.

For TCS

• Click here to download the TCS sample paper.

JEST 2021 Test Centre

JEST 2021 will be held in the following cities.

• Ahmedabad
• Aligarh
• Allahabad
• Amritsar
• Bangalore
• Bardhaman
• Bhopal
• Bhubaneswar
• Kozhikode
• Chandigarh
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Goa
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Indore
• Jaipur
• Kanpur
• Kharagpur
• Kochi
• Kolkata
• Madurai
• Mangalore
• Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Nainital
• Patna
• Pune
• Raipur
• Roorkee
• Sambalpur
• Silchar
• Siliguri
• Srinagar
• Trivandrum
• Udaipur
• Vishakhapatnam

Check details of JEST 2021 Answer Key

JEST 2021 Admit Card

Those who apply on time get the admit card of JEST 2021. Important things to know about it are as follows.

• JEST 2021 admit card is released online at jest.org.in.
• You have to download it by logging in with email or username and password.
• Check exam center, date, time on it.
• Also note instructions from exam day.
• Carry the hall ticket printout and other documents mentioned in it to the exam center, on the exam day.

Check out JEST 2021 Scorecard

Participating Institutes

1	ARIES
2	Bose Institute
3	HBNI
4	HRI
5	ICTS
6	IGCAR
7	IIA
8	IISc
9	IISER Bhopal
10	IISER Kolkata
11	IISER Mohali
12	IISER Pune
13	IISER Thiruvananthapuram
14	IISER Tirupathi
15	IIST
16	IMSc
17	IOP
18	IPR
19	IUCAA
20	JNCASR
21	NBRC
22	NCRA-TIFR
23	NISER
24	PRL
25	RRCAT
26	RRI
27	SINP
28	SNBNCBS
29	TIFR-TCIS
30	TIFR
31	UGC-DAE CSR
32	VECC
33	IISER Berhampur

Frequently Asked Questions on JEST 2021

Official Website: jest.org.in

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