The National Entrance Screening Test (NEST)-2016 will be held on May 28 next year across the country, including Odisha.
For admission to the 5-year Integrated MSc programme in basic sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, the candidates would appear for the entrance test at 52 major towns and cities all over the country. The examination will be conducted on May 28 from 10 am to 1 pm.
The application process will begin from January 4, 2016 to March 4, 2016. Candidates will be able to apply online at the official website www.nestexam.in.
The test will be held for admissions to the NISER (National Institute of Science Education and Research) Bhubaneswar and the UM-DAE CBS Mumbai (University of Mumbai), Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences. Both the NISER Bhubaneswar and the CBS are autonomous institutions established by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, in 2007.
The other institutions accepting the NEST 2016 score are the Integrated Science Education and Research Center (ISERC) and the Visva Bharati, West Bengal.
Candidates will be screened for admission to 100 seats at the NISER Bhubaneswar and 45 at the CBS. They will be able to download their admit cards from April from the official website. The results are likely to be declared in June.