How To Apply & Program FEES

Admission procedure

1. Application processing fees (non-refundable):

• Rs. 750/- for students from India

• Rs. 1500/- for NRI/Foreign students applying for the course

A DD for the above mentioned amount in favour of “Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied  Biotechnology” payable at Bangalore, should be sent either with the request  for application form (by post/courier) or with the filled in application form (if downloaded).

2. Application Form: The form can be

• Obtained by sending a request by post/courier along with a DD (as mentioned above in 1).

• Downloaded from the web site as a word document or pdf document.  

The downloaded word document form can be filled up and sent as an  attachment by e-mail and the DD and the other documents can be sent   by post/courier. The form sent by e-mail  will be processed only on receipt  of the DD.

The downloaded pdf document form should be filled up and sent along with the DD and the necessary documents.

List of necessary documents

• Regular candidates:
  • Xerox copies of all certificates/marksheets
• NRI/Foreign candidates:
  • Xerox copies of all certificates/marksheets
  • Proof of NRI/Froeign status (Stamped page from passport)
• Corporate Sponsored candidates:
  • Xerox copies of all certificates/marksheets
  • Letter of sponsorship on the company letter head signed by authorised personel.

Do not send any original certificates/marksheets.

3. Important information

• Last date for sending the filled application form: 12 July 2009

• Date of entrance test: 19 July 2009

• Course commences: 15 September 2009

• Tentative dates for Interview at IBAB, Bangalore: 11 – 15 August 2009 (Only for short listed candidates).

  Centers : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

4. Eligibility for the course

• A recognised bachelor's or master's degree in any branch of science or engineering with minimum of 55% marks.

• Students awaiting their results can also apply, provided their average percentage of previous semesters/years is at least 55%.

5. Selection process

• Objective-type written tests will be held at six centers.

• Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

• Short listed candidates will be called for an interview (at their own expense) at Bangalore.

6. Entrance test

• The IBAB entrance test is mandatory for most candidates.

• Exceptions are:
      NET qualified.         
      A GATE score of 550 and above (80 percentile)
      Corporate sponsored.
      NRIs/ Foreign students.
  
  The candidates coming under the above mentioned categories must appear for a personal interview at IBAB.
  
  The test will be of 120 minutes' duration.
  There are 100 questions to be answered.
      a) Quantitative ability
      b) Test of reasoning
      c) Verbal ability
      d) Basic science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

• There are no specific books recommended for this test.  The test is based on the XII Std (ICSE/CBSE) science syllabus.  There is no negative marking.

Fees

For regular students:

• Rs. 90,000/- (tuition fees for 3 semesters).
• Rs. 30,000/- (for library, computer lab, examination fee and health insurance).
• Rs. 30,000/- (security deposit, refundable only on completion of the course).

The fees can also be paid in installments:

• Rs. 90,000/- (I semester fees + library fees etc + security deposit) to be paid at the time of admission.
• Rs. 60,000/- can be paid in two installments of Rs. 30,000/- each at the beginning of the semesters II and III.

For NRI/ foreign/ corporate sponsored students:

• Rs. 180,000/- (tuition fees for 3 semesters).
• Rs. 30,000/- (for library, computer lab, examination fee and health insurance).
• Rs. 30,000/- (security deposit, refundable only on completion of the course).

The entire amount has to be paid at the time of admission.

Partial waiver of fees in case of a few deserving students is feasible.
Please note that the fee structure is subject to change.