Admission to Ph.D. Program (Semester 2, 2025-2026)
in the interdisciplinary areas of Life Sciences
( Last updated on 17 October 2025)
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IBAB is an autonomous Institution set up by the Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T of the Government of Karnataka in 2001. Over the last 23 years, the Institute has grown into a world-class institution offering educational programs in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Big Data Biology. IBAB has established excellent facilities in both computational and experimental Life Sciences and houses state-of-the-art computing infrastructure including Graphical Processing Units (GPU) servers, high-end workstations and high-capacity network and storage facilities besides well-equipped state-of-the-art bioscience laboratories for experimental work. The Institute has well qualified faculty with international experience and offers Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral programs in frontier areas of interdisciplinary Life Sciences.national experience and offers Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral programs in frontier areas of interdisciplinary Life Sciences.
Research Areas
- Disease Genomics
- Epigenomics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Multiomic integration (Cancer, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stroke, Malaria, metabolic disorders, ageing, spermatogenesis) for biomarker discovery
- Single Cell-Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptomics
- Photoprotection mechanisms in biomolecules
Eligibility
Master’s degree (2 years) in any branch of Life Sciences/ Biotechnology/Bioengineering/ Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology/ Computer Science and Engineering / Pharmacy /Medicine /Physics/Chemistry with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent, OR
B.Tech./ B.E or equivalent (4 years) in any branch of Science/Technology with 75% marks or equivalent
Selection Procedure
National level offline entrance exam will be conducted at IBAB, Bangalore on 4 December, 2025 (forenoon). Results of the entrance exam will be announced on the same day, followed by in-person interviews of the shortlisted candidates on 4-5 December, 2025.
Please visit the webpage of IBAB for details regarding the faculty research areas and the PhD projects being floated for the current round of selections
The outstation candidates (non-Bengaluru) who are shortlisted to appear for the in-person written test/interview at the IBAB campus, will be reimbursed their travel fare by Train-Sleeper Class (SL) or Public Bus fare by the shortest route, whichever is cheapest. They will have to furnish the proof of travel. If a candidate decides to choose a different mode (e.g. 3AC, air, etc.), they will only be reimbursed the Train-Sleeper Class or Public Transport Bus fare by the shortest route.
Stipend / Fellowship
IBAB strongly encourages students with their own fellowships (CSIR-UGC, DST-INSPIRE, DBT-JRF and ICMR-JRF) to apply to the Ph.D. program
Exceptional candidates without a fellowship or a valid GATE score shall be provided with a competitive assistantship by the Institute
Application Procedure
Candidates who satisfy the eligibility criteria must submit the application online along with the application fee of Rs. 700/- via NEFT.
NEFT Details
Name of the Account: Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
Account No: 036005011787
Type of Account: Current Account
Name of the Bank : ICICI Bank
Bank Branch: Electronic City
IFSC Code : ICIC0000360
Link for online application: https://forms.gle/YVpsPt2FZeAt15bA
Deadline for submission of applications is November 15, 2025
Important Dates
| Application Start Date | October 16, 2025 |
| Deadline for Submission of Application Form | November 15, 2025 |
| Date of Offline Entrance Examination | December 4, 2025 |
| Date of Interview | December 4-5, 2025 |
| Release of list of selected candidates | December 9, 2025 |
| Commencement of the Ph.D. program | January 1, 2026 |
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