About NEST 2022

National Entrance Screening Test 2022 NISER - Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS - Mumbai will conduct National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) to provide admission into integrated MSc course in subjects - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.

Candidates can study these courses at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER - Bhubaneswar) and University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS - Mumbai). Students who wish to pursue higher education in basic sciences can aim for this exam.

The notification is released on the official website of NEST at appropriate time every year. Candidates can submit applications after the notification is released. 

Candidates can visit the official website and click the link for registration and create an account comprisiing username and password. Post creation of account, they can login with help of password and username obtained during the registration and start filling the form, they can upload the required documents, pay the registration fees and then submit the form.

Post application form submission, applicants have to appear for a written test. The exact schedule, time, and mode of the test will be communicated through registered e-mail id or through other source. The written test will be conducted in online mode and questions related to mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology have to be answered in two hours time.

Candidates who pass the exam with the required score (minimum qualifying marks or cutoff marks) will be called for further admission procedure. Cutoff marks will be set and candidate's score in the exam has to be equal to the set cutoff marks or above it.

Candidates can compare their score with the set cutoff marks,  If they find their score to be either equal or greater than cutoff, they can take part in the counselling process. Information about the exam is provided below in a tabular format for the sake of the students:

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