JEST Participating Institutes 2025, College, List of Top Colleges in India Accepting JEST Based Score

JEST Participating Institutes 2025, College, List of Top Colleges in India Accepting JEST Based Score

Edited By Shankha Ghosh | Updated on Nov 28, 2024 03:58 PM IST | #Bose Institute, Kolkata

JEST Participating Institutes 2025: Students preparing to take admission into various PG and integrated PG programmes under the Joint Entrance Screening Test are advised to check the list of JEST 2025 participating institutions in this article. The JEST exam offers admission to postgraduate as well as integrated postgraduate studies through JEST in 33 top science institutions in India. All the institutions that accept admissions based on JEST result 2025 are included in this list.

This Story also Contains
  1. JEST Participating Institutions List 2025
  2. Specialisations at JEST Participating Institutions
  3. JEST 2025 List: Key Points
JEST Participating Institutes 2025, College, List of Top Colleges in India Accepting JEST Based Score
JEST Participating Institutes 2025, College, List of Top Colleges in India Accepting JEST Based Score

The JEST exam is conducted by the Bose Institute this year. A detailed list is mentioned below for JEST participating colleges 2025 which will help students make informed choices. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria for each of the JEST institutions 2025 before applying. Students can check the JEST courses and colleges list before starting the registration process. Candidates who are preparing to write the JEST 2025 are advised to check the JEST all university list.

JEST Participating Institutions List 2025

Various institutions take part in the admission process of JEST exam. Students are advised to go through the table to choose the best universities.

How many Institutions Accept JEST Score?

There are a total of 33 institutions in India that accept JEST exam scores as a part of their admission process. The table below contains the list of universities that accept JEST. The institutions under JEST 2025 allow candidates to select the college of their choice.

JEST Participating Colleges 2025

Name of the JEST college

City

Physical Research Laboratory

Ahmedabad

Harish-Chandra Research Institute

Allahabad

International centre for theoretical sciences (TIFR)

Bangalore

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Bangalore

Raman Research Institute

Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Berhampur

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Bhopal

Institute of Physics

Bhubaneswar

National Institute of Science Education and Research

Bhubaneswar

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Chennai

Institute for Plasma Research

Gandhinagar

TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences

Hyderabad

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

Indore

UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research

Indore

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Kalpakkam

Bose Institute

Kolkata

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Kolkata

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Kolkata

Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Kolkata

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre

Kolkata

National Brain Research Centre

Manesar

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Mohali

Homi Bhabha National Institute

Mumbai

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Mumbai

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences

Nainital

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Pune

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Pune

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR

Pune

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Thiruvananthapuram

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Thiruvananthapuram

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Tirupathi


Specialisations at JEST Participating Institutions

Name of the JEST college

Subject Specialisations

Physical Research Laboratory

  • Theoretical Physics

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Solar Physics

  • Space and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Planetary Science

  • Geo-Sciences

Harish-Chandra Research Institute

  • Theoretical Physics

  • Astrophysics

International centre for theoretical sciences (TIFR)

  • Astrophysical Relativity

  • Data Assimilation and Dynamical Systems

  • Statistical Physics and Turbulence

  • String Theory and Quantum Gravity

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Astronomical Instrumentation

  • Optics

  • Atomic Physics

Indian Institute of Science

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Experiments and Theory)

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (Theoretical)

  • Atomic and Optical Physics (Experimental)

  • Biocrystallography and Bioinformatics

  • High Energy Physics (Theoretical)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

  • Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

  • Statistical Mechanics

  • Materials Science

Raman Research Institute

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics

  • Light & Matter Physics

  • Soft Condensed Matter and Theoretical Physics

  • Signal Processing

  • Imaging and Instrumentation

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiment)

  • Electronic Materials & Devices

  • High Energy Physics (Theory, Phenomenology, Experiment)

  • Nuclear Structure

  • Photonics

  • Quantum Theory

  • Quantum Information

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiment)

  • Soft Matter Physics (Theory)

  • Biophysics

  • Laser Plasma Interactions

  • Ultrafast Physics (Experiment)

  • Astrophysics and Cosmology

  • High Energy Physics (Theory, Phenomenology and Experiment)

  • Non-linear Optics

Institute of Physics

  • Physics (Condensed Matter, Nuclear and High Energy Physics)

  • Accelerator-based Research

National Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Theoretical High Energy Physics and Lattice QCD

  • Experimental High Energy Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiment)

  • Optics and Metamaterials

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

  • Theoretical Physics

  • Theoretical Computer Science

  • Computational Biology

Institute for Plasma Research

  • Physics (Experimental and Theoretical).

TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences

  • Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science (Nonequilibrium)

  • Soft & Living Matter

  • Fluid Dynamics

  • Intense Laser-Matter Interactions

  • Computational Physics

  • Statistical Physics

  • NMR of Biophysical & Other Systems

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

  • Lasers and their Applications

  • Laser Plasma Interaction

  • Cold Atom Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Superconductivity and Magnetism, Crystals and Thin Films)

  • Nanomaterials and Applications

  • Non-linear and Ultrafast Optical Studies

  • Beam Physics

  • Free Electron Laser

UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research

  • Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films and Nanomaterials

  • Physics at Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields

  • X-ray, Optical and Electron Spectroscopic Studies Using Synchrotron and Laboratory Sources

  • Electrical, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Condensed Matter

  • Condensed Matter Studies Using Magnetic Neutron Diffraction

  • Nuclear Technique Based Condensed Matter Physics (Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, Mossbauer Spectroscopy)

  • Experimental Nuclear Physics

  • Gamma Ray Spectroscopy of Nuclear High Spin States

  • Nuclear Reactions

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

  • Solid State Phase Transformations

  • Superconductivity

  • Structure and Dynamics of Soft Condensed Matter

  • Band Structure Studies

  • Accelerator-Based Irradiation Induced Phenomena

  • Low-Dimensional Systems

  • Physics of Interfaces

  • Nano-Materials

  • Thin Films Technology

  • Theoretical Physics

Bose Institute

  • Atmospheric Sciences

  • Biophysics

  • Complex Systems and Networks

  • Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

  • High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics

  • Quantum Physics and Quantum Information

  • Nuclear and Radiation Physics

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Condensed Matter Physics

  • Field Theory

  • Classical & Quantum Gravity

  • Cosmology

  • Solar Science

  • High Energy Physics

  • Non-linear Dynamics

  • Statistical Physics

  • Soft Matter

  • Optics & Spectroscopy

  • Atomic Physics

  • Biophotonics

  • Spintronics

  • Nanoscience

  • NMR

  • Quantum Information

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiments)

  • Nuclear Physics (Theory and Experiments)

  • High Energy Physics (Theory and Experiments)

  • Astroparticle Physics

  • Quantum Gravity

  • String Theory

  • Mathematical Physics

  • Materials Science (Surface Science and Plasma Physics)

Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

  • Astrophysics and Cosmology

  • Chemical and Biological Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science

  • High Energy Physics and Quantum Field Theory

  • Mathematical Physics

  • Nanosciences

  • Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

  • Statistical Physics

  • Complex Systems

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre

  • Accelerator Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science

  • Nuclear Physics (Experiment and Theory)

  • Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions & QCD Phase Transition (Experiment and Theory)

National Brain Research Centre

  • Molecular, Computational and Systems Neuroscience

  • Sensory & Motor Systems

  • Learning & Memory

  • Language & Speech Processing

  • Functional Neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI, MRS)

  • Stem Cells

  • Developmental Neurobiology

  • Neurogenetics

  • Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  • Cancer Signaling & Glial Tumor Biology

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Quantum Information (Experiment and Theory)

  • Complex Systems & Networks

  • Theoretical Astrophysics & Cosmology

  • Particle Physics and Field Theory

  • Statistical Physics

  • Quantum Thermodynamics

  • Condensed Matter (Theory and Experiment)

  • NMR Methodology

  • Ultra-fast Physics

  • Low Temperature Physics

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science

  • High Energy Physics

  • Nuclear and Atomic Physics

  • Theoretical Physics

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Atmospheric Physics

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Field Theory

  • Theoretical Particle Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics

  • Non-linear Dynamics

  • Complex Systems and Networks

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

  • Quantum Information Processing

  • Radio Astrophysics

  • Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics

  • Energy Studies

  • Solar and Plasma Physics

  • Nanosciences

  • Scanning Probe Techniques

  • Semiconductor Physics and Devices

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Physics

  • Astronomy

  • Astrophysics

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Experimental
  • Magnetism

  • Superconductivity

  • Nanoscience

  • Photonics

  • Semiconductor Physics

  • Surface Sciences

  • Nanoscale Plasmonics

  • Ultrafast Spectroscopy

  • Nonlinear Optics

Theory
  • Cosmology

  • Quantum Information

  • Statistical Physics

  • Condensed Matter

  • String Theory

  • Nonlinear Dynamics

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Atmospheric Sciences

  • Applied and Adaptive Optics

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics

  • Nanotechnology

  • Nonlinear Dynamics

  • Photonics

  • Quantum Information

  • Statistical Physics

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

  • Theoretical Astrophysics

  • Observational Astronomy

  • Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

  • Soft Matter Physics

  • Nonlinear Physics

  • Experimental High Energy Physics

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics

JEST 2025 List: Key Points

Applicants must remember some key points before choosing their JEST institution.

  • Candidates are advised to visit the official websites of the respective universities to know the eligibility criteria for a particular course

  • Students are advised to check JEST eligibility 2025 before applying to these institutions.

  • Minimum mark requirements may vary at these JEST institutions.

  • There are a total of 33 JEST participating institutions in India.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is JEST?

The JEST exam (Joint Entrance Screening Test) is a national-level entrance exam conducted annually in India for admission to PhD and Integrated PhD programs in physics and theoretical computer science.

2. What is the conducting body of JEST 2025?

The Bose Institute Kolkata is conducting JEST exam 2025.

3. How many institutes participate in JEST exam?

There are 33 participating institutes that accept JEST scores for various programmes.

4. Which are the top participating institutes for JEST 2025?

The top JEST participating institutes include IISER Tirupati, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Bose Institute, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), and Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI).

5. What programmes are offered by JEST participating institutes?

Programmes offered in JEST include PhD and Integrated PhD in fields such as Physics, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science.

6. Is there an age limit to apply for JEST exam?

No, there is no age limit to appear for the JEST examination; however, individual institutes may have their own eligibility criteria.

7. What is the validity period of the JEST exam scores?

The JEST score is valid for one year from the date of the examination.

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