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Common Entrance Test For admission into 5-year integrated MSc Programme in NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai.

The National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory online computer-based test for admission to the five-year Integrated MSc programme offered by the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) and the University of Mumbai – Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS). NISER and UM-DAE CEBS are autonomous institutions established by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, in 2007. These institutes were started with the mandate of providing research-oriented teaching in basic sciences by faculties of practising scientists aimed at creating a national pool of human resources to lead the nation to excellence in teaching and research in basic and applied sciences.
NEST 2026 will be conducted in around 387 cities across India. Centre List

The candidates admitted to the Integrated MSc program are eligible to receive an annual scholarship of ₹60,000 through the DISHA program of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. In addition, the scholarship recipients receive a grant of ₹20,000/- per annum for summer internships. Candidates selected by DST for the INSPIRE-SHE program are endorsed for the INSPIRE scholarship by NISER and UM-DAE CEBS. A vast majority of students graduating from the integrated MSc programs offered in the two institutes pursue doctoral research at universities and institutions of repute in India and abroad, including NISER or CEBS and join academia or industry primarily in research positions. The placements of the graduated students from NISER and UM-DAE CEBS provide testimony to the success of this program.