TATA Institute of Social Sciences announced the date for the TISSNET 2016, which is a national level post graduate entrance exam. The exam is conducted for admissions to Masters in Social Work and various full-time programs offered at the various campuses of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) - Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad, Guwahati, IMHST Chennai, MHAT Calicut and G-SET Ranchi. TISSNET 2016 is scheduled to be held on 09 January 2016.
Eligibility:
Graduates from any discipline with a recognized bachelor’s degree can apply. The bachelor’s degree must be of minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 system). Final year candidates, who will be able to complete their Bachelor's Degree examinations by June 2016, are also eligible to apply.
Admission Procedure:
Candidates can apply for a maximum of three programmes across any two of the TISS Campuses. The application process is both online and offline –
Online Process : Candidates must visit the official website and fill the application form and pay the application fees online itself. Upon receiving a verification email, candidates can log-in and upload the necessary documents and certificates along with passport size photograph and signature.
Offline Process : Candidates can get a printed copy of the application form from the Institute by sending a request by Speed Post with application fees to Assistant Registrar (Academic), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar Mumbai, 400088.
The admit card for TISS NET 2016 will be sent via e-mail in between 17 and 18 December 2015 to all the candidates, no admit card will be sent via post.
Exam Duration and Pattern: The TISSNET 2016 will be a computer based test with 100 objective questions to be answered within the duration of 1 hour 40 minutes. The objective test consists of questions related to: General Knowledge; Analytical Ability, Logical Reasoning and English Proficiency. There is no negative marking for wrong answers in the test.
Venue of the exam: Across 39 test centers in India.
Application Fee: Rs.1030 (if being paid by Credit card/ Debit card/ Net Banking) or Rs.1000 + bank charges (if being paid through bank by cash). The fee for SC/ST/OBC candidates is Rs 260.
Important Dates:
Last Date for Online form APPLICATION / REGISTRATION for All Master's programmes |
November 30, 2015 |
Last Date for receipt of application form by post |
December 01, 2015 |
National Entrance Test – (Computer Based) at Different Centres |
January 09, 2016 |
Score cards to be sent by email |
February 02, 2016 |
Announcement of Selection on TISS website for all the Programmes |
April 15, 2016 |
Website: www.tiss.edu
Radhika Kulkarni
Counseling Psychologist