Tata Institute of fundamental Research Admissions

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Before you choose Ph.D. or Integrated Ph.D. program in the basic registration form, please go through the eligibility criteria carefully.
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Before you start filling up the complete application form make sure the following are ready with you : 1. A scanned image/electronic copy of your Passport size photograph (preferably a jpg file below 100kb in size).  Applications with personal photos or edited photos uploaded will be rejected.
2. Demand Draft details (DD number, Bank, etc.) or Credit / Debit Card details for online payment of application fee.
3. Academic details.

Important Instructions: Your login username for our website would be the reference code that will be generated by the system on successful registration. Please save the email sent by the system after successful registration of your application.

If certain fields show error while registering, please try to modify the data and avoid using special characters such as .  ,  `  '  (  )  /  - etc.

If you intend to apply for multiple subjects, you will have to provide different email id for each application.

Check all the details before clicking the registration button.  Ensure that you have typed your email ID correctly in the first part of the application.  A auto email is sent after completion of the first part of the application wherein a link is provided to proceed further to fill the full application form.

You may take a print of your application after successful registration or save the same as a pdf file.  Applicants wishing to pay by DD may send the DD  by writing their reference code, name and telephone number behind it. 

Applicants paying the application fee online will be directed to the payment gateway.  Follow the instructions and complete the payment transaction.  If the transaction is not completed due to technical reasons, you may login to your account and check the application/payment status.  After successful completion of the transaction, please login to your account and check the payment status.  If the payment is not complete, you may attempt paying online again.  A maximum of five attempts are allowed for online payment. 

Normally, online payments are received within 2 working days and a auto email is sent by the system acknowledging the payment.  If your transaction has been successful and your account has been debited and you do not receive the acknowledgement email within 7 days, neither your payment status is updated in your account, you may write to the email ids as given in "contact info" section.

If you are unsuccessful with the online payment you can send us a Demand Draft by first filling up the DD details in the application form and then sending the DD by post/courier.  Please write your reference code, name and telephone number behind the DD.  Print of application is not required to be sent along with the DD.

Hall tickets will be issued or will be allowed to be generated from the student login account, only after the last date of receipt of applications, subject to receipt of payment. 

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Applying for Systems Science using GATE score : (This link will be activated on February 2, 2015)