IIST Admission Test- ISAT 2012

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), the first Space University of Asia, offers courses from undergraduate to doctoral level in Space Science and Technology. It is declared as ‘Deemed to be University' under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 and was established by Department of Space, Government of India.
IIST offers B Tech programme in Aerospace Engineering, Avionics, and Physical Sciences. Admissions to this programme are based on the admission test, ISAT, conducted by IIST. On successful completion of the course with prescribed academic standards, the students will be absorbed in ISRO as Scientists/Engineers.
Name of the Undergraduate Programmes in IIST and Number of Seats available

• B Tech- Aerospace Engineering: 60 seats
• B Tech- Avionics: 60 seats
• B Tech- Physical Sciences: 36 seats

Important Dates

• Opening date for online registration: 1 November 2011 from 10 am
• Last date for online registration: 31 December 2011 till 11.30 pm
• Last date for remitting fees: 6 January 2012
• Last date of receipt of Institute copy of Challan: 16 January 2012
• Display of status of the application: 24 February 2012
• Date for downloading Hall Ticket: 2 March 2012 to 10 April 2012
• Date of ISAT- 2012: 21 April 2012 from 9 am to 12 pm
• Date of Publishing Result: 23 May 2012

Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification

• Candidate should have scored a minimum of 70% marks in aggregate in class X or equivalent examination (60% in aggregate for SC/ ST/ PD candidates).
• Candidates belonging to GEN and OBC categories must secure at least 70% marks in the aggregate in their Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) papers in their Qualifying Examination (QE) (60% marks in the aggregate SC, ST, and PD categories).
• Year of first appearance for final Qualifying Examination (QE) should be 2011 or 2012.
• Year of attaining the required percentage of mark in QE should be 2011 or 2012 (For candidates appearing in 2012, results should be available on or before I July 2012)

Age Limit

• For General and OBC candidates (on or after 1 October 1987)
• For SC/ ST/ PD candidates (on or after 1 October 1982)

Examination Fee: Examination fee for General and OBC category candidate is Rs 600 and fee for SC/ ST/ PD/ Female candidates is Rs 300.
The Examination Fee has to be remitted in any one of the branches of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), or Union Bank of India (UBI), by using the challan in triplicate. Fee remitted in any other form will not be accepted. (Important: It is the responsibility of the candidate to verify if his/her journal number [SBI]/Transaction Number [PNB,UB] is correctly entered in all the challan copies of the bank along with the registration number and has the respective branch code and seal.
NRI Candidates applying for the course can remit their Examination fee for ISAT-2012 through any bank outside India in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘THE REGISTRAR, IIST payable at THIRUVANANTHAPURAM'.  Any Demand Draft issued from a bank within India will NOT BE ACCEPTABLE.
ISAT- 2012 Test Centres
ISAT-2012 is planned to be conducted in the following 22 cities of India namely Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Varanasi, Bangalore, Chennai, Jaipur, Patna, Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Kolkata, Port Blair, Bhopal, Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi, Calicut, Dispur, Mumbai, and Thiruvananthapuram.
How to Apply: Candidates can apply on-line from the website http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/. Candidates will be guided at this stage about how to complete the application process, remit examination fee etc.
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