Entrance exam · All-India

National Entrance Screening Test

Usually called NEST

Entrance to the five-year integrated MSc at NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai — a research career entered straight from school.

What kind of thing this is

A test you sit to be admitted to a course or an institution. Open across India.

Who can apply

Class 12 with science.

Where it leads

Science & researchResearch-track degrees at institutions built around laboratories.

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