Many major institutions within our country offer students the PhD program in bioinformatics. The basic requirement for these students to join this course is to have a master’s degree in the relevant topic. Aspirants should also have more than 75 percent marks in their qualifying examination. It will also be needed by aspirants to appear for an interview with the board of the institution they prefer to join.

To join the doctoral program, students need to be present for an admission test that is carried out by a specific institution or one that is held at the national level. A list of the entrance exams available in PhD in Bioinformatics is mentioned below.

List of Entrance Exams in PhD in Bioinformatics

• AIIMS Ph.D. Entrance Examination
• Bioinformatics National Certification BINC Examination
• CSIR/UGC NET-JRF
• DBT-Junior Research Fellowship (DBT-JRF)
• Delhi Technological University Delhi PhD Entrance Exam
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Junior Research Fellowship (ICMR-JRF)
• Jamia Millia Islamia University PhD Entrance Exam
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) PhD Entrance Exam
• JIPMER
• Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST)
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences PhD Entrance Exam
• The Indian Institute of Science PhD Entrance exam

List of Institutions That Participate In These Exams

• Alagappa University - Karaikudy, Tamil Nadu
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
• Bharathidasan University
• Bioinformatics Center and Department of Physics, IISc
• Bioinformatics Institute of India (BII)
• Calcutta University, Kolkata
• Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
• Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD)
• Department of Biochemistry, IISc
• Department Of Biotechnology, Anna University
• Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, Madras University
• Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)
• Indian Institute of Information Technology
• Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)
• Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
• Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore
• Institute of Cheminformatics Studies
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
• Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH)
• International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
• Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
• Jawaharlal Nehru University - New Delhi
• Jaypee University of Information Technology - Solan, Himachal Pradesh
• Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LACONES)
• Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
• Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri)
• National Institute of Biological Sciences
• National Institute of Immunology (NII)
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
• National Institute of Oceanography
• National Institute of Technology
• Pondicherry University, Puducherry
• Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB)
• SRM University, Chennai
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
• The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
• The International centre for genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
• The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
• University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• University of Pune, Pune
• West Bengal University of Technology

Exam Pattern of the PhD in Bioinformatics Exam

The entrance test will encompass 65 questions. The paper will carry a total of 100 marks. The time period allotted to each student to finish writing all questions is 3 hours. Negative marking is there for this exam.

How to Procure Application for the PhD in Bioinformatics Course?

The applications of the Bioinformatics PhD entrance exam can be got by applicants from the office of the preferred institution. Other option is to take a copy of the form from the chosen institution’s official website. An alternative option at hand for students is to get their forms by post. They need to send a requisition letter to the concerned address alongside a DD of the specified amount.  The price of the PhD admission form of AIIMS is Rs. 500/- for students of the general category and Rs. 400/- for others.