The geo sciences or earth science course is offered in many Indian colleges at the B.Sc and M.Sc levels. It is also being offered at the Doctoral levels. Aspirants who desire to join the postgraduate or doctoral levels programs in Geoscience will have to write an admission test. This test might be carried out at the state level or at the national level. A listing of the entrance exams available in Geo - Sciences is given below.

List of Entrance Exams in Geo Sciences

M.Sc Entrance Exams

• Acharya Nagarjuna University - Master of Science (M.Sc) - Geology Entrance Exam
• Banaras Hindu University M.Sc. Petroleum Geosciences Entrance Exam
• Delhi University M.Sc Entrance Exam
• GATE - Geology and Geophysics Entrance Exam
• IIT JAM
• Osmania University PG Entrance Test
• Rajasthan University Geology Entrance Exams

Doctoral level entrance exams

• Annamalai University PhD Entrance Exam
• Bangalore University PhD Entrance Exam
• CSIR UGC NET
• Jammu University - Department of Geology - PhD Entrance Exam
• Jawaharlal Nehru University PhD Entrance Exam
• JIPMER Entrance exam
• UGC NET

List of Institutions That Take Part in This Exam

• Banaras Hindu University
• Bangalore University
• Barathidasan University
• Berhampur University
• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
• Dibrugarh University
• Gauhati University
• Goa University
• Government Dungar College
• Govt. Institute of Science
• Gulbarga University
• Himachal Pradesh University
• Jammu University
• Kerala University
• M.G. Science Institute
• Madras University
• Maharaja Ganga Singh University / University of Bikaner
• Mahatma Gandhi University
• Manipur University
• Mizoram University
• Mohanlal Sukhadia University/ University of Udaipur
• North Orissa University
• Osmania University
• Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
• Panjab University
• Physical Research Laboratory - Ahmedabad
• Pondicherry University
• Presidency College
• Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University
• Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
• The University of Burdwan
• Thiruvalluvar University
• University of Calcutta
• University of Delhi
• University of Pune
• University of Rajasthan
• Utkal University

Exam Pattern of the Geo – Sciences Entrance Exam

This examination shall have time duration of 3 hours and aspirants will have to finish answering 65 questions within this time limit. The total marks for this paper is 100 marks. MCQ’s shall be posed in the paper and each question shall carry 4 options. Topics asked in this exam are:

• Applied Geology
• Economic Geology
• Mineralogy
• Paleontology
• Petrology
• Structural Geology
• The Planet Earth

How to Procure Application for the Geo-Science Course?

Admission forms for the M.Sc or PhD level programs in Geology and Geosciences can be got by one from the exam counter of the institution conducting the exam. It can also be got by post. A requisition letter is to be sent by aspirants to the concerned institution together with a DD of the amount needed. The admission form of the IIT – JAM entrance exam can be got from the exam counter of the institute. The price of the form is Rs 1000/- for male candidates of the OBC and general category. The price of the form is Rs. 900/- for female candidates and Rs. 500/- for aspirants of the reserved categories.