JEST 2025: Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), recognized as a National Eligibility Test (NET) by The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB). This exam is basically for the students who are interested in Ph.D / Integrated Ph.D Programme in Physics or Theoretical Computer Science or Neuroscience or Computational Biology.
Every year the exam is conducted by one of the institute among the many other participating institutes. As of 2024, there are a total of 33 participating institutes in JEST. Therefore, here in this article we are going to discuss the important information i.e., Application form, Eligibility, and important dates so on.
| Events | Dates (Tentative) |
| Online Registration Begins | 05th January, 2025 |
| Last date of Online Registration | 31st January, 2025 |
| Online Examination Dates | 03rd March, 2025 |
| Admit Card available from | 12th February, 2025 |
| Result | 26th March, 2025 |
| Website | jest2025.cbtexam.in |
Candidates can apply for JEST 2025 through “Online” mode only. The Application Form in any other mode will not be accepted and Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate. More than one application i.e. multiple Application Forms submitted by a candidate will not be accepted.
JEST 2025 Eligibility Criteria
The candidates who are interested in writing JEST 2025 can appear for the exam but before that the most important thing is to check Eligibility Criteria, so that it will be easy for all to learn whether they can appear in the selection process or not.
Here criteria are listed in tabular format for the JEST exam 2025:
Age Limit: There is no age restriction for appearing in JEST- 2025
| Eligibility Conditions | Min. Marks |
|---|---|
Physics:
These are the courses eligible in different institutes. |
minimum of 60% marks |
Theoretical Computer Science:
|
minimum of 60% marks |
Ph D in Neuroscience
|
minimum of 60% marks |
Ph D in Computational Biology
|
minimum of 60% marks |
Integrated M.Sc. / M.Tech – Ph.D Programme (Physics)
|
with a minimum of first class marks. |
|
Integrated Ph.D Programme in Theoretical Computer Science
|
minimum of 55% marks |
Integrated Ph.D. Programme
|
minimum of 55% marks |
|
M. Sc. Programme
|
minimum of 55% marks |
MSc Physics (Astrophysics) programme
|
minimum of 55% marks |
- Go to the website of JEST i.e., jest2025.cbtexam.in
- From the home page click on the link to registration available on the website.
- Make your registration valid by verifying it through the your Email or mobile number.
- Go to the login link and insert registered details to access the online form.
- Recheck all filled details and click on the submit button.
- Pay fees through any of the convenient payment methods.
Upload legible scanned images of:
(i) a recent photograph (file size 10Kb – 200Kb) either in colour or black & white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears against white background;
(ii) candidate‟s signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)
(iii) PwD certificate (file size: 50kb to 300kb), if applicable.
These are important information required fill up the form for JEST 2025 with that if you want any other information or further details can visit their official website.
Participating Institute
There are 33 institutes, which participate every year. Each year, the test is conducted by any one of the institutes as a common test for admission to all participating institutes. To check the name of the participating institute individual can visit the official website i.e., www.jest.org.in
Official Website: jest2025.cbtexam.in
