ISI Admission Test 2024 Exam – Application, Dates, Eligibility, Fees, Syllabus

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Overview

The Indian Statistical Institute Admission Test (ISI Admission Test) is conducted by ISI Kolkata for admission to under-graduate degree programmes at ISI Kolkata (for B.Stat) and ISI Bengaluru (for B.Math).

Exam NameISI Admission Test
Also Known AsISI AT / ISIAT
Exam CategoryUndergraduate
Exam LevelUniversity
Exam ModeOffline (Pen-Paper based test)
Conducted byISI Kolkata

UPDATE (Mar 26, 2024): Last date to apply for ISI Admission Test 2024 has been extended to April 2.

UPDATE (Mar 5, 2024): ISI Admission Test 2024 Applications are open now, apply by March 26.

UPDATE (Feb 1, 2024): Examination date of ISI Admission Test 2024 has been announced, read ISI Admission Test Exam Date.


About

  • The exam will be an offline pen-paper based test.
  • There will be 2 papers of 2 hours duration each.
  • Paper-I will have MCQ questions of Mathematics while Paper-II will have Descriptive questions of Mathematics.
  • In Paper-I, Each correct answer fetches 4 marks, each unattempted question fetches 1 mark, and each incorrect answer fetches 0 marks.
  • Note: Candidates interested in B.SDS course need to appear for Mathematics based MCQ paper similar to Paper-I.
  • Check the sample questions here.
 

Maximum Marks:

PaperMax Marks
Paper-I (MCQ)120
Paper-II (Descriptive)80

Schedule

Date

May 12, 2024

Time

  • 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – Paper I (Test Code: UGA)
  • 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM – Paper II (Test Code: UGB)

Eligibility

  • Completed class XII or equivalent examination with Mathematics and English subjects.


Syllabus

Sample Questions

Past Question Papers

See previous year Question Papers and Answers here.

Fees

ISI AT 2024 Application Fee is as follows:

CategoryFee
General – Male Candidates₹1500
General – Female Candidates₹1000
EWS, OBC (Non-Creamy), SC, ST, and PwD Candidates₹750
Overseas Citizens of India₹1500

Registration

  • The registrations for ISI Admission Test 2024 examination will begin from March 5, 2024.
  • The last date to apply is March 26, 2024 April 2, 2024.

Application Procedure

  • Candidates need to visit the ISI Admissions website and register.
  • Login and fill the prescribed application form.
  • Pay the application fee online.
  • Download a copy of the application for future reference.

Application Correction

  • Candidates will be provided a facility to make correction in their application form particulars.
  • It is one-time facility and is extended to the candidates to avoid any hardship to them.
  • The correction window will be open as per the notified schedule.

Hall Ticket / Admit Card

  • The admit card can be downloaded from the ISI Admissions site after it’s notified.
  • The admit card will contain the name, photograph, signature and registration number of the candidate, test centre, test code and the date of test.
  • The applicants will be required to carry hard copies of the admit card to the test centres on the day of the Admission Test.

Test Centres

Test Cities

StateCityCity Code
Andhra PradeshVijayawadaVJ
Andhra PradeshVisakhapatnamVP
AssamGuwahatiGH
AssamSilcharSC
AssamTezpurTZ
BiharPatnaPT
ChattisgarhRaipurRP
DelhiDelhiDH
GujratAhmedabadAD
Jammu & KashmirJammuJA
JharkhandJamshedpurJS
JharkhandRanchiRN
KarnatakaBengaluruBG
KarnatakaMangaluruMN
KeralaKochiKO
KeralaTrivandrumTV
Madhya PradeshBhopalBP
Madhya PradeshIndoreID
MaharastraMumbaiMB
MaharastraNagpurNG
MaharastraPunePU
MeghalayaShillongSL
MizoramAizawlAZ
OdishaBhubaneswarBH
PondicherryPondicherryPO
PunjabMohaliMH
RajasthanJaipurJP
Tamil NaduChennaiCN
Tamil NaduCoimbatoreCM
TelenganaHyderabadHY
TripuraAgartalaAT
Uttar PradeshKanpurKN
Uttar PradeshLucknowLU
Uttar PradeshVaranasiVN
UttarakhandDehradunDN
West BengalContaiCT
West BengalDurgapurDP
West BengalKalyaniKL
West BengalKharagpurKG
West BengalKolkataCC
West BengalMaldaML
West BengalSiliguriSG

Qualifying Cutoff

  • Candidates need to clear the cutoff specified by ISI in order to be evaluated for Paper II and further get shortlisted for Interview.
  • Stage I: The score of the top 450th candidate in Paper I will be taken as the Qualifying score for General/EWS.
  • For OBC-NCL, Qualifying score will be 0.9 times of General qualifying score. For SC/ST/PwD, Qualifying score will be 0.7 times of General qualifying score.
  • All candidates whose scores are equal to or above the respective (category wise) qualifying score will be deemed to have been shortlisted in Stage I.
  • Stage II: The composite score of such candidates will be calculated by giving weightage of 1 to Paper I and a weightage of 3 to Paper II. The composite score of the top 160th candidate will be taken as the Qualifying score for General/EWS.
  • All candidates whose scores are equal to or above the respective (category wise) qualifying score will be deemed to have been shortlisted in Stage II. Such candidates will be called for interview.
  • Previous Year cutoffs: ISI Admission Test Qualifying Cutoff.

Result

  • Results will be available on the ISI Admissions site after it’s notified.
  • Candidates who clear the Qualifying Cutoff need to appear for an interview as per the notified schedule.
  • Previous Year cutoffs: ISI Admission Test Qualifying Cutoff.
  • Applicants will be ranked on the basis of weighted sum of scores calculated by giving weightage of 1 to Paper-I score, weightage of 3 to Paper-II score.
  • The admissions will be based on the merit rank obtained in the weighted sum of scores list.

Admission

  • For admission to ISI, a candidate needs to take the ISI Admission Test followed by an interview which will be held as per the notified schedule.
  • Only the candidates who clear the Qualifying Cutoff are called for an interview.
  • Previous Year cutoffs: ISI Admission Test Qualifying Cutoff.
  • Applicants will be ranked on the basis of weighted sum of scores calculated by giving weightage of 1 to Paper-I score, weightage of 3 to Paper-II score.
  • The admissions will be based on the merit rank obtained in the weighted sum of scores list.

Important Dates

EventDate
Application Portal opensMarch 5, 2024
Application Portal closesMarch 26, 2024 April 2, 2024
Application Correction windowTBA
Admit Cards to be available fromApril 26, 2024
Date of Entrance ExaminationMay 12, 2024
Results of Entrance ExaminationTBA
InterviewTBA

Contact Information

Candidates can contact ISI through written communication, phone or email.

ISI Contact Information
AddressIndian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road
Kolkata-700108, West Bengal (India)
Phone033-25752001
Email[email protected]

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