Event	Date
Registration / Online application opens	January 02nd, 2017 (10:00 am) [First Monday of January]
Online application closes	March 06th, 2017 (midnight) [First Monday of March]
Download of admit card starts	April 14th, 2017, 10:00 am [Second Friday of April]
Date of examination	May 27th, 2017 (Saturday), 10:00 am - 1:00 pm [Last Saturday of May]
Announcement of results on NEST website	June 16th, 2017 [Third Friday of June]

National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory test for students seeking admission to National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai. Both NISER and UM-DAE CEBS were set up by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India in 2007. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to scientific programmes of Department of Atomic Energy and other applied science institutions in the country. The test is conducted in around 60 cities [see list] (over 100 venues) across India. The brochure gives the detailed procedure for applying for the test, syllabus of the test and various dead lines.

NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai are in compliance with the UGC and Govt. of India guidelines on anti-ragging. Ragging in any form is a punishable offense and hence is totally prohibited on these campuses. Any complaint regarding ragging can be made at the 24x7 toll-free National Anti-Ragging Help Line number 1800-180-5522 and/or at the email-ID helpline@antiragging.in.

Candidates must qualify all four eligibility criteria listed below:

• Candidates in General and OBC category should be born on or after August 01, 1997. The age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC/ ST/ Physically Disabled (PD) candidates.
• Class XII qualifying examination should be passed in either 2015 or 2016. Candidates appearing in 2017 are also eligible. (Where only Letter Grade is given by the Board, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the respective Admission Committees will be final.)
• At least 60% marks in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII (or equivalent) examination from any recognized Board in India. For Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates and for Persons with Disability (PD), the minimum requirement is 55%.
• Candidate should secure a position in the NEST merit list.

The NEST 2017 examination will be conducted at 60 centres (major towns or cities) all over India on May 27, 2017 (Saturday), 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Based on the performance in NEST 2017, a common Merit List of the candidates will be prepared and posted on NEST 2017 website on June 16, 2017. The successful candidates will be asked to participate in an admission/counselling process and the admission will strictly be according to the Merit List.

List of NEST 2017 Test Centres with centre codes

Test Centre	Code	Test Centre	Code
Agartala (TR)	01	Jammu (JK)	31
Ahmedabad (GJ)	02	Jamshedpur (JH)	32
Aizawl (MZ)*	03	Jodhpur (RJ)	33
Allahabad (UP)	04	Kanpur (UP)	34
Balangir (OD)	05	Kochi (KL)	35
Balasore (OD)	06	Kolkata–North (WB)	36
Bengaluru (KA)	07	Kolkata–South (WB)	37
Berhampur (OD)	08	Koraput (OD)	38
Bhopal (MP)	09	Lucknow (UP)	39
Bhubaneswar (OD)	10	Madurai (TN)	40
Burdwan (WB)	11	Mangalore (KA)	41
Calicut (KL)	12	Mumbai (MH)	42
Chandigarh (CH)	13	Nagpur (MH)	43
Chennai (TN)	14	Patna (BR)	44
Coimbatore (TN)	15	Pune (MH)	45
Cuttack (OD)	16	Raipur (CG)	46
Dehradun (UK)	17	Ranchi (JH)	47
Delhi–East (DL)	18	Rourkela (OD)	48
Delhi–North (DL)	19	Sambalpur (OD)	49
Delhi–South (DL)	20	Shillong (ML)	50
Dhanbad (JH)	21	Shimla (HP)	51
Dharwad (KA)	22	Siliguri (WB)	52
Durgapur (WB)	23	Srinagar (JK)	53
Ghaziabad (UP)	24	Thiruvananthapuram (KL)	54
Guwahati (AS)	25	Thrissur (KL)	55
Gwalior (MP)	26	Tiruchirappalli (TN)	56
Hyderabad (AP/TS)	27	Udaipur (RJ)	57
Imphal (MN)	28	Varanasi (UP)	58
Indore (MP)	29	Vijayawada (AP)	59
Jaipur (RJ)	30	Visakhapatnam (AP)	60