TISSNET 2027: Dates, Application Form, Syllabus & Pattern

TISS NET 2027 Exam Status

Candidates can check the essential information of TISS NET 2027 from the table below:

TISS NET 2027 Exam Dates

The TISS National Entrance Test (TISS NET) 2024 final answer key is set to release tomorrow, March 13. It will be available at admissions.tiss.edu. The TISS NET provisional answer key was released on March 3, and candidates were able to submit objections until March 8, 2024. The TISS NET examination takes place on February 25, 2024, from 2 pm to 3.40 pm.

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) conducts the TISSNET exam for admission to its postgraduate programmes. The exam is held once a year, and the important dates for TISSNET 2027 are expected to be announced by the institute.

The above dates are tentative and will be updated as per the official schedule released by TISS for TISS NET 2027.

TISS NET 2027 Application Form

1. A few points are listed below, which mention the different stages candidates will be taken through while filling up the TISS NET Registration Form 2027:

• • Registration of the Individual candidate
  • Uploading the required Documents
  • Application Fee Payment
  • Confirmation of Application

   2. In case candidates face a lack of access to internet services, i.e., if they are in a remote area, they can write to the Mumbai campus for a printed application form. They have to fill the application form and submit it before the last date to the following address:

• Assistant Registrar (Academic),
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
• Deonar Mumbai, 400088

    3. Candidates can apply for multiple programs in one application form. If a candidate has filled in more than one online form, all the applications will be cancelled.

    4. Applicants must fill up all the information carefully and correctly, failing to which the organizing committee shall cancel their candidature.

TISS NET 2027 Application Fee

TISS NET application fee details for 2027 will be mentioned below category and gender wise, and candidates can pay through the available online or offline modes, as notified by TISS: 

TISS NET 2027 Eligibility Criteria

• There is no age limit followed for granting admission in the Postgraduate courses offered by qualifying the TISS NET.

• Candidates should have completed a Bachelor's or Master's Degree of a minimum of 3 or 4 years duration or equivalent (under the 10+2+3 OR 10+2+4 OR 10+2+2+1) from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India.
• Some Masters’ Degree Programmes will have additional/specific eligibility requirements, which can be found on the official website.
• Candidates who will complete, in all respects, all the requirements of their final year valid degree (including all examinations and internships, if applicable) by Wednesday are also eligible to apply.
• Those candidates eligible to apply but cannot submit the degree certificate and grade/mark sheet at the time of admission are required to submit by the due date(to be announced), failing which their provisional admission would stand automatically cancelled without any further reference to the candidate.
• At the time of applying, candidates studying in a 3-year degree Programme should have passed in all the subjects for the First to Fourth semesters, and candidates studying in 4-year degree Programmes should have passed in all the subjects for the First to 6th semester.
• Until a candidate submits her/his degree certificate and final mark/grade sheet as evidence of completing the eligibility criteria by the given date, the admission offered will remain provisional.
• Eligibility, determined based on the application's information, will be used for the final selection process. If the information provided by a candidate is found to be incorrect or misleading at any point in time, her/his candidature/admission will be summarily cancelled.
• Candidates shortlisted for personal interviews are required to produce an original certificate and mark sheet on the personal interview date to verify that the candidate is eligible for admission.

TISS NET 2027 Admit Card

• TISS NET 2027 Admit Card will be released before the exam in online mode.
• Applicants are supposed to download their TISS NET 2027 hall ticket from the official website, as the admit cards will not be sent by post to any candidate.
• Candidates must take their admit cards along with themselves to the examination centre, without which they might be debarred.
• Applicants must carry a government photo ID proof in original for cross verification.

TISS NET 2027 Exam Pattern

TISS NET 2027 exam pattern is given in a detailed manner for candidates planning to score well in the upcoming TISS National Entrance Test, as the pattern can give a clear picture of how the exam is likely to be and help applicants plan accordingly:

Section-wise division of marks and questions asked is given below:

There are no changes made by the authority in the exam pattern. To know more, candidates are advised to keep visiting the official website.

TISS NET 2027 Syllabus

TISS NET 2027 syllabus is mentioned below, differentiated by subjects asked:

•  Environment and Ecology
•  Politics
•  History
•  Governance
•  Law
•  Economy
•  Policy
•  Gender
•  Health
•  Education
•  Labor
•  Sports

•  Comprehension passages
•  Grammar

• Antonyms
• Analogies
• Odd word out
• Fill in the blanks
• Idioms
• Error spotting
• Word Substitution
•  Sentence correction

• Profit & Loss
• Averages
• Ratio and Proportion
• Percentage

• Number series
• Alphabet series
• Eye of detail
• Logical connectivity
• Puzzles
• Venn diagrams
• Cubes

• Bar graph
• Table
• Pie chart
• Line graph 

TISS NET 2027 Result

The details regarding the TISS NET 2027 results are given below.

• TISS NET 2027 results would be announced on the official website and nowhere else. 
• Candidates are requested to remember their login credentials, without which they might not get access to their results.
• An interview will be conducted for applicants who qualify for the written test, and it may include a pre-interview test, as notified by TISS.
• There would be a waiting list for candidates, so they may get admission if seats remain vacant by the end of the counselling process.

TISS NET 2027 Admission Process

After the written test, the qualified students have been shortlisted for the next TISS NET  2024 admission through GD and PI rounds. PIT has been cancelled for this year. Students have to appear for Personal Interview remotely using online mode. For students who have already appeared for PIT and PI in the Mumbai campus, PIT scores will be discarded, and only TISS NET and PI scores will be considered for final assessment.

Students will not have to travel to the TISS campuses as the process will only be carried out online. At the time of PI rounds, students will be tested on their knowledge of the subject chosen. After Interview rounds, students will be placed on the merit list or waitlist, which will be released online

TISS NET 2027 Counselling

TISS NET 2027 counselling will be conducted for candidates who clear the selection stages, including the written examination, pre-interview test and interview, as applicable.

• A merit list would be prepared for the Candidates who have qualified for all the above-mentioned stages, and if there still is a vacancy, it will be offered to the candidates who were put on the waiting list.
• No student would be offered direct admission.

TISS Campuses and Courses

• Master of Arts in Education (Elementary)
• Master of Arts (Development Studies)
• Master of Arts (Women's Studies)
• Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Climate Change and Sustainability Studies)
• Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Regulatory Governance)
• Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Urban Policy and Governance)
• Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Water Policy and Governance)
• Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)
• Master of Public Health (Health Administration)
• Master of Public Health (Health Policy, Economics, and Finance) {MPH-HPEF}
• Master of Public Health (Social Epidemiology) {MPH-SE}
• Master of Arts in Applied Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Practice)
• Master of Law (LLM) (Access to Justice)
• Master of Arts (Globalization and Labor)
• Master of Arts (Human Resource Management & Labor Relations)
• Master of Arts (Organization Development, Change, and Leadership)
• Master of Arts (Social Entrepreneurship)
• Master of Arts (Media and Cultural Studies)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Children & Families)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Community Organization & Development Practice)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Criminology & Justice)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Dalit & Tribal Studies and Action)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Disability Studies & Action)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Livelihoods and Social Entrepreneurship)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Mental Health)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Public Health)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Women-Centered Practice)
• Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Disaster Management)
• MPhil program in Development Studies
• MPhil program in Women's Studies
• MPhil program School of Habitat Studies
• MPhil program in Health Services Management
• MPhil program in Public Health
• MPhil (Specialization in Clinical and Counselling Practice)
• MPhil program in Management and Labor Studies
• MPhil in Social Sciences
• MPhil in Psychiatric Social Work
• MPhil program in Social Work
• Program in Education
• MPhil in Social Sciences with Specialization in Sociology of Education
• MPhil in Inclusive Development and Social Justice 

• Master of Arts / Master of Science (Development Policy, Planning, and Practice)
• Master of Arts / Master of Science (Sustainable Livelihoods and Natural Resources Governance)
• Master of Arts (Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
• Master of Arts (Social Work in Rural Development)
• MPhil in Social Sciences
• MPhil program in Rural Development

• Master of Arts (Education)
• Master of Arts (Public Policy and Governance)
• Master of Arts (Development Studies)
• Master of Arts (Natural Resource & Governance)
• Master of Arts (Rural Development and Governance)
• Master of Arts (Women's Studies)
• Master of Arts (Organization Development, Change, and Leadership)
• MPhil Programme in Education
• MPhil in Social Sciences

• Master of Arts in Social Work (Community Organization & Development Practices)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Counselling)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Livelihoods and Social Entrepreneurship)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Public Health)
• Master of Arts (Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Master of Arts (Labor Studies and Social Protection)
• Master of Arts (Peace and Conflict Studies)
• Master of Arts (Sociology and Social Anthropology)
• MPhil in Social Sciences

• Master of Arts in Applied Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
• Master of Arts in Applied Psychology (Counselling Psychology)
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Mental Health)
• MPhil in Social Sciences

TISS NET 2027 Exam Centres

Check the list of test centres for the TISS NET 2027 given below:

1. Chandigarh
2. Dehradun
3. New Delhi
4. Faridabad
5. Ghaziabad
6. Jaipur
7. Lucknow
8. Noida
9. Varanasi
10. Greater Noida
11. Jammu
12. Srinagar
13. Bhubaneshwar
14. Guwahati
15. Jamshedpur
16. Kolkata
17. Patna
18. Raipur
19. Ranchi
20. Dimapur
21. Silchar
22. Ahmedabad
23. Aurangabad
24. Bhopal
25. Gwalior
26. Indore
27. Mumbai
28. Nagpur
29. Pune
30. Solapur
31. Navi-Mumbai
32. Thane
33. Bengaluru
34. Chennai
35. Hyderabad
36. Kochi
37. Visakhapatnam
38. Madurai
39. Kozhikode
40. Thiruvananthapuram

TISS NET 2027 Preparation Tips

TISS NET 2027 preparation tips are enlisted for candidates appearing for the TISS National Entrance Test, as these may help some improve their performance with practical strategies for entrance-exam preparation:

• Candidates are requested to go through the Syllabus first and prepare accordingly.
• Make notes of everything as it is easier to refer to notes than going through them all over again.
• Daily revision is an important aspect.
• Give time for recreation, which is an important part as it helps to release the stress from time to time, and it doesn’t pile up. 

TISS NET 2027 Highlights

Below are the main points of the TISS NET 2027 exam:

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