The National Entrance Screening Test (popularly known as NEST) is an annual college entrance examination in India, conducted for admission into the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatani and the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai.
These two institutes use NEST as a sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate programs.
2017 was the year in which NISER received highest applicants ( 68,544 ) and students appeared ( approx.
This is due to the fact many candidates choose to prefer other career option like Engineering, Medical, Natural Science at IISc or IISERs, etc.
From 2024 onwards, the question paper consists of 4 sections of Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology.