Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) was established in 2006 under the ambit of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. IISER Kolkata has five departments: Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemical Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics etc. The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata has several centres of excellence such as the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences in India (CESSI) supported by the Ministry of Education, National Centre for High-Pressure Studies, supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. IISER Kolkata has been ranked 34th in the research category and 35th in the overall category by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research is spread over 201 acres of land offering a variety of infrastructural facilities to its students. The total faculty strength at IISER Kolkata is 121. IISER Kolkata offers BS-MS dual degree, MS Space Physics, Integrated Ph.D. and Ph.D. programmes for admissions.
The institute is located in Campus Road, Mohanpur, West Bengal. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is the nearest airport located at a distance of 41.6 km and students can reach IISER Kolkata in approximately 1 hour 34 mins. The nearest railway station from the IISER Kolkata is the Howrah Railway Station at a distance of 60.9 km away that will take around 2 hours 10 mins.
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