Tata Institute of Fundamental Research: Statistics

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#881 of 14,131 In the World
#190 of 5,830 In Asia
#11 of 876 In India
#2 of 53 In Maharashtra
#2 of 12 In Mumbai
#59 of 1,946 For Theoretical Physics
Top50% For 96 other topics
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Acceptance rate
14%
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
tifr.res.in

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate14%
Admissions RequirementsCompetitive admission

We've calculated the 14% acceptance rate for Tata Institute of Fundamental Research based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a world-class research university with 21,392 scientific papers published and 424,619 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Physics, Quantum and Particle physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Materials Science, Computer Science, Organic Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, and Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Publications
21,392
Citations
424,619

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research majors

by publication & citation count

Physics
17,106 / 345,558
Quantum and Particle physics
15,296 / 296,061
Engineering
13,372 / 261,563
Chemistry
12,375 / 250,680
Biology
7,678 / 151,202
Materials Science
7,641 / 150,741
Computer Science
7,225 / 139,894
Organic Chemistry
7,049 / 117,441
Nuclear Physics
5,945 / 121,635
Astrophysics and Astronomy
5,896 / 127,883
Optical Engineering
5,882 / 107,889
Environmental Science
5,698 / 117,519
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
4,422 / 102,923
Condensed Matter Physics
4,002 / 71,033
Biochemistry
3,932 / 84,676
Genetics
3,788 / 83,604
Electrical Engineering
3,597 / 61,025
Atomic and Molecular physics
3,132 / 54,092
Mathematics
3,104 / 50,842
Metallurgical Engineering
2,978 / 57,590
Geology
2,935 / 51,220
Medicine
2,905 / 66,264
Geography and Cartography
2,824 / 69,410
Statistics
2,514 / 43,329
Theoretical Physics
2,442 / 62,461
Philosophy
2,380 / 37,128
Telecommunications
2,194 / 38,932
Mechanical Engineering
1,913 / 27,723
Computer Vision
1,825 / 37,675
Psychology
1,811 / 58,227
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1,799 / 26,340
Aerospace Engineering
1,761 / 49,087
Ecology
1,630 / 32,656
Paleontology
1,554 / 28,502
Business
1,512 / 27,395
Computer Networking
1,470 / 29,897
Linguistics
1,409 / 23,765
Nanotechnology
1,367 / 29,869
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
1,304 / 28,188
Acoustical Engineering
1,290 / 21,090

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1990 246 1869
1991 246 1960
1992 240 1972
1993 285 2103
1994 256 2206
1995 295 2632
1996 344 2941
1997 313 3102
1998 303 3466
1999 318 3807
2000 370 4128
2001 347 4903
2002 409 5075
2003 338 5456
2004 399 6446
2005 408 7762
2006 402 8385
2007 433 9205
2008 486 10200
2009 507 11059
2010 517 11271
2011 524 14003
2012 594 15720
2013 670 18810
2014 700 19807
2015 694 21492
2016 766 22016
2017 779 22447
2018 860 23188
2019 939 25408
2020 999 30064
2021 1082 37132
2022 836 31295
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Tuition

The tuition table for Tata Institute of Fundamental Research gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Program Duration Tuition Cost (INR)
Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. 5 years ₹ 120,000
Ph.D. 5 years ₹ 120,000
Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1-2 years ₹ 400,000
Summer/Winter Program 2-6 weeks ₹ 10,000 - ₹ 20,000

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design No No No
Biology No Yes Yes
Business No No No
Chemistry No Yes Yes
Computer Science No Yes Yes
Economics No No No
Engineering No No No
Environmental Science No No No
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences No No No
Mathematics No Yes Yes
Medicine No No No
Physics No Yes Yes
Psychology No No No

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research alumni

  1. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

    Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1938-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    university teacherastronomerastrophysicistscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He developed with Sir Fred Hoyle the conformal gravity theory, known as Hoyle–Narlikar theory. It synthesises Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Mach's principle. It proposes that the inertial mass of a particle is a function of the masses of all other particles, multiplied by a coupling constant, which is a function of cosmic epoch.

  2. E. C. George Sudarshan

    E. C. George Sudarshan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1931-2018 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    physicistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan was an Indian American theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas. Prof.Sudarshan has been credited with numerous contributions to the field of theoretical physics, including Glauber–Sudarshan P representation, V-A theory, tachyons, quantum Zeno effect, open quantum system and quantum master equations, spin–statistics theorem, non-invariance groups, positive maps of density matrices, and quantum computation.

  3. Ashok Khemka

    Ashok Khemka
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1965-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Ashok Khemka is an Indian civil service bureaucrat. He is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch. He is best known for cancelling the mutation of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's illegal land deal in Gurgaon. As of January 2023, he has been transferred 55 times in 30 years by state governments after he exposed corruption in the departments he was posted in. He is a whistleblower of several scams that took place under Bhupinder Hooda's regime, including the Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam, Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land scam case, and Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land scam. Ashok Khemka is Haryana's second-most transferred bureaucrat after another retired IAS officer, Pradeep Kasni, who was transferred 71 times in 35 years.

  4. Ashoke Sen

    Ashoke Sen
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    physicistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ashoke Sen FRS is an Indian theoretical physicist and distinguished professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru. He is also an honorary fellow in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India and also a Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT and a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. His main area of work is string theory. He was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening the path to the realization that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory".

All 28 notable alumni

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research faculties and divisions

School : Mathematics Mathematics
School : Natural Sciences Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Mathematical Physics, Nuclear Physics, Physics
School : Technology and Computer Science Computer Science, Technology

General information

Alternative names TIFR
Founded 1945
Accreditation University Grants Commission

Location and contacts

Address Homi Bhabha Road Navy Nagar, Colaba
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 005
India
City population 15,414,000

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