TISSNET 2025 application form will be released in May 2025. The Tata Institute of Social Science National Entrance Test (TISSNET) which was conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has been cancelled from the academic year 2024-2025 onwards.
Wondering now how to get admission to TISS? Check TISSNET application procedure here.
As the TISSNET is discontinued now candidates will get admission to most postgraduate courses such as M.Sc., MHA, MPH, MA, and other master’s degree programs by CUET-PG scores. Interested candidates first have to register for CUET PG and then have to apply for TISSNET with a valid score on the TISS’s website.
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Details on TISSNET application form 2025, eligibility criteria, age limit, fee process, and registration procedure are given below.
TISSNET 2025 Application Form
Check out all the latest details regarding the TISSNET registration process:
- The TISSNET 2025 application will be released in May 2025.
- Candidates first have to register for CUET PG and then for TISSNET.
- The only mode to submit the TISSNET 2025 form will be online. You can’t submit offline applications.
- While applying candidates will have to upload your signature and photograph.
- TISS will also provide eligible candidates with an application form correction facility.
- Candidates will be able to submit the upcoming TISSNET application up to June 2025.
- If candidate will submit multiple applications then no applications will be accepted by the authority.
- Candidates will be required to pay application fees for CUET PG and TISSNET separately.
TISSNET 2025 Application Fees:
As a part of the TISSNET application form-filling process, you will be required to pay fees and follow some instructions:
- There will be two modes to submit application fees: online and offline.
- Payment Mediums are Credit/Debit Card/NetBanking/UPI and cash.
- For TISSNET 2025 payments will not be accepted through demand draft or pay order.
- Those who want to pay the application fees through challan can deposit the money the cash in any SBI branch.
- You will be required to pay Rs.50/- as processing fees if paying cash.
- Check below the category-wise TISSNET fee and more details:
| No. of programmes | Online payment by Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking | Cash Deposit in any SBI Branch using the prescribed challan | |
| General | Eligible GoI-PMS SC/ST/OBC(NC)/ Not-Eligible GoI- PMS SC/ST (only | General | |
| Applying for 1 Programme | Rs.500+ Bank Charges | Rs. 250/300+ Bank Charges | Rs. 500 + Bank Charges |
| Applying for 2 Programmes | Rs. 1000+ Bank Charges | Rs. 500/600+ Bank Charges | Rs. 1000 + Bank Charges |
Note: All the detailed information regarding the TISSNET application fee 2025 will be also available on the admission brochure.
TISSNET 2025 Registration Documents:
Check below the category-wise document list that will be required at the time of online registration:
| Category | Document List |
| General | Photograph, Signature, and TISS copy of challan/ payment receipt |
| SC / ST (Annual income less than Rs.2.5 lakhs) | Photograph, Signature, Caste / Tribe Certificate, TISS copy of challan /Income certificate issued by the competent authority, e.g. Tahsildar/Naib Tahsildar, Block Development Officer, District Magistrate/ Collector, etc. |
| SC / ST (Annual income more than Rs.2.5 lakhs) | Photograph, Signature, TISS copy of challan, Caste/Tribe Certificate. |
| OBC(NC) (Non Creamy Layer) (Annual income less than Rs.1 lakh) | Photograph, Signature, Other Backward Class (Non-Creamy Layer) Certificate, Income Certificate. |
| OBC(NC) (Non Creamy Layer) (Annual income more than Rs.1 lakh but less than Rs. 8 lakhs) | Photo, Sign, TISS copy of challan, OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) certificate issued after 01-04- 2025 by the District Magistrate / Deputy Commissioner / Tahsildar is Valid. OBC (NC) certificate. |
| PWD | Photo, Signature, application fee challan copy, and PWD certificate. |
| Kashmiri Migrants (KM) | Photo, Signature, TISS copy of challan, and KM certificate |
| Armed Forces | Photograph, Signature, TISS copy of challan, and Armed Force certificate |
TISSNET 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Complete eligibility details for the TISSNET examination are provided below:
- Educational Qualification: Those who will hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree of at least 3 or 4 years duration, or an equivalent qualification are eligible.
- Candidates’ degrees will be only accepted if it will be from a university recognized by the UGC of India.
- Only candidates who will pass all subjects from 1 to the last semester in their 3-year and 4-year degree programs will be eligible.
TISSNET 2025 Registration Dates
Check out the dates for the upcoming TISSNET session below in the table as per the admission calendar:
| Events | Dates |
| Online Registration Start | Last Week Of May 2025 |
| Registration End | 1st Week of June 2025 |
| Application Correction | May – June 2025 |
| Admission Counselling | 1st Week of June 2025 |
How To Apply For TISSNET 2025
You can fill out the TISSNET application forms only after clearing the CUET PG exam. The steps by which you will be able to apply are given below:
- Go to the official website at TISS (link will be updated above).
- To proceed, tap on the “TISSNET 2025 Session Admission” link.
- A portal will appear on the screen.
- Enter the details asked and click the submit option.
- TISSNET registration form will appear on the display.
- Provide the details asked as per the official documents.
- Upload the scanned document as per your category.
- Go through all the details once before moving toward fee submission.
- Select the mode of payment and pay the registration fees.
- Click on the “proceed and submit” option.
- Download the filled application form and fee receipt for further use.
Candidates interested in filling out the TISSNET 2025 application form we hope that this article was helpful for you as we have provided all the details regarding the eligibility criteria, age limit, where, when, and how to apply.
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