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TISSNET Eligibility 2023 mandates a candidate to hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university. The eligibility criteria for TISSNET is defined by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Candidates satisfying the defined standards are eligible to apply for the exam online at tiss.edu.
- Candidates willing to take TISSNET 2023 must have completed the graduation of minimum 3 years duration or its equivalent from a recognized university.
- Final year candidates can also apply for the exam. However, they will be offered final admission only after they clear the final year examination.
- There is no upper age limit defined by TISS for appearing in the national-level exam.
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TISSNET: Factors Determining Eligibility
Factors Determining TISSNET Eligibility 2023
Tata Institute of Social Sciences has laid out a few factors that will determine if a candidate is eligible to fill TISSNET Application Form or not. They are as follows –
- ‘Pass Class’ indicated in the Bachelor’s Degree of the candidate would be used for the purpose of determining their eligibility.
- Candidates in the final year of 3 or 4 years of graduation and have not cleared all the courses (main, major or substitute) of 1st and 2nd year are not eligible to apply for the TISSNET exam.
- Candidates with 10+2+2+1 bridge course pattern or any other pattern with 15 years of formal education from a recognized university/ institute are eligible to apply.
- Only those candidates who will be able to complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor's Degree examinations by June 2023, are eligible to apply to all TISS Courses.
- If any information provided in the application form is identified as incorrect or misleading, it will result in cancellation of the candidature.
- If a candidate has failed in the final year exam of their Bachelor’s Degree, he/ she will not be allowed to take part in the entrance exam for admission in programs offered by TISS.
- Candidates who are provided admissions provisionally but he/ she fails in the final year will not be allowed to continue the program.
- Candidates will be required to produce all original marksheets and other documents at the time of the interview. However, candidates will be given provisional admission if they fail to do so, provided they submit the mark sheets by the specified date. Check TISSNET Selection Process
What is Pass Class?
Most colleges have Pass/ Fail classes but not all are created equal. Instead of a traditional letter grade based on a numbers system, the student receives a passing grade or a failing grade. Hence, the term simply means a student will be graded and those grades will define if he/ she has cleared the exam or not.
TISSNET: Program Specific Eligibility
Program Specific Eligibility for TISSNET 2023
Apart from TISSNET general eligibility defined by the conducting body, there are other eligibility standards for all the programs. All the applicants are advised to carefully go through the detailed course wise eligibility criteria before registering for TISSNET 2023:
| Program Name | Program Specific Eligibility |
|---|---|
| CF – Social Work with Children and Families | Graduation from any discipline |
| CJ – Social Work in Criminology and Justice | Graduation from any discipline |
| CODP – Social Work in Community Organisation and Development Practice | Graduation from any discipline |
| DTA – Social Work in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action | Graduation from any discipline |
| DSA – Social Work in Disability Studies and Action | Preference for candidates with a graduate degree in Social Work, Psychology, Special Education, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, and Disability rehabilitation-related fields. Graduates with at least 2 years of experience in the field of social welfare will be preferred. |
| LE – Social Work in Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship | Graduation from any discipline |
| MH – Social Work in Mental Health | Graduation from any discipline |
| PH – Social Work in Public Health | Graduation from any discipline |
| WCP – Social Work in Women Centred Practice | Graduation from any discipline |
| GL – Globalisation and Labour | Graduation from any discipline |
| HRM – Human Resources Management and Labour Relation | Graduation from any discipline |
| SE – Social Entrepreneurship | Graduation from any discipline |
| HE – Health Administration | Candidates should have:
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| HO – Hospital Administration | Candidates should have:
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| PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance | Candidates should have:
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| PHSE – Public Health in Social Epidemiology | Candidates should have:
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| DS – Development Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| WS – Women’s Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| EE – Education (Elementary) | Graduation from any discipline |
| MC – Media and Cultural Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| CCSS – Climate Change and Sustainability Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| RG – Regulatory Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| WPG – Water Policy & Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| DM – Disaster Management | Graduation from any discipline |
| APCP – Applied Psychology with specialisation in Counselling Psychology | Candidate should have completed:
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| PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics, and Finance | Candidates should have a:
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| PHSE – Public Health in Social Epidemiology | Candidates should have a:
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| DS – Development Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| WS – Women’s Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| EE – Education (Elementary) | Graduation from any discipline |
| MC – Media & Cultural Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| CCSS – Climate Change & Sustainability Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| RG – Regulatory Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| UPG – Urban Policy & Governance | Graduation in one of the following disciplines: Engineering, Architecture, Management, Physical Sciences, Geography, Planning, Law, or Social Sciences, with interest in habitat-related issues/ sectors |
| APCLP – Applied Psychology with specialization in Clinical Psychology | Candidate should have completed:
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| MLIS – Master of Library and Information Science | Graduation from any discipline |
| ATJ – LL.M. in Access to Justice |
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Eligibility for TISS Tuljapur
| Program Name | Program Specific Eligibility |
|---|---|
| RD – Social Work in Rural Development | Graduation from any discipline |
| DPPP – Development Policy, Planning, and Practice | Graduation from any discipline |
| SE – Social Entrepreneurship | Graduation from any discipline |
| SLNRMG – Sustainable Livelihoods, Natural Resources Management and Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
Eligibility for TISS Hyderabad
| Program Name | Program Specific Eligibility |
|---|---|
| RDG – Rural Development and Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| ED – Education | Graduation from any discipline |
| PPG – Public Policy and Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| DS – Development Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| WS – Women’s Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| NRG – Natural Resources & Governance | Graduation from any discipline |
| HRM – M.A. in Human Resources Management | Graduation from any discipline |
Eligibility for TISS Guwahati
| Program Name | Program Specific Eligibility |
|---|---|
| EESD – Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development | Graduation from any discipline |
| LSSS – Labour Studies and Social Security | Graduation from any discipline |
| PCS – Peace and Conflict Studies | Graduation from any discipline |
| SSA – M.A. in Sociology and Social Anthropology | Graduation from any discipline |
| SWCODP – Social Work in Community Organisation and Development Practices | Graduation from any discipline |
| SWLE – Social Work in Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship | Graduation from any discipline |
| SWCL – Social Work in Counselling | Graduation from any discipline |
| SWPH – Social Work in Public Health | Graduation from any discipline |
TISSNET: Reservation Policy
TISSNET Reservation Policy 2023
As per the Government of India, there are certain reservation policies that the examination authorities have to abide by. The reservation policy of TISSNET varies for each TISS Campus. Listed below are TISSNET 2023 Reservation Policy:
TISS Mumbai, Tuljapur and Hyderabad Campuses
- For the Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 10% of the seats will be reserved.
- For Scheduled Castes (SC): 15% of the seats will be reserved. Check Sample Certificate Format for SC Category
- For Scheduled Tribes (ST): 7.5% of the seats will be reserved. Check Sample Certificate Format for ST Category
- For Other Backward Classes (OBC – non-creamy layers): 27% of total seats will be reserved. Check Sample Certificate for OBC Category
- For Persons with Disability (PwD – Supernumerary Quota): 5% seats are reserved for persons with disabilities. There are 3 categories of disabilities namely:
- Low-vision/blindness
- Hearing impairment
- Locomotor disability/cerebral palsy
- For Kashmiri Migrants: The seats will be reserved as per GOI Directives
- For Armed Forces: Reservation of 5% seats (supernumerary quota) for Children/ widows of personnel Armed/ Paramilitary Forces killed/ disabled in action during the hostilities in the following priority:
- Priority I: Widows/wards of Defense personnel/Para-Military Personnel killed in action.
Required Certificate: Proof in Original. - Priority II: Wards of serving Defense Personnel and ex-servicemen/Para-Military personnel disabled in action. Required Certificate: Original disability certificate clearly indicating the disability is attributable to Military Services.
- Priority III: Widows/wards of Defense Personnel/Para-Military Personnel who died in peacetime with death attributable to Military Service. Required Certificate: Original death certificate clearly indicating the cause of death is attributable to Military Services.
- Priority IV: Wards of Defense Personnel/Para-Military Personnel disabled in peacetime with disability attributable to Military Service. Required Certificate: Original disability certificate clearly indicating the disability is attributable to Military Services.
- Priority V: Wards of serving Defense Personnel and Ex-servicemen Paramilitary/Police Personnel who are in receipt of Gallantry Awards. Required Certificate: Proof in Original.
- Priority VI: Wards of Defense Ex-servicemen. Required Certificate: Original ex-servicemen Identity Card/discharge book/PPO(Pension Payment Order).
- Priority VII: Wards of serving Defense Personnel. Required Certificate: Original Service Identity Cards and Dependent Card/Certificate issued by the Competent Authority.
- Priority I: Widows/wards of Defense personnel/Para-Military Personnel killed in action.
Check Sample Certificate for Armed Forces Candidate
TISS Guwahati Campus
- TISS Guwahati is meant to serve the 8 states in North-Eastern India.
- Thus, it reserves 66% of the seats for candidates from these states.
- The seat allotment for each of the states will be governed by the reservation policy of the respective state.
- Remaining 34% of the seats are for candidates from the rest of India.
- The GoI reservation policy will be applicable to this 34% of the seats only.
Frequently Asked Questions
TISSNET 2023 Eligibility FAQs
Ques. I pursued my bachelors via distance mode, am I still eligible?
Ans. Yes, you are eligible for TISSNET 2023, provided that the Bachelors is from a UGC recognised university.
Ques. What is Pass Class?
Ans. Most colleges have Pass/ Fail classes but not all are created equal. Instead of a traditional letter grade based on a numbers system, the student receives a passing grade or a failing grade. Hence, the term simply means a student will be graded and those grades will define if he/ she has cleared the exam or not.
Ques. I am in the final year of my bachelors, can I attempt TISSNET 2023?
Ans. Candidates in the final year of 3 or 4 years of graduation and have not cleared all the courses (main, major or substitute) of 1st and 2nd year are not eligible to apply for the TISSNET exam.
Ques. I will not be receiving my educational documents by the time of submission, what to do?
Ans. If the documents have not been submitted by the prescribed date the admission will be cancelled. It is best if you get in touch with your university.
Ques. Does TISS have campus placements?
Ans. Yes, for the old programmes especially. The programmes which are recently introduced are also in the process for the campus placements.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.
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