Career Paths in A/AP/SP

The Department of Astronomy at OU is the only department in India to offer Astronomy and Astrophysics courses at the master's level, and it is the only university department with an observatory featuring a 1.2 m telescope. The department offers Ph.d.,the M.Sc.Ph.d.the M.Sc., a provides two-year M. Sc. course in Astronomy, an interdisciplinary M.Sc. programme in Astrophysics in collaboration with Physics department and a Ph. D. programme. 

Link to know more: https://www.osmania.ac.in/sciencecollege/astron.html

 A dedicated master's program in astronomy started in July 2018. IIT Indore is the only IIT to offer such a unique program. The entrance to this program is through the JAM (physics) examination. 

 The MSc in Astronomy at IIT Indore is a unique programme that exposes students to the ever-exciting world of Astronomy and simultaneously introduces them to cutting-edge techniques involving computation, statistics, data science and instrumentation. During the course of this programme, you will be experiencing the thrill of conducting research in the front-end areas of Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences. After acquiring this degree, you will be proficient in advanced research techniques and problem-solving. 

Link to know more: https://aase.iiti.ac.in/?page_id=33

In collaboration with the Department of Applied Optics and Photonics, Calcutta University (CU), IIA runs a very unique Integrated M.Tech – Ph.D. (Tech.) Programme in Astronomical Instrumentation. The focus of this programme is to train bright and motivated students who will gain expertise in emerging areas of high-end technology to cater to the needs of astronomy hardware and instrumentation in the country.

The Integrated M.Tech-PhD programme at IIA is overseen by the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS), which takes care of the academic and related activities of the Ph.D. students. Selection to this programme is through an online application in April/May, followed by interviews of shortlisted candidates in June/July.

More Details: https://www.iiap.res.in/opportunities/graduate-studies/iia-cu/

 The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) announce a joint M.Sc. (Physics with Astrophysics) programme, having recognized a growing need for broadly trained students to work on large astronomy/astrophysics projects such as LIGO-India, TMT, SKA, space-based astronomy missions, etc. within the country. This programme is envisaged to be a flagship Masters' programme to prepare students to undertake research in contemporary astronomy and astrophysics. The M.Sc. programme will provide the requisite training in physics and astrophysics through theoretical physics and astrophysics courses, experimental, observational, and computational work, and projects on current research topics. This will be a standalone programme, but some of the courses will be shared with the existing M.Sc. programme in physics at SPPU. 

Eligibility and Admission:

The admission to the M.Sc. Programme - 2025 will be based on the written score of IUCAA National Admission Test (INAT)-2025.

Know More: https://www.iucaa.in/en/education/m-sc/sppu-iucaa-msc

 IIST offers M.S. programmes under (i) Regular Academic stream for admission of general candidates, and under (ii) DoS / ISRO stream, for admission of young scientists and engineers, in  Earth and Space Sciences -  Master of Science in Astronomy and Astrophysics 

 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has an active research group in Astronomy and Astrophysics that is part of the Physics department. Currently this group has seven faculty members, working in different areas of astrophysics.
 

 The IISc astrophysics group started in 1986. We also coordinate the Joint Astronomy Programme (JAP) – a programme for training PhD students in astrophysics, jointly run with several collaborating institutes within Bangalore:
Raman Research Institute (RRI)
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
The Joint Astronomy Programme was established in 1982 before there was any astrophysics group in IISc. Earlier more institutes were part of this programme. The Physics Department of IISc is  the host of this programme.  All students in the programme remain registered with IISc.