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TISSNET (CUET PG) 2024 Eligibility, Check Age Limit, Domicile Criteria, and Academic Qualifications

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Rishav Gangopadhyay

Content Curator | Updated On - Apr 18, 2024

TISSNET exam has been replaced with CUET PG 2024 exam for admission into PG courses. As per CUET PG eligibility criteria, you must obtain atleast 50% in the relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent. No specific age bar has been set by the official to appear at CUET PG exam.

You must be an Indian national to appear for CUET PG exam. This year, CUET PG exam was conducted from March 11 to March 28, 2024 and the result came out on April 13, 2024. If you want to get selected for your desired PG course, you have to appear for an online assessment taken by three panel members of Tezpur University.

As per TISS 2024 selection process, you will be considered for admission with 75% weightage in CUET PG and 25% in online assessment. During the online assessment, you will get certain topics on which you have to put forward your opinions in 2-3 minutes. Post-completion of the interview rounds, the official will release an open merit list of all shortlisted students. Also, a tie-breaking policy is used if two or more students obtain the same scores.

TISSNET: Factors Determining Eligibility

TISSNET (CUET PG) 2024 Eligibility Criteria

NTA has published the eligibility criteria for appearing at CUET PG 2024 exam as written below:

Nationality

Indian Nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Government of India.

Age Limit

There is no minimum or maximum age limit to sit for CUET PG entrance examination.

Educational Qualifications

You must obtain bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant fields, No minimum qualifying marks is set from the end of NTA. However, it is advised to score 50% or above in aggregate to keep yourself in a safe side.

Factors Determining TISSNET (CUET PG) Eligibility 2024

Tata Institute of Social Sciences has laid out a few factors that will determine if a candidate is eligible to fill CUET PG 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 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 2024, 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
TISSNET: Program Specific Eligibility

Program Specific Eligibility for TISS Courses

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 CUET PG exam:

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:
  • Completed three years of a graduate degree in any discipline, or
  • Four years of a graduate degree in medicine, paramedical sciences, or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering
  • Complete their internship on or before June 2020. .
  • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
HO – Hospital Administration Candidates should have:
  • Completed three years of a graduate degree in any discipline, or
  • Four years of graduate degree in medicine, paramedical sciences, or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering
  • Complete their internship on or before June 2020. 
  • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance Candidates should have:
  • Master's degree in any discipline, or,
  • Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering.
  • Completed their internship on or before June 2020. 
  • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
PHSE – Public Health in Social Epidemiology Candidates should have:
  • Master's degree in any discipline, or,
  • Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering.
  • Completed their internship on or before June 2020. 
  • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
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:
  • B.A. Psychology
  • B.A./ B.Sc. Home Sciences with specialisation in Child/ Human Development
  • B.A. in Social Work
  • B.A. General with minimum of 3 papers in Psychology
  • Candidates who will appear for their final year B.A. examination in 2017, with the above subjects and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics, and Finance Candidates should have a:
  • Master’s degree in any discipline 
  • Completed Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four-year programs like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering, law.
  • Candidates should have completed their internship on or before June 2019.
PHSE – Public Health in Social Epidemiology Candidates should have a:
  • Master’s degree in any discipline 
  • Completed Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four-year programs like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering, law.
  • Candidates should have completed their internship on or before June 2019.
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:
  • B.A. Psychology
  • B.A./ B.Sc. Home Sciences with specialisation in Child/ Human Development
  • B.A. in Social Work
  • B.A. General with minimum of 3 papers in Psychology
  • Candidates who will appear for their final year B.A. examination in 2017, with the above subjects and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
MLIS – Master of Library and Information Science Graduation from any discipline
ATJ – LL.M. in Access to Justice
  • LL.B. Degree with 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST).
  • Candidates appearing in final LL.B. Examination in April / May 2018 can also apply

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
Frequently Asked Questions

TISS Courses Reservation Policy

There are well-defined reservation rules which are covered under the guidelines of reservation policy for TISS courses that will be followed at the time of seat allotment. Following are the number of TISS seat reservation as per different categories. 

Category Reservation
Schedule Caste (SC) 15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 7.5%
Other backward classes (OBC) (Non- Creamy Layer) 27%
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) 10%
PwD 5%
Kashmiri Migrants 5%
Childeren of Armed Forces 5%

*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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