About TISSNET


TISS conducts its own online entrance exam called TISS NET for the admission to its Full-Time (Regular) Post-Graduate Degree Programmers (M.A., M. Sc., M.H.A., M.P.H.) offered from Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati, Hyderabad campuses and other locations.

Notifications and Updates


  • The TISSNET Notification has been released on 11th November 2020 with the registration expected to begin on 20th November 2020 at 5PM. The TISSNET 2021 Exam will take place on 20th February 2021 as per the TISSSNET timeline released. The TISSNET exam will be conducted in one slot which is expected to be 2 pm to 3:40 pm across multiple centres. The TISSNET exam is conducted once every year for admission into the M.A. programs offered by TISS Mumbai and its other campuses. The M.A. in HRM program offered by TISS Mumbai is widely recognised and is preferred by MBA aspirants.
  • Last year, in 2020, TISS Mumbai added another paper in addition to TISSNET called TISSMAT (TISS Management Aptitude Test) for students applying to it's MA (HRM&LR) and/or MA (ODCL) programs. This paper is a requisite only for those students who apply for admission to the said programs.
  • For more Updates: www.tiss.edu

TISSNET Details


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TISSNET 2021 Notification ReleasedNovember 11, 2020
Admission 2021 Application OpensNovember 20, 2020 (5 PM onwards)
Last Date for Online form APPLICATION / REGISTRATION for All Master's programmes January 15, 2021
Last Date for receipt of application form by post January 20, 2021
Issue of TISS-NET Hall Ticket Online (TISSNET 2021 Admit Cards) February 5, 2021 onwards
Pre-admission orientation Programme for SC/ST/OBC/Minority and PWD candidates will be held at Mumbai/Tuljapur/Hyderabad and Guwahati Campuses To be Announced
TISSNET 2021 Exam Date February 20, 2021 (2 PM to 3.40 PM)
Announcement of TISS-NET 2021 Result To be Announced
Pre-Interview Test and Personal Interview at TISS for programmes offered at Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad, Guwahati and BALM, Chennai Campuses. To be announced
Announcement of Selection Merit List on TISS website for all the Programmes To be Announced

TISSNET Eligibility Criteria


Candidates having a bachelor's degree with minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognized university are eligible to apply

  • At the time of applying candidates studying in 3 year degree programme should have passed in all the subjects for the 1st to 4th semesters and candidates studying in 4 year degree programmes should have passed in all the subjects for 1st to 6th semester.
  • Only those candidates who will be able to complete all the requirements of their final year bachelor's degree examinations by June 08, 2021 are eligible to apply to all the programmes.
  • Candidates in their final year with backlogs will be considered ineligible for the exam.

TISSNET Syllabus


Section Name Number of questions Key Sectional Components
General Awareness  40 Conventional & Static GK, Current Affairs, social and cultural issues, national policies / campaigns, international events, literature / art / culture, sports, books / authors / awards, constitution, science, politics, economics, history
Mathematics & Logical Reasoning 30 Arithmetic, Number System, P&C, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Direction, Clocks & Calendars, Series, Arrangements, DI sets, graphs, charts, table.
English Proficiency 30 Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, Grammar based Error Correction, odd one out, Jumbled paragraphs, Short and long RC Passages
Total Questions 100 GK commands highest weightage in TISSNET exam

TISSNET Exam Pattern


  1. TISS NET 2021 is scheduled on Saturday, February 20, 2021 from 2PM to 3.40 PM as a computer based test.
  2. TISS Net 2021 exam pattern consists of three major sections with different number of questions in each section.
  3. The exam offers admission to various management programmes at different campuses of Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
  4. It will be an online CBT exam comprising MCQ type questions.
  5. TISSNET exam pattern has remained same for last many years.

TISSNET 2020 Analysis


GK section was moderate to difficult, not from a content perspective, but from a question formation perspective. Questions were framed more on the lines of UPSC GK, and less on the lines of traditional GK which has come in TISSNET for the last 4-5 years. Hence, despite GK not being very difficult, some candidates found it very difficult.

  1. Contemporary GK questions were missing this year in TISSNET GK Section
  2. Rivers, National Parks, Geography saw a miss this year, while they had been favourite topics in previous years .
  3. 1 question from international current affairs was asked .
  4. Overall TISSNET GK had around 25 – 27 questions from our GK Study.
  5. Mathematical Reasoning & Quantitative Ability questions were slightly easy. More use cases and language questions. 8-10 questions were asked in language form.
  6. English Proficiency & Language was easy except 1 RC which was difficult.
  7. 2 RC Questions with 4 questions each, 3 Para jumbles, 4 error detection, 4 antonyms and synonyms, 2 logical arrangements, 1 logical deduction were the questions covered

Expected TISSNET Cut-off 2020:
TISSNET Cut-off is expected to fall this year due to some strange questions in the paper, which have never traditionally been part of the TISSNET Exam. We expect HRM and ODCL cut-off to fall by 3-4 marks as compared to last year, and for other courses it should fall by 2-3 marks.

FAQ


In case of the Integrated M. Phil-PhD Programme, there is no requirement of work experience. However, candidates with one to two years of work experience will be preferred.
TISS is one of the top destinations to pursue studies in the social sciences in India, with numerous courses available for students regardless of their stream. Social sciences offer job opportunities that will help change the society.
According to the experts, TISSNET difficulty level is among the lowest compared to the other MBA entrance exams. However, if one has not taken CAT, IIFT, SNAP or other MBA entrance exams, then exclusive preparation for the admission test of TISS will become useful.

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