IISc in Numbers

  • Faculty Members
  • Students
  • Postdoctoral Researchers
  • Staff
  • Accolades
  • Courses
  • Patent
  • Publications
  • Startups
  • IoE

Faculty Members on roll as of  31st January 2026

Division Assistant Professors Associate Professors Professors Total
Biological Sciences 20 20 36 76
Chemical Sciences 12 12 21 45
Electrical, Electronic & Computer Sciences 20 29 34 83
Interdisciplinary Research 26 16 25 67
Mechanical Sciences 32 29 69 130
Medical Sciences 5 0 2 7
Physical & Mathematical Sciences 20 26 36 82
Total 490

Students on Roll as of  31st January 2026

Bachelor of Science (Res) 416
B Tech 222
BSc (Res) + MS 70
M Des 44
Int Ph.D. 405
MSc 141
M Tech 1267
M Mgt 28
M Tech(research) 166
Ph.D 2522
M Tech (Online) 372
M Engg 25
Total 5678
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Postdoctoral Fellows as of 31st January 2026 – 363

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Admin Staff as of  31st January 2026

Group B 37
Group C 225
Total 262

Accolades

Recipients of  Prestigious Awards

Bharat Ratna2
Padma Awards36
Infosys Prize 7
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize100
Swarnajayanti Fellowship 43
JC Bose Fellowship Award 82
Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship award9
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Fellows of Science  and Engineering Academies 31st January 2026

Indian National Science Academy145
Indian Academy of Sciences168
National Academy of Sciences111
Indian National Academy of Engineering92
Royal Society of London 10
The World Academy of Sciences40
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)15
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Courses offered during Aug-Dec 2025 and Jan-Apr 2026

Divisions 100 Level 200 Level 300 Level 400 Level 500 Level Total
Dean Under-graduate Prgramme 55 60 31 17 10 173
Division of Biological Sciences 1 62 16 0 0 79
Division of Chemical Sciences 0 7 13 0 0 20
Division of EECS 0 139 19 0 0 158
Division of Interdisciplinary Research 0 125 31 0 0 156
Division of Mechanical Sciences 0 261 13 0 0 274
Division of Physical and Math. Sciences 0 60 59 0 0 119
Grand Total 56 714 182 17 10 979

Publications –  January to December -2025

Division Assistant Professors Associate Professors Professors Total
Biological Sciences 20 20 36 76
Chemical Sciences 12 12 21 45
Electrical, Electronic & Computer Sciences 20 29 34 83
Interdisciplinary Research 26 16 25 67
Mechanical Sciences 32 29 69 130
Medical Sciences 5 0 2 7
Physical & Mathematical Sciences 20 26 36 82
Total 490

Startups as of  31st January 2026

*The numbers include the startups under TBIs as well

Startups Incubated so far 137
Startups Graduated so far 83
Startups Currently under incubation 54

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), established in 1909, is India’s premier institute for advanced research and education in all branches of science and engineering. In October 2018, IISc entered into an MoU with the then Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education, MoE) to operationalise its status as an Institution of Eminence. IoE Website link