DBT JRF BET 2026 Exam - Dates, Registration, Eligibility, Syllabus, Exam Pattern
Department of Biotechnology Junior Research Fellowship Biotechnology Eligibility Test 2026 or DBT JRF BET 2026 is the entrance examination for admission to Ph.D. (Biotechnology). DBT JRF BET 2026 is conducted by Biotech Consortium India Limited.
DBT JRF BET for the year 2026 has been announced by Biotech Consortium India Limited and will be held on 17/05/2026. The application forms will be available from 19/03/2026 till 09/04/2026. The exam is in online mode. The duration of the exam will be 180 minutes. Admit card will be available from 13/05/2026. Result is expected to be announced on 10/06/2026.
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DBT JRF BET 2026 Conducting Body
Biotech Consortium India Limited
DBT JRF BET 2026 Eligibility Criteria
The Minimum Academic Qualifications for DBT JRF BET 2026 required are
- Bachelors (B.E./ B.Tech./M.B.B.S) and Masters (M.Sc./ M.Tech./ M.VSc./M. Pharm./ Integrated M.Sc./ M.Tech.) in any discipline of Biotechnology, Life Sciences such as Biomedical, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Botany, Chemistry, Computational Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Zoology or any other allied areas of Biology/Life-Sciences.
- Candidates admitted in any of the M.Sc./ M.Tech./ M.VSc./ M.Sc.(Agri) programmes supported under the DBT Post Graduate Teaching Programme shall be eligible to apply. Candidates who are yet to appear in the final semester examination or awaiting result of final semester shall also be eligible to apply.
DBT JRF BET 2026 Important Dates
| Events |
Start Date |
Last Date |
| Application Form |
19/03/2026 |
09/04/2026
05:00 pm
05:00 pm
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| Application Form Correction |
11/04/2026 |
13/04/2026
11:55 pm
11:55 pm
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| Admit Card Release Date |
13/05/2026 |
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| DBT JRF BET 2026 Exam Date |
Online Dates
17/05/2026
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| Answer Key For Challenge Display |
24/05/2026 |
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| Declaration of result |
10/06/2026 |
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Examination Timing: 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM
DBT JRF BET 2026 Exam Pattern
| Exam Mode |
Online Exam, |
| Exam Type |
Theory [Format: MCQ] |
| Duration (in Minutes) |
180 |
| Marking Scheme |
3 marks for each right answer. |
| Negative Marking |
There will be negative marking for DBT JRF BET 2026 exam. For each incorrect response, 1 mark will be deducted from the total marks. |
| Number of Questions |
200 |
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The pattern of question papers will comprise Multiple Choice Questions in the following areas as given below.
| Sections | No. of
Questions | No. of
Questions to
be Attempted | Marks |
| Section A (General Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, General Aptitude, Analytical, Quantitative Ability and General Biotechnology) | 50 | 50 | 3x50 = 150
|
| Section B (Specific areas of Biotechnology as per syllabus given) | 150 | 50 | 3x50 = 150
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| Total | 200 | 100 | 300 |
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DBT JRF BET 2026 Syllabus
Section A (General Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, General Aptitude, Analytical, Quantitative Ability and General Biotechnology)
Section B (Specific areas of Biotechnology as per syllabus given)
Subjects
- General Science
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- General Aptitude
- Analytical
- Quantitative Ability
- General Biotechnology
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DBT JRF BET 2026 Admit Card
| Admit Card Download Start Date |
13/05/2026 |
Admit Card Download Url
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DBT JRF BET 2026 Exam Day Instructions
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Examination Day Instructions
Before entering the Exam Centre
- Try to reach the exam centre one hour prior to the time advised in the admit card.
- Before leaving for the site, please have a hearty breakfast or light lunch depending on the session.
- Drink plenty of fluids; as in summers dehydration can set in affecting your performance in the exam.
- Have a cookie or a chocolate just before entering the centre; this prevents hypoglycaemia and thus helps you stay alert longer improving your results.
- If it is a busy centre, then don’t wait till last for the entry and security check.
- Centre will not allow you to enter after the stipulated time of closing the doors.
- Admission to the Exam Centre is with the Admit Card; no candidates shall be admitted to the test without the production of the Admit Card at the Test Centre.
- Usually no bags are allowed.
- No eatables are allowed.
- No communication equipment such as mobile phones / pager / wireless set / scanner / camera or any such electronic / digital gadget etc are allowed in the exam centre; carrying one will lead to disqualification.
After entering the centre
- Once candidates enter the centre, they should locate their designated hall and seat.
- After all the formalities, candidates should enter the allotted hall and take the designated seat.
- For Objective Type question papers, rough work is to be done in the space provided for this purpose. No rough work is allowed on the OMR Answer Sheet under any situation.
- Questions have to be answered on the answer sheet only.
- Copying, use of unfair means of any kind, talking, asking questions from other candidates or borrowing of material inside the Test Centre is strictly prohibited.
- The candidates are to return their OMR answer-sheets and the question paper in full to the Centre Superintendent. Tearing or taking away of the question paper is not allowed failing which the candidates shall be disqualified from the entire Entrance Test.
- Misbehaviour of any kind can lead to expulsion of the candidate.
- Caught copying helping in copying will mean cancellation of the answer sheet / cancellation of the candidature.
- Marking the answer sheet or question paper in any way will also lead to cancellation of the exam for that candidate.
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