Database of International Students
Source: https://oir.iisc.ac.in/index.php/database-of-international-students/ Parent: https://oir.iisc.ac.in/index.php/faqs/
Global distribution of Full-time International students at IISc, Bangalore (January, 2026)
As on January 2026, IISc has a diverse full-time foreign students, who came from different parts of the world. They are enrolled in various departments, either in B.Sc. (Research Program) and B. Tech (Math and Computing) or M Tech (Research) in Engineering or PhD program in Science or Engineering. Here, 75% of our students are a part of Institute’s PhD programme and 25% to M Tech program. The country-wise distribution of students is as follows:
| Name of Country | No. of Students |
| Australia(OCI) | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Bhutan | 1 |
| British(OCI) | 1 |
| Canada(OCI) | 1 |
| China(OCI) | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 12 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Iran | 5 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Nepal | 28 |
| Nigeria | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 |
| Sudan | 2 |
| Syria | 3 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| USA(OCI) | 24 |
| Zambia | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 |
Current List of International Students
For any queries, please contact us at: \ Office of International Relations\ Indian Institute of Science \ Bangalore 560 012 India.
Phone:+ 91 80 2293 2560 \ Fax: + 91 80 2360 2567 \ Email: oir.admin@iisc.ac.in & admission.oir@iisc.ac.in\