CBS offers a 5-year Integrated M.Sc. Programme in Basic Sciences after 10+2 schooling or its equivalent. The Centre will offer courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and life sciences, and CBS students, upon graduation, will be awarded the M.Sc degree in one of the four subjects. The programme will have a balanced semester-based course structure with continuous assessment of students within a flexible, seamless curriculum that emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of science in the 21st century and promotes exploration, innovation and research, in keeping with one of the Centre's mandates which is to help develop a pool of talented and motivated scientific personnel for the national research and development programmes pursued by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. ....read more>>

The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India and the University of Mumbai, Vidhyanagari Campus jointly launched, in September 2007, a Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CBS) offering high-quality undergraduate teaching embedded in a postgraduate and research environment. CBS offers a five-year Integrated M.Sc. program in the Basic Sciences for students who have completed 10+2 schooling or its equivalent. A modern, flexible, integrated and seamless curriculum has been developed that places considerable emphasis on practical training and development of analytical and problem-solving skills in addition to formal learning. Some of the best teachers from University of Mumbai departments and University of Mumbai-affiliated colleges, and from proximate partner institutions like Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, IIT-Mumbai and the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, have helped design courses and are participating in teaching activities of the Centre in the areas of physics, life sciences, mathematics, chemistry. CBS is an autonomous centre and is governed by a Council chaired by The Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and co-chaired by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mumbai. Other members of the Council include the Directors of BARC, TIFR and IIT Mumbai, and the Joint Secretary (R&D) of DAE, Government of India. The complete list of members of the Governing Council are available on this website. Professor Deepak Mathur was the first Director appointed at CBS and Professor S.M. Chitre the first Chairperson of the CBS Academic Board. The current CBS Director is Professor R.V. Hosur.