Every year, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences holds a nationwide entrance examination for admission to its master’s degree. With help of TISSNET, applicants will be able to take admissions into their prestigious institutes in Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad, Guwahati, IMHST Chennai, G-SET Ranchi, and MHAT Calicut. These institutes do not offer Masters’s degrees to the students. The institutes have different MA programs such as human resource management and labor relations which is available at their Mumbai campus.

The exam is a computer-based exam, the pattern of the exam is based on objective questions which are based/ related to social sensitivity, logical reasoning, analytical abilities, and also knowledge of contemporary issues. The duration of the examination is 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes).