The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore is a public university for scientific research and higher education located in Bangalore, India.

The IISC was established in 1909.

It is also locally known as the "Tata Institute".

It acquired the status of a Deemed University in 1958. IISc is widely regarded as India's finest institution in science, and has been ranked at number 11 and 18 worldwide and ranked 3rd and 6th in Asia when considering the criteria of Citations per Faculty in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Academic staff 467
Students 3743
Undergraduates 418
Postgraduates 3325

Campus Urban
400 acres: main campus in Bangalore.
1500 acres: second campus in Challakere

Divisions:

Biological
Chemical
Electrical
Interdisciplinary Research
Mechanical
Physical and Mathematical
Centres (under Director)

Address:

Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, INDIA
Telephone:+91-80-23600757