Research at IISER focusses on the four major disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics and also in the interdisciplinary areas that are at the interface of one or more of these disciplines. More details of the research activities can be accessed from the following links (for publications, please see the link at the top-right-corner of this page):
 

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Centre for Integrative Studies (CIS)
• Mathematics
• Physics

In addition to mainstream research in the above areas, the following advanced research-centres/centres-of-excellence, in selected areas, have been set up in IISER Pune:
 

• DBT Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Epigenetics
• DST Unit on Nanoscience
• Max Planck Partner Group in Quantum Field Theory
• Max Planck Partner Group in Glyco-nanotechnology