North East Institute of Social Science and Research, Dimapur: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

North East Institute of Social Science and Research or NEISSR was founded in the year 2014 in Dimapur in Nagaland. Located in7th Mile, Peace Centre, within the St. Joseph Hr. Sec. School Campus in Chumoukedima, this affiliated college occupies a small campus of 1.23 acres. This centre is therefore committed to contribute towards the promotion of social science learning and research in the north-east region of India. The institute has a strength of 100 intake capacity comprising only of students and having 12 teaching faculties for a closer academic experience. NEISSR provides two programmes, Social Work programmes including Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), preparing students to work for change and Master of Social Work (MSW) Education for students interested in social cause.

NEISSR has some facilities that help students improve their learning process. The library is viewed as an integrated information and resource centre  to offer access to untold numbers of books, periodicals, and journals touching on issues of social work and research. With technologically inclined students, the institute provides the latest IT facilities inclusive of a 2-Mbps leased internet line in tune with the present social work trends. There are well-equipped classrooms, computer laboratory, a modern seminar hall for conducting conferences, seminar, meetings, group discussions etc with modern presentation facilities and hi-tech audio visual facilities. Accommodation facilities include a cafeteria, hostels for boys and girls, and health centre with first aid services. The institute provides for multiple celebrations and developmental bodies in the form of clubs and societies.

According to its academic programmes, NEISSR has been offering two main programmes in social work. It carries out a 3-Year full time Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) programme with fifty student intake, and a 2-Year full-time Master of Social Work (MSW) programme with one hundred student intake. These programs prepare students for employment and or professional practice in the discipline of social work and related areas. The student enrolment sum at NEISSR totals to 100; a selective policy of enrolment allows the university to provide each learner with the individual approach and professional training they need.

The admission process adopted by NEISSR is aimed at identifying students who have a passion for social work and who have the necessary academic ability. For the MSW programme, the candidates are selected on merit by best competitive method which may involve a written examination test, graduation and mark sheets, and group discussion or interview. The BSW programme also like any other also has an admission process that is equally strict.