There are 2 options that Candidates can opt under CSIR UGC NET. One is JRF and the other is Lecturership or Assistant Professor. There is no age limit for the position of Assistant professor. But for applying for JRF, the upper age limit is 28 years. It is 31 years for OBC-NCL and 33 years for SC,ST,PWD and female Candidates. If you fulfil this criteria, even with the 3 years gap you can appear for CSIR NET.

Hello aspirant

Msc in applied microbiology and biotechnology is a 2 year postgraduate degree in microbiology. The eligibility criteria for the same is students passing with 60% of marks in a relevant bsc subject but there are many reputed institutes which will conduct their own entrance test for admission.

For example, Banasthali Vidyapith conducts its own aptitude test for admission to this course

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Go for medical microbiology if you want to be in medical sector. And if you want to be in non medical field go for plain microbiology.

Medical microbiology is basically deal with disease and normal/micro deal with every microbiology aspect like industrial, marine, dairy etc.

Hello Sudhanshu,

The admission exams criteria in Msc Microbiology in different colleges are-

• St. Xaviers College, Mumbai- Eligibility Criteria-BSc. Degree or it's equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks.Selection in Msc is based on merit in the qualifying examination.
• Madras Christian College,  Chennai- Eligibility Criteria- B.Sc degree in concerned disciplines with minimum 50% marks.
• Fergusson College, Pune- Eligibility Criteria-Bachelor’s in Science in concerned subjects with 50% aggregate marks.Admissions to Msc is done through an entrance examination conducted by the respective department of the college.
• St. Xaviers College, Kolkata- Eligibility-B.Sc Major (Honours) in Microbiology or any other subject of Life sciences with a minimum of 55% marks in Honours and 45% for reserved category. Admission will be based on the performance in the entrance examination conducted by the college.
• Jaipur National University, Jaipur- Eligibility Criteria- A graduate degree in relevant science area must be acquired from a recognized university. Selection process based on Merit based + Personal Interview

I Hope it helps

Thank you

Hello Aiman

I Hope that your preparation for neet examination is going good

Since you don't have all of physics, chemistry and biology in your bsc so, Aiman you need to choose the code 02 dear as the code 02 is for those who have passed  12th in the year 2019 or before.

You need to choose code 02 because although you are in bsc right now  but your highest qualification with Physics, Chemistry and Biology remains 10+2 , so you need to choose the code 02.

I hope that you find this helpful,  good luck for your neet examination

Thankyou

Hello aspirant

The syllabus for MSc Microbiology entrance exam varies from college to college but mostly the syllabus revolves around the following topics:-

• General Microbiology
• The Microbial World
• Microbial Growth and Metabolism
• Microbial Genetics
• Environmental Microbiology
• Genetic engineering
• Microorganisms in agriculture
• Food Microbiology

You can prepare these topics also i will suggest you to check the official website of the college's entrance exam you are preparing for so that you can study accordingly.

Hope this helps

Hello aspirant

M.Sc. Medical Microbiology is a 2 year full-time postgraduate course in Medical Microbiology.

Every college has their own eligibility criteria and admission procedure. Admission can be either based on Merit or an Entrance.

Some of the major entrance exam conducted by the reputed colleges and universities are:

• GATE
• JUET
• CAT
• CUCET
• OUCET

Since there is different admission criteria for every institution, if you can let me know which exact colleges you are looking forward to, i will be able to help you in a better way.

Hope this helps

Hi Nagavamsi!! Hope you are doing well!! It's good that you have completed Bsc(hind) microbiology. Now, if you are thinking to do PG courses in that field, then there are three courses available for you which also has a great scope in future and are interesting subjects to study. These courses are-:

1. MSc in Applied Microbiology

2. MSc in Medical microbiology

3. MSc in Microbial genetics and bioInformatics

Arun, your qualification code will be 02. This is because even if you haven't completed your B.Sc 2nd sem, the highest qualification in which you had Physics, Chemistry and Biology is your 12th and hence your code will be 02. Code 02 says: The Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of such study comprising of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology (which shall include practical tests in these subjects) and Mathematics or any other elective subject with English at a level not less than the core course for English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on Education.