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Shriwam Shrivastav 11th Jun, 2022
Hi Bikash,

Greetings

NEET is an entrance exam particularly for admission in courses like MBBS BDS BAMS etc

Apart from NEET there is a lot of scope for a student of biology stream

A few courses which does not requires NEET entrance exam are:

  • B.Sc (Hons.)
  • B.Sc ( Nursing)
  • Bachelor of pharmacy
  • Diploma in pharmacy
  • Bachelor of physiotherapy
  • Diploma in various medical fields (radiology, OT technician,lab technician)
  • DNYS
  • Nutritionist
  • Doctor of pharmacy
  • Diploma in pathology
  • Diploma in audiology and speech therapy

The following courses doesn't requires NEET entrance exam and have great career opportunities.

Hope this information will help you.Thank you
Anurag Khanna 11th Jun, 2022

Hello Aspirant,

You have lot of options even if you don't appear for NEET but belongs to Biology background. So let us take a look on them :

Nursing - https://www.careers360.com/courses/nursing-course

Pharmacy - https://www.careers360.com/courses/pharmacy-course

Physiotherapy - https://www.careers360.com/courses/physiotherapy-course

Veterinary Science - https://www.careers360.com/courses/veterinary-science-course

Psychology - https://www.careers360.com/courses/psychology-course


Some alternative medical career and courses related to them which you can pursue without appearing for NEET :-


** Occupational Therapist - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Except Maharashtra because in Maharashtra there is requirement of NEET score for BPT)

** Biotechnologist - Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology

** Biomedical Engineer - Bachelor of Technology in Biomedical Engineering

** Microbiologist (Non-Clinical) - Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

** Cardiovascular Technologist - Bachelor of Science in Cardiac or Cardiovascular Technology

** Perfusionist - Bachelor of Perfusion Technology or Bachelor of Science in Cardio Pulmonary Perfusion Technology

** Respiratory Therapists - Bachelor of Respiratory Therapy

** Nutritionist (Public Health Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist, etc.) - Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics/Bachelor of Sciences in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics/Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition

** Psychologist - Bachelor's in Psychology

** Cytogeneticists - Bachelor of Science in Genetics/Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology


For complete details kindly check out the link given below :-

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/medical-courses-without-neet


I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

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