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The eligibility criteria to pursue BSc Forensic Science is passed 10+2 in science stream from a recognized board securing a minimum of 55% aggregate, admission may be done through entrance test such as SUAT, LPU NEST, JET to name a few or it can be based on the merit of the qualifying examination, the scope is quite vast in this field, you can open your own forensic practice apart from the working opportunities in private sectors, banking, forensic laboratories and government recruitment, you can also consider doing higher studies by pursuing master's degree, to know more about this, visit our page at https://www.careers360.com/courses/forensic-science-course

On the other hand, the eligibility criteria for BSc Microbiology is passed 10+2 from a recognized board with physics, chemistry, biology as core subjects securing 50% or above aggregate, this may vary as per the norms of the colleges, admission process can be based on the merit of the qualifying examination or done through entrance test such as AMUEEE, LPUNEST, IISC, Assam CEE to name a few, when it comes to scope Microbiology graduates can find opportunities in the field of private/government hospitals/healthcare/pharmaceutical/ food industries/chemical/R&D/bioscience/environmental companies, higher education organizations/forensic science laboratories etc. Post the pandemic this field has much wider scope, and opportunities will increase manifold in the time to come.

So, basically it depends on your areas of interest, and the kind of job profile you're looking at, both the field are equally good in their own way, and hold much wider scope.