B.Sc. Microbiology Overview

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology (B.Sc. Microbiology) is a fulltime three years (6 semesters) research & applied life-science program that aims to develop knowledge to prevent or treat disease and develops new industrial & healthcare technologies. Microbiologists play essential roles to improve our lives by providing their services in many areas like medicine, food & dairy science, sustainable environment management etc.

Microbiology is one of the highly advanced fields which directly impacts various essential areas of human life & livelihood. Microbiology is a broad discipline and microbiologists study microbes at the level of proteins and genes (molecular biology & genetics), at the cellular level (cell biology and physiology) and at the community level (public health, ecology and epidemiology). Branches of microbiology includes applied microbiology (soil, agriculture, food, dairy & environment), mycology, virology, parasitology, metabolism & nutritional values, microbial genetics & genomics, food & pharmaceutical industries, fermentation industries and recombinant DNA technology.

Subject in trend

Microbiology is an applied branch of Biology, along with Botany, Zoology, Environment, Marine science & Biotechnology. In the current scenario, Microbiology is in trend, makes a real difference to society, as well as plenty of opportunities to continue professional development and travel abroad for the purpose of studies, research, business & service (Indian and international agencies provide travel-fellowships).

Stepping stone for further studies

B.Sc. Microbiology graduates can easily be optimized for M.Sc. Microbiology course as well as in other M.Sc. specialization like Biotechnology, Virology, Agri-microbiology, Bioinformatics, Forensics and many more. Microbiologists possess adequate eligibility for pathological studies and jobs by opting for a specialized degree of DMLT or M.Sc MLT.