Biotechnology is a field of biology that involves the use of living things in engineering,technology, medicine, etc.. If you wish to study B.Sc. Biotech, you can do this from Chennai or Bangalore, India. In Chennai, you can take only Biotech as your major subject however, you can take 2 other major subjects such as Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Genetics and Chemistry, Biochemistry under Bangalore University. The fee for B.Sc. Biotech at Bangalore will be in the range from 35,000 to 80,000 per year depending on the combination of subjects and types of college. During Master level, you can take Biotech as only the master subject in Bangalore University.
The complete syllabus for B.Sc. Biotech at Bangalore university can be downloaded in Pdf format from the below link:
There will be 2 internals and 1 semester exam. Semester exam will be of 60 marks out of which you need to get 60 marks for passing. 30 marks will be for practical and 10 marks will for internal.
Once you complete the B.Sc. Biotech, it is bit hard to find good subject related job and even if you get one, the pay will be less (Around 6-8K). Only way to get a good job is to do specialization such as M.Sc. Clinical research, M.Sc. Bioinformatics, Medical Biotech, Molecular Biology and many more or P.G. diploma.
You can get scholarship form DOE for 1 students for B. Sc Biotech and you can also apply for FUR and Songtsen for the same.
Some of best Biotech College or University in India:
* Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
* University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
* Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Noida
* Anna University, Chenna
* University of Pune, Pune
* Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
* The Oxford College of Science, Bangalore
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