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Courses and Eligibility

You have to take the science stream at 10+2 level, choosing biology as one of your subjects. A few universities offer genetics as a separate subject at the graduate level, they are Delhi university, Osmania University, Hyderabad, and Gurunanak Dev University etc. To pursue a postgraduate degree in genetics, however, you need to have a base in chemistry and zoology.

 

The University of Pune offers a postgraduate degree in medical genetics. Punjab Agricultural University, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, University of Delhi, and Osmania University are some of the other universities offering a M.Sc. in genetics.

 

Mostly to enter to graduate courses the selection is based on best of four aggregate from the Class XII Board exam scores. But many reputed college and institute are introducing entrance. For post graduation very few university /institute/colleges takes students on the basis of marks, otherwise one needs to takes vaious entrance.to take admission in reputed college/institute/university.

 

For PhD program one needs to take the following exams:

 

All-India-Level-Competition CSIR UGC NET (the top most and best reputed universities accept candidates through it).

SET (Conducted at state level by state government for admission into best universities of that state).

TIRF (Is a type of JRF plan, under Tata Institute of Fundamental Research).

NISER NEST PhD Entrance Exam.

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Top Colleges for B Sc Genetics / M Sc Genetics

Institutes for B.Sc. in Genetics:

  • University of Delhi Offers B Sc Genetics 
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
  • SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University), SRM Nagar, Kattankulatthur, Kancheepuram Dt, Tamil Nadu, (B.Tech. course in Genetic Engineering on the Ramapuram campus)
  • Padmashree Institute of Information Sciences, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore (affiliated to Bangalore University)
  • Garden City University Bangalore Offers B Sc Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Genetics.  
  • B Sc Genetics, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Kolkata Affiliated to Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. Formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology. There are 60 seats in the course 

Institutes for M.Sc. in Genetics:

  • University of Delhi, South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi
  • The Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Vellore (M.Sc. Biomedical Genetics)
  • Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam
  • Center for Human Genetics, Banaglore ( Degree from Mysore University)  offers M Sc Human Genetics, There are 12 seats in the course. Selection on the basis of academic records, online aptitude test and interview.  
  • University of Madras offers M Sc Biomedical genetics. 
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
  • Central University of Kerala offers M Sc Genomic Science 
  • BHU, Varanasi offers masters in Molecular and Human Genetics 
  • Osmania University, Hyderabad
  • Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
  • University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal
  • Madurai Kamraj University, Palkalai Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (M.Sc. Plant Genetics Engineering)
  • Institute of Genetic Engineering, Kolkata Offers M Sc Genetics There are 30 seats in M Sc Genetics. 
  • Sri Rama Chandran Medical College and Research Institute (Deemed University), Porur, Chennai (M.Sc. Human Genetics)

 

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