What Do They Do?	Education
Specialization	Where They Work?
Skills	Job Outlook
Institutes

Undergraduate programmes

B.Sc. Microbiology is offered at the undergraduate level. This is a three-year programme. This course broadly covers the following subjects of study

• General Microbiology
   

• Immunology
   

• Soil Microbiology
   

• Food Microbiology
   

• Environment Microbiology
   

• Industrial Microbiology
   

• Pharmaceutical Microbiology
   

• Medical Microbiology

Candidates who have completed plus two (or its equivalent) with Biology, Physics, Chemistry as electives are eligible to apply.

 
Postgraduate programmes

At the postgraduate level (M.Sc.), specialisation is available in the following areas

• Applied Microbiology
   

• Bacteriology
   

• Mycology
   

• Virology
   

• Medical microbiology
   

• Industrial microbiology
   

• Marine microbiology
   

• Agricultural microbiology

Candidates who have completed B.Sc Microbiology are eligible to apply. Some colleges also allow B.Sc. Botany/Zoology students to pursue microbiology at the postgraduate level.