Biology

There are numerous of career or job opportunities in government and the private sector. Aspirants can go for entrepreneurship or self-employed in their own fisheries-related business. You can see that in every state or country, the government has fisheries department in which you can apply for various posts. Aspirants can also do jobs in central government agencies like Marine Product Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Fisheries Survey of India (FSI), NIO, WHO, and many others. Degree holders can apply for research projects or can do further study. Candidates can find the number of job opportunities in institutions, banks, fishing/oceans and in foreign countries.
Top colleges from where you can pursue a B.Sc in Marine biology are as follows:
1) Cochin University of Science and TechnologySchool of Marine Sciences
2) CUSAT
3) Kochi (Ernakulam) 682016
4) Pondicherry University
5) University of Kerala
6) Annamalai University
7) Karnataka University
8) Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
9) Udhna Magdalla Road
10) Vikrama Simhapuri University
11) College of Science & Technology
12) Berhampur University

Eligibility for the Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Biotechnology)
The minimum eligibility for this course is a pass in 10+2 in science stream with either mathematics or biology or both as a compulsory subject. For institutes like India Institute of Technology mostly known as IIT, it is compulsory to pass in Joint Entrance Examination J.E.E. while other universities also hold their own entrance tests.
Candidates can also pursue this course without mathematics as their subject i.e. PCB. University like Jawaharlal Nehru University offers admissions for the students who did not have mathematics in 12th standard. Some universities consider biology as a compulsory subject.
How to get admission in Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Biotechnology)
The admissions are done either through a Common Entrance Test (CET) or merit-based direct admission. Merit list is based on the marks obtained in 10+2. The application form for entrance exam is available from the month of February to March. The general process is explained in the figure below.
Entrance Test
Counseling
Admission
Entrance Test
The test includes questions from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and in some cases general English with the syllabus of 10+2 followed by major universities. The marking scheme may differ for universities. There are around 200 questions and the duration of the exam is 2 hours. Generally, there is fixed number of questions from each topic.
Selection Process:
Selection is mostly based on the performance in the entrance test conducted by various institutes. Some weightage is also accorded to performance in 10+2 examination. Shortlisted candidates are further called for counseling after which they are offered admission to the institutes.