M.Sc. in Microbiology 

at Bangalore University, Mysore Road

For admission to MSc at Bangalore University, candidates must visit the official website of the University (bangaloreuniversity.ac.in). Admission to the two-year PG-level course is based on candidates' performance in the counselling round, conducted by the University. Candidates are shortlisted for counselling based on performance in the last qualifying examination. Before filling out the admission form, the aspirants must check the eligibility criteria.

The seat intake varies from one college to another. As per the government regulations, some of the seats shall be reserved for the candidates belonging to reserved categories. The following table mentions the seat intake for a few popular MSc specialisations: 

NOTE: The seat intake is as per past years’ data. Hence, is indicative.

The total course fee for the MSc programme at Bangalore University ranges between INR 10,000 and INR 5.6 lakh. The university offers a two-year full-time M.Sc. course across 25+ specialisations. The following table mentions the seat and eligibility criteria for a few popular MSc specialisations: 

 Candidates have to submit the application fee within the due date to submit their application successfully. The application fee for MSc is INR 200 for the General category and INR 100 for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/PH categories. Further, the fee payment can be done via the below-mentioned means:

1. Net banking/online NEFT transfer/credit card/debit card.
2. To pay offline, that can be done with a challan at any of the SBI branches across the country.

The university allows candidates to cancel their admission within 10 days of counselling. Candidates have to get in touch with the Bangalore University admission office for the same. Moreover, a few documents such as an original provisional admission card, fee receipt, and an application for cancellation and refund with correspondence address have to be submitted. Only after the successful submission of the documents, a refund is processed.

Yes, Bangalore University have the provision of direct admission for a few undergraduate and postgraduate courses. To be eligible for direct admission at Bangalore University, candidates are required to fulfil the course-specific minimum eligibility criteria set by the University. Moreover, aspirants can get in touch with the admission office to find out more details related to direct admissions at the university.

Bangalore University admission to several UG and PG courses is based on candidates' performance in entrance exams. The university accepts KCET for BTech admission and PGCET for MBA & MCA course admission. Apart from these, the University also accepts national-level entrance exams such as CAT, MAT, GATE, PG, JEE Main, NATA, GATE, etc. The university does not conduct any in-house entrance examinations.

Candidates seeking admission to Bangalore University courses should have secured at least 40 to 50% aggregate in Class 12 or the last qualifying exam. The required aggregate depends upon the course. Moreover, for courses where admission is entrance-based, a good exam score is required. Bangalore University announces cutoff marks for each course. There are multiple factors affecting the cutoff marks. The main factors that are considered while releasing cutoffs are:

• Previous year cutoff marks
• Total number of participants
• Total number of seats available
• The difficulty level of the entrance exam, read more about BU Cutoff

Yes, Bangalore University offers BSc courses in a full-time mode at the undergraduate level. The duration of the course is three-year. Accredited ‘A’ by NAAC and the first to offer this programme under the NEP, 2020 among the universities in Karnataka, Bangalore University offers several specialisations under this course. The university also offers an integrated BSc-MSc programme of five-year duration to the students. 

Bangalore University BSc fee range between INR 33,550 and INR 6.6 lakh. The fee mentioned here is taken from an unofficial source, hence is indicative. Moreover, the given fee range is cumulative of courses offered by the university on-campus as well as through its affiliated colleges, hence may vary. For detailed fee structure, candidates are requested to contact the admission department of the University.