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Career Options After PCB Apart from Medical

Author : Palak Khanna

Updated On : October 26, 2022

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Physics, Chemistry, and Biology groups students who aren’t interested in doing medicine can also have great career prospects. 

Not many are aware of well-paid non-medical career options available in the market. 

As times are changing, markets constantly change, and different career paths also open up.

Every year new jobs get added both in the private and government sectors.

So let's dive in to check the career options for PCB students apart from Medical Field.

Career Options After PCB Apart from Medical

The list below gives us PCB courses, which you can choose apart from the Medical field. 

  • B.Sc Agriculture
  • Microbiology
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Environmental Science
  • Genetics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Pharmacy
  • Marine Biology
  • Biotechnology

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B.Sc Agriculture

B.Sc agriculture is offered to students with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as the main subjects

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Agriculture Agronomy, Agricultural Economy, Agricultural Biochemistry, Agricultural Meteorology and Physics, Genetics, Animal Science and Biotechnology, Instrumentation and Environmental Sciences

Best college to study B.Sc agriculture:

  • College of Forestry, Sirsi
  • College of Agriculture, Bangalore
  • College of Agriculture, Bijapur
  • College of Agriculture, Mandya
  • College of Agriculture, Shimoga
  • College of Agriculture, Dharwad

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Microbiology

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology is offered for 3 years to students with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 in the following specializations.

Course  Specializations
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology Bacteriology, Virology, Parasitology, Mycology, Algology, Geochemical microbiology, Aero microbiology, Exo microbiology

Best college to study B.Sc Microbiology:

  • St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
  • Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah
  • Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara 64.45
  • Gargi College, New Delhi
  • Madras Christian College, Chennai
  • PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

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Botany

Interested and eligible candidates can study B.Sc Botany in the following specializations. 

Eligibility requirements: Candidates who have done their 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Biology are eligible to take admission in this course.

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Botany Plant structure, growth and differentiation, reproduction, biochemistry, primary metabolism, chemical products, development, diseases, evolutionary relationships, systematics, and plant taxonomy

Best college to study B.Sc Botany:

  • St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
  • PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
  • Government Arts College, Coimbatore
  • Maharaja's College, Ernakulam
  • Farook College, Kozhikode

Zoology

A candidate must have passed Class XII with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks to pursue Zoology in the following specializations. The course is offered for 3 years.

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Botany Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cell and developmental biology, Animal behavior and neurobiology, Genetics, Biomedical Science, General Zoology, Marine biology

Best college to study B.Sc Zoology:

  • MSU Baroda - Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  • LPU Jalandhar - Lovely Professional University
  • BHU Varanasi - Banaras Hindu University
  • DU Delhi - University of Delhi
  • AMU Aligarh - Aligarh Muslim University

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Environmental Science

The course is offered for 3 years for students who have cleared class 10+2 from a recognized board with minimum marks of 50%. 

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Environmental Science Environmental science specializations, Soil ecology, Aquatic/marine biology, Earth systems, Environmental and biological conservation, Energy and climate change, water resource management, Pollution prevention and remediation

Best college to study B.Sc Environmental Science:

  • UNIPUNE (Pune University) - Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • CMJ University, Shillong
  • Amity University, Kolkata
  • Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi
  • Prof Rajendra Singh University, Prayagraj

Genetics

B.Sc Genetics is offered for 3 years to students with a minimum 50% in 10+2 or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Eligibility varies from college to college. 

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Environmental Science Cancer Genetics & Genomics, Clinical Genetics, Genetic Counselling and Ethics & Policy, Neurogenetics & Neurodegenerative Disease Genetics, Pharmacogenomics, Proteomics, Stem Cells & Gene Therapy, Developmental Genetics, DNA Repair & Genome Stability, Epigenetics, Epigenomics & Gene Regulation, Genetic Epidemiology & Population Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, Immunogenetics

Best college to study B.Sc Genetic:

  • AIIMS Delhi - All India Institute of Medical Sciences New
  • KMC Manipal - Kasturba Medical College
  • Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
  • JIPMER Puducherry - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
  • JSS Medical College, Mysore

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Bioinformatics

This program is offered for 3 years for students meeting the eligibility requirements for students with qualifying marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology. 

The following are the specializations offered: 

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Bioinformatics  Clinical Pharmacology, Bio-analytics, Pharmacogenomics, Computational Chemistry, Biostatics, Genomics, Protein Databases

Best college to study B.Sc Bioinformatics:

  • Goswami Ganesh Dutta S.D. CollegeChandigarh
  • DAV College, Chandigarh
  • Reva UniversityYelahanaka, Bangalore
  • Tezpur University - TEZUTezpur
  • GITAM School of Science, VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam

Pharmacy

B.Pharm is a 3 years undergraduate program for students meeting the eligibility criteria of a minimum of 50% marks in science with Physics, Chemistry, Biology. 

The following are the specializations offered: 

Course  Specializations
B.Pharm Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Ayurveda

Best college to study B.Pharm:

  • Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  • Panjab University, Chandigarh
  • BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science
  • NIPER
  • ICT Mumbai

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Marine Biology

This course is offered to students with qualifying marks in class 10+2 for 3 years. 

The following are the specializations offered: 

Course  Specializations
B.Sc Marine Biology Fundamentals of Marine Ecology, Chemical Oceanography, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, Biology of Marine Organisms, Fundamentals of Fishery Science, Marine Geology, Marine Pollution

Best college to study B.Sc Marine Biology:

  • Kerala Agricultural University
  • The National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
  • College of Fisheries, Kochi
  • Andhra University
  • Chettinad Academy of Research & Education

Biotechnology

You can take B.Sc or B.Tech in Biotechnology offered for 3 and 4 years respectively. The eligibility requirement is to have qualifying marks in PCM with qualifying marks. 

The following are the specializations offered for B.Sc and B.Tech Biotechnology. 

Course  Specializations
B.Tech Biotechnology Environmental Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Bioinformatics

Best college to study B.Sc Biotechnology:

  • Fergusson College, Pune
  • PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
  • MCC Bangalore, Bangalore
  • Christ University Bangalore, Bangalore
  • SJC Bangalore, Bangalore

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Best college to study B.Tech Biotechnology:

  • Indian Institute of Management (IIT) 
  • Delhi Technological University
  • National Institute of Technology
  • Anna University, Chennai
  • Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Frequently Asked Questions

Medicine, B.Sc Agriculture, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Environmental Science, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Pharmacy, Marine Biology, Biotechnology and more.
College of Forestry, Sirsi, College of Agriculture, Bangalore, College of Agriculture, Bijapur, College of Agriculture, Mandya, College of Agriculture, Shimoga, College of Agriculture, Dharwad are the infamous colleges. 
St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Farook College, Kozhikode are the famous college.
Plant structure, growth and differentiation, reproduction, biochemistry, primary metabolism, chemical products, development, diseases, evolutionary relationships, systematics, and plant taxonomy are the general specializations.

Environmental Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics are the B.Tech Biotechnology specializations to opt for. 

Indian Institute of Management (IIT) , Delhi Technological University, National Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra are good colleges in India.
Fergusson College, Pune, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, MCC Bangalore, Bangalore, Christ University Bangalore, Bangalore, SJC Bangalore, Bangalore are the famous colleges for studying B.Sc Biotechnoloy. 

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