M.Sc. in Biotechnology 

at Women's Christian College, College Road

According to details provided on the Women's Christian College (WCC) website, the following requirements must be fulfuill in order to be eligible for admission to WCC Chennai's M.Sc. programs:

• Applicants must have graduated from an accredited university with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 50% of their total score.
  For an M.Sc. in Mathematics, a B.Sc. with mathematics as the major is required.
  For M.Sc. Physics, the primary subject is B.Sc. Physics
  For M.Sc. Chemistry, the primary subject is B.Sc. Chemistry
  For M.Sc. in Botany or Zoology: B.Sc. in a related field.
• Applicants must take the college's entrance exam,selection will be based on entrance exam results.
• There are just two chances to pass the entrance exam and took admission.

 

Ethiraj College for Women has a dedicated job placement cell and internships are an important focus for them, especially for students pursuing programs in computer science, information technology, commerce and management.Various leading recruiters like TCS, Infosys, Cognizant and HDFC Bank visit Ethiraj College campus every year to recruit students for these professional courses.On the other hand, Women's Christian College, Chennai focuses mainly on undergraduate courses in pure arts and sciences such as physics, chemistry, botany and economics rather than professional degrees.Therefore, large-scale campus placement through large recruiting firms may not be the primary focus or activity of Women's Christian College.

In conclusion, Ethiraj College appears to have a clear advantage when it comes to campus placement and providing employment opportunities to graduates of professional courses. The Women's Christian College focuses more on arts-based learning than corporate internships.

Just eight companies were the top WCC recruiters.
Women's Christian College, Chennai, arranges a number of seminars and placement cell programs for career guidance in addition to inviting reputable companies for campus recruitment.

IBM, Wipro, Infosys, Google, HCL, Taj, Tech Mahindra, Fitness One, Cognizant, TCS, Amazon, Zoho, IBM, Wipro, ITC, TATA, and many more are among the top employers at the college.
Numerous businesses in a variety of sectors have expressed interest in employing WCC graduates. Information technology (IT), banking and finance, consulting, media and communications, healthcare, and hospitality are a few industries that frequently hire WCC graduates.

 

The college's robust alumni network and corporate relationships make placements at WCC highly sought after, as they play a key role in connecting students with employment opportunities.

Women's Christian College (WCC) recorded the highest-ever package of INR 45 Lakh Per Annum (as per advertisements) during the 2023 placements.  Additionally, it states that eight businesses in all paid the campus a visit in 2023 for WCC placements.
Prior to 2023, the highest  package given by  WCC was approximately INR 26 lakhs annually.

Some of the leading companies that hire from WCC are: ITC Limited, Sify Customer Pvt Ltd, Kanbay Hyderabad, Sree Career Solutions, Allsec Technologies Ltd., HCL, Saraa Medical Solutions, Career Forum, Hewlett Packard, Scope International, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys Technologies Limited, SI Systems, Crystal Communications, etc.

 

WCC BSc admission dates are released by the college. The application dates vary from year to year. In 2024, the college started accepting BSc applications on May 2, 2024. As of now, the college has released the lists of provisionally selected students for BSc admission on their official website. The classes are expected to begin soon.

Women's Christian College offer courses like B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., M.Com, B.A., B.Com (Hons), B.Com, BBA, BCA with the stream of Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences, IT & Software, Business & Management Studies, Accounting & Commerce, Animation. Women's Christian College offers specializations such as B.Sc. specializations in Computer Science, Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, M.Sc. specializations in Food & Nutrition, Clinical Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Mathematics, Data Analytics, M.A. specializations in International Business, English, B.A. specializations in English.

The WCC BSc placements vary across the BSc speacialisations offered at the college. The average package offered during BSc placements at WCC ranges between INR 2.9 Lacs and INR 3.6 lakh. Based on the student reviews available on Shiksha.com, The highest pacakge offered to BSc students of various specialisations ranged between INR 4 LPA and INR 6 LPA. Companies like Zoho, Amazon, ICICI and Infosys visit the college campus for recruitment. The students rated WCC placements at 4/5.

Women's Christian College fees are cumulative of various components like the tuition fee, security deposit, hostel fee, mess fee, etc. Some fee components are paid once at the time of admission while others are payable semester-wise. The range of tuition fee for three years of BSc at WCC is INR 1.1 Lacs - INR 3.9 lakh. The exact amount varies across the choice of specialisation and the board of applicants in Class 12 (State/CBSE/ICSE/Foreign). It must be noted that mentioned fee has been sourced from the official website of the college/sanctioning body. It is still subject to change and hence, is indicative.

WCC College fee is broken down into multiple components such as caution deposit, hostel fee, tuition fee, etc. Aspirants are required to pay fee at the time of admission and then subsequently in every semester. Below is WCC College fee breakup for top courses:

Course Name	Tuition Fee	Hostel Fee
BSc	INR 1.10 Lacs - INR 3.88 lakh	INR 1.51 Lacs - INR 2.52 lakh
MSc	INR 80,840 - INR 2.11 lakh	INR 1.01 lakh
BCA	INR 2.32 lakh	INR 1.51 lakh
BCom	INR 2.38 lakh	INR 1.51 lakh
BA	INR 1.07 Lacs - INR 2.17 lakh	INR 1.51 lakh

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

Women's Christian College considers qualifying exam scores of the candidates for admission. Hence, aspirants do not require passing an entrance exam for selection. Aspirants seeking admission in UG programmes are shortlisted based on their Class 12 scores. Graduation marks are considered for admission to PG programme.