15339 Science Colleges in India

Science is a multi-disciplined academic field for students with the following subject combinations in Class 12 – PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), or PCMB (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology). Students looking forward to a career in science have a wide range of options at both UG (undergraduate) and PG (postgraduate) levels. Students can choose to pursue courses such as BSc (Bachelor of Science), MSc (Master of Science) and PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in a variety of Science branches/ specialisations such as:

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Computer Science
• Nursing
• Geology
• Electronics
• Biotechnology
• Microbiology
• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Zoology
• Home Science
• Forensic Science

Candidates can pursue degree, diploma, certificate, integrated, and vocational Science courses at UG, PG, and PhD levels.

• Degree Science courses: Candidates can obtain a BSc, BSc (Honours) or MSc degree or PhD at UG, PG and doctorate levels.
• Diploma Science courses: Diploma courses are typically one year duration Science programmes that can be pursued at both UG and PG levels.
• Certificate Science courses: Certificate courses are basically short-term courses of typically four to six months duration. Such courses can be pursued as both full-time and part-time programmes.

Science Courses Admission Eligibility Criteria

Science courses can be pursued at UG, PG and PhD levels. The eligibility criteria differs as per the course and branch selected by the candidate. However, given below is a broad eligibility criteria for UG and PG Science courses for the reference of candidates:

• UG level: Candidates must have passed Class 12^th with PCM, PCB or PCMB subject combinations and at least 50 - 60% aggregate score.
• PG level: Candidates must have passed graduation preferably in the subject in which they wish to pursue their master’s with at least 50 - 60% aggregate score.
• PhD level: Candidate must have passed postgraduation from a recognised university.

There are nearly 10,211 Science colleges in India which offer Science courses, out of these nearly 4,894 colleges are private, 2,180 are public and rest are public private colleges. Here is the list of some of the top private and public Science colleges in India:

The top Science colleges in India accept score obtained by students in numerous national or state-level examinations, including GATE, IIT JAM, JEE Main, NEET PG, KCET, ICAR AIEEA, JEE Advanced, GUJCET, NEET and CAT. There are several science colleges in major cities across the country such as Delhi/ NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and so on.

Following is a list of top 10 Science colleges in India ranked by The Week:

Following is a list of top 10 Science colleges in India ranked by India Today:

 Top Recruiters and Scope for Science Students

The average salary for BSc and MSc graduates ranges from between Rs 15,000 per month to Rs 30,000 per month. Some of the popular job profiles that candidates can consider taking up after completing the education in their preferred branch of Science are given below:

• Physicist
• Pharmacist
• Chemical Engineer
• Biochemist
• Geophysicist
• Microbiologist
• Conservationist
• Meteorologist
• Food scientist
• Oceanographer
• Nanotechnologist
• Biomedical scientist

Below is the list of few top companies that recruit Science students along with their placement ratings:

 Mode of Study

Science courses can be pursued from various colleges through different modes such as full-time, distance-learning, part-time, and online. Around 10,072 Science colleges offer the full-time course and rest of the colleges offer distance-learning, part-time and online modes to the student for pursuing Science courses. Some of these colleges are tabulated below:

Full-time Mode of Study

Some of the popular colleges/ universities that offer full-time Science courses are:

Distance/ Correspondence Mode of Study

The colleges that offer courses through distance/ correspondence mode are as follows:

Part-time Mode of Study

The colleges that offer courses through part-time mode are as follows:

 Online Mode of Study

The following colleges offer online classroom mode:

 How affordable is studying Science Courses in India?

Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview of the break-up of Science Colleges in India basis fees:

Science colleges in India offer diversified specialisations in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, Computer Science, Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Home Science, Agriculture, etc. The most popular one is Mathematics followed by Chemistry and Physics. Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview of the top 10 Science specialisations in India:

Which are the most popular Science Exams in India?

The most popular entrance examination for studying Science courses in India is GATE. While scoring good marks in GATE will help you land in Science colleges like most of the IITs like IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur. IIT JAM is your ticket to colleges like IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur.

Rest of the colleges accept, JEE Main, NEET PG, KCET, ICAR AIEEA, JEE Advanced, GUJCET, NEET, CAT, score, etc. for admission into their colleges.

Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview: