Life sciences have a vast carriers opportunity with different numbers of competitive exams which gives a great platform and opportunity to work in the fields of life sciences:
Some of the national level entrance exams are:
| S.No | National Entrance Tests for PhD | Held in Month of | Website link |
| 1. | CSIR-UGC NET exam | June and December | http://csirhrdg.res.in/ |
| 2. | NCBS | December | http://www.ncbs.res.in/phd_program.htm |
| 3. | DBT | February | http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/ |
| 4. | TIFR | November | http://univ.tifr.res.in/gs2016/ |
| 5. | ICMR | July | http://icmr.nic.in/jrf.htm |
| 6. | NIMHANS | February | http://www.nimhans.ac.in/ |
| 7. | JNU PhD Entrance | May | http://www.jnu.ac.in/ |
| 8. | GATE | Feb | http://www.gate.iisc.ernet.in/ |
| 9. | Manipal University | http://www.manipal.edu.my/admission/apply-now/ | |
| 10. | NIPER PhD Entrance Exam | June | http://www.niper.ac.in/admissions.html |
| 11. | Universityof Hyderabad PhD Entrance Exam | June | http://www.uohyd.ac.in/index.php/admissions |
| 12. | GTU PhD Entrance Exam | April | http://gtu.ac.in/PhD.asp |
| 13. | National Brain Research Centre, PHD Entrance Exam | May | http://www.nbrc.ac.in/academic_program.php |
| 14. | BITS Pilani PhD Entrance Examination | June /July | http://bitsadmission.com/bitsatmain.aspx |
| 15. | AIIMS PhD Entrance Exam, | Jan, July | https://www.aiimsexams.org/index.html |
| 16. | IISC PhD Entrance Exam | April | http://www.iisc.ernet.in/ |
| 17. | NDRI PhD entrance exam, | June | http://www.ndri.res.in/ndri/Design/education.html |
| 19. | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) PhD Admission Test | February | http://www.hbni.ac.in/students/academic_prg.html |
| 20. | Indian Agricultural Research Institute PhD Entrance Exam, | http://www.iari.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&Itemid=582 | |
| 21. | IISER Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali PhD Admission | No entrance, GATE, ICMR, CSIR qualified can apply | http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/postdoc.html |
| 22. | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati – PhD Admissions Test | Based on CGPA | http://www.iitg.ac.in/acad/ |
| 23. | IndianSchool of Mines Dhanbad PhD Admission Test | May Only Env Sci | http://www.ismdhanbad.ac.in/phd-jrf/ |
| 24. | Indian Veterinary Research Institute Bareilly PhD Admission Test | May | http://www.ivri.nic.in/academics/CoursePhD.aspx |
| 25. | BINC | February – March | http://btisnet.gov.in/biedu.asp |
| 26. | GPAT | January | http://www.aicte-gpat.in/Home/Index_New.aspx |
source: Biotechnika.com
Top Life Sciences B.Sc. & M.Sc. College in India.
Life science provides and ocean of opportunities, we often hear and get anxiety about which will be the right direction or path and how one should plan to go about it. Don’t worry!! Microscopica help you to choose best colleges for your bachelors and masters and give you an overview of all complete exams for B.Sc. and MSc microbiology or life sciences.
Here is the list of some top colleges in India:
| College | Admission procedure | City | Link |
| St. Xavier college | Entrance | Kolkata | http://www.sxccal.edu/ |
| Fergusson college | Entrance | Pune | http://www.fergusson.edu/ |
| Delhi University | Merit based(B.Sc.) and entrance (M.Sc.) | North campus, Delhi | http://du.ac.in/ |
| St. Xavier college | Entrance | Mumbai | http://www.xaviers.edu/ |
| Banaras Hindu university (BHU) | Entrance-:BHU-UET and BHU- PET | Varanasi | http://bhu.ac.in/ |
| Chandigarh university | Entrance | Chandigarh | http://www.cuchd.in/ |
| Baba Shahab Bhim Rao Ambedkar college(BBAU) | Entrance | Lucknow | http://www.bbau.ac.in/ |
| VIT | Merit based | Vellore | http://www.vit.ac.in/ |
| Aligarh Muslim University | Entrance | Aligarh, UP. | http://www.amu.ac.in/ |
| Barkatullah vishwavidyalay | Entrance | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | http://www.bubhopal.ac.in/ |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana agricultural University | Entrance | Hisar,Harayana | https://www.hau.ac.in/ |
| Central University of Rajasthan | Entrance | Rajasthan | http://www.curaj.ac.in/ |
| Central University of Haryana | Entrance | Haryana | http://www.cuh.ac.in/ |
| Central University of Tamil Nadu | Entrance | Tamil Nadu | http://cutn.ac.in/ |
| Kurukshetra University | Entrance | Bhatinda, Punjab | http://www.kuk.ac.in/ |
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