Several Colleges in India offers Bachelor of Science courses of Life Science. The master’s level as well as Ph.D programs in life science are offered only by a few institutes in India. They conduct certain entrance test for selection of candidates in to their higher education courses.  The School of Life Sciences selects candidates for M. Sc Life Sciences on the basis of the score of an entrance exam carried out by Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The qualification required for attending the admission test for post graduate courses in Life Science is a bachelor degree in the same. Those who have pursued B. Sc degree in Biosciences or Botany or Zoology are also eligible to apply. They must possess not less than 50% marks in the qualifying B. Sc degree.

List of Life Science Entrance Exams

• Bangalore University M. Sc entrance Exam
• Calicut University M. Sc entrance Exam
• Delhi University Common Admission Test
• IGNOU M. Sc Entrance Exam
• JNU Combined Entrance Examination
• Kanpur University M. Sc entrance Exam
• University of Madras M. Sc Entrance Exam
• University of Mumbai M. Sc Entrance Exam

List of Colleges/ Universities that Participate in these Entrance Exams

• Ganga Kaveri Institute of Science & Management
• Government Autonomous College
• IGNOU
• Kanpur University
• Manipur University
• MATS University
• Ramnarain Ruia College
• Sophia College for Women
• Sri Venkateswara College
• The School of Life Sciences
• University of Calicut
• University of Madras

Exam Pattern for Life Science Entrance Exams

The pattern of the entrance test is objective type. Each question carries 4 alternative answers. The student has to select the right one among them. The probable questions will be from areas of botany, zoology, bio sciences and so on. There will be descriptive type questions for Ph.D entrance exams. Certain Universities include aptitude as well as reasoning based questions along with subject based questions.

How to procure application forms for Life Science Entrance Exam?

Those who submit the application through online method can find the application form in the official website of the university or institute that conducts the Exam. The aspirants who submit the application through offline method can collect application forms from the concerned section of the University. They must pay a fixed amount before collecting the application forms. They can also obtain the application by post. In this method of application procurement, the candidates have to pay a fixed amount of fee in the form of demand draft. This mode of fee payment is also applicable to those who submit application through online method.