Home Science is the combination of art and science related facts in home management. The main intention of the subject is to build up a society with strong and fair homely life. The higher studies in home science improve the skills and scientific knowledge of individuals in maintaining the welfare of family life. These skills are not restricted to the activities in one’s own house but it may enable graduates to obtain a challenging profession in house keeping. Post graduation in Home Science opens a wide range of opportunities to skilled candidates both in India as well as abroad.

Career in Private sector after M. Sc in Home Science

Private sector offers a lot of job opportunities to Home Science graduates in Production, Research, Sales, Services, Teaching, Technical section and so on. They can find job options in food preservation, variety cooking, hotels and food industry. Other openings in textile business, dress-making, and fashion designing also awaits Home Science graduates. The job profile of research jobs includes creating awareness about the nutritional value of certain food items, among people of rural areas. Another area where these graduates can find ample job opportunities is in sales and marketing of food products. Those candidates with NET qualification can find jobs as lecturer in Colleges offering courses in Home Science. Moreover they can work in manufacturing industries as research assistants. Due to high qualification the demand of the aspirants to get placed in reputed organizations also increases.

Career in Public sector after M. Sc in Home Science

Apart from private sector, public sector also offers lot of opportunities to postgraduates in Home Science. They can get into various vacancies arising in government departments through competitive exams conducted by government. They can obtain jobs as Scientist in research and development labs operating on food preservation activities. Other career options such as Research Assistant in Universities, Food Technologist and Consultant dieticians also await M. Sc Home Science graduates. All these jobs in government sector offer job security along with better remuneration packages to employees.

Career Abroad after M. Sc in Home Science

Those candidates who desire to work overseas after education can consider Home Science as a good option. Job opportunities in international organizations operating on food preserving industries, Research and development labs, Catering and other manufacturing sectors are quite high when compared with that in India. Apart from this, they can get in to high reputed jobs such as Research Scientist in laboratories outside India. It is possible for M.Sc home Science students to earn better compensation packages for these posts when compared with the pay packages available in India.