Can I apply for admission in M.SC microbiology course offered by Department of Microbiology, University of Pune after passing BSC course ?

Yes you can get admission in M.SC microbiology course offered by Department of Microbiology, University of Pune .. here I am giving you information about required eligibility to apply for MSC microbiology course .
MSC microbiology :
You have to passed a B.Sc. degree with Microbiology as principal subject or
Microbiology as one of the subjects third year B.Sc. level for students with general B.Sc.

For admission you have to pass an entrance examination organized by college administration .

Nature of M.Sc. Entrance Examination :
Objective only
Number of Questions 50
Marks per question Two
Total Marks 100
Negative Marking -1 for each wrong answered question.

M.Sc. course syllabus :
PAPER I – INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY
1. Scope and Applications of Microbiology
2. Basic and applied aspects:
a. Medical Microbiology
b. Immunology
c. Soil and Agricultural Microbiology
d. Food and Dairy Microbiology
e. Geomicrobiology
f. Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology

II. 1. History of Microbiology
a. Discovery of microscope and Microbial world
• Early observations
• Micrographia of Anton von Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke
b. Controversy over Abiogenesis
• Aristotle’s notion about spontaneous generation
• Redi’s experiment
• Louis Pasteur’s & Tyndall’s experiment

2. Development of Microbiology in 19th century & Last two Decades
a. Discovery of Microbial role in transformation of organic matter.
• Germ theory of fermentation
• Discovery of anaerobic life & physiological significance of
fermentation

b. Discovery of microbial role in causation of disease
• Surgical antisepsis
• Germ theory of disease – Koch’s postulates & River’s
postulates

3. Developments in 20th century in:
• Vaccination
• Chemotherapy
• Modern Immunology
• Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

pune university Msc microbiology syllabus