Top PhD Universities in India for Pursuing PhD in Bioscience

Biosciences is a field which is riddled with a plethora of unanswered questions. Would you like to be the one who provides answers to these questions? Yes?

Then a PhD in Biosciences would be the perfect path for you. Apart from being one of the most celebrated degrees, a PhD degree also puts you in a position to contribute to society by solving some of science’s biggest mysteries.

The past few years have seen great progress in India’s contribution to the field of biosciences. Research groups place in several universities across the country have been striving to improve India’s research output.

Given this, now would be a perfect time to decide to pursue a PhD program in Biosciences in India. Let us have a look at some of the top premier institutes in India which offer a PhD in Biosciences.

The grid below is a comprehensive list of the top 25 PhD universities in India which offer a PhD in Biosciences.

Figure: A list of the top 25 institutes offering a PhD in India.

Every year, Times Higher Education compiles a ranking for the top universities in each field of study. According to this ranking, the top 15 PhD universities in India for pursuing a PhD in biosciences and life sciences are as follows:

Ranking	Name of the Institute
1	Indian Institute of Science
2	Banaras Hindu University
3	IIT Madras
4	IIT Guwahati
5	IIT Roorkee
6	Pondicherry University
7	Aligarh Muslim University
8	BITS Pilani
9	Jamia Millia Islamia
10	Annamalai University
11	Osmania University
12	VIT University
13	University of Delhi
14	Amity University
15	University of Mysore

Table: Top 15 PhD universities in India offering a PhD in Biosciences. Rankings compiled by Times Higher Education.

Each of these PhD universities are home to research groups of diverse fields of biosciences such as – Cell Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Biology, Disease Biology, Cancer Biology, Evolutionary biology, and several such thrust areas.

Let’s have a look at the top 5 universities, explore their research and find out what it takes to get an admission into these universities.

1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

IISc Bangalore was established in 1909 and has been a major contributor in placing India on the global map of research.

IISC Bangalore	Location	Major Thrust areas	Admission requirements
Bangalore, Karnataka	Neuroscience, Infectious disease, DNA repair, Structural Biology, Oncology, Enzymology, Reproductive and Developmental Biology, etc.	Bachelor or Master’s degree in the relevant field with valid GATE or NET scores.

2. Banaras Hindu University

Banaras Hindu University	Location	Major Thrust areas	Admission requirements
Banaras, Uttar Pradesh	Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Immunotherapy of Cancer, Microbiology of Infectious diseases, Enzyme based diagnosis, Molecular markers in gene tagging, Germplasm conservation.	Bachelor or Master’s degree in the relevant field along with qualification of the Research Entrance Test organized by the institute.

3. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

IIT Madras	Location	Major Thrust areas	Admission requirements
Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Molecular oncology, cancer immunotherapy, stem cell biology, HIV pathogenesis, biofuels, nanoparticles, etc.	Bachelor or Master’s degree in the relevant field along with qualification of the entrance exams organized by the institute.

4. IIT Guwahati

IIT Guwahati	Location	Major Thrust areas	Admission requirements
Guwahati, Assam	Bioengineering, Biomaterial and tissue engineering, bioprocess development, cancer biology, computational biology, stem cell engineering, and regenerative medicine, etc.	Bachelor or Master’s degree in the relevant field.

5. IIT Roorkee

IIT Roorkee	Location	Major Thrust areas	Admission requirements
Roorkee, Uttarakhand	Protein Biochemistry, Plant metabolomics, Animal physiology, nanobiotechnology, molecular microbiology, etc.	Bachelor or Master’s degree in the relevant field.

As education in India makes steady progress, research is taking centre-stage. Leading research groups are focussing on answering some of the most pressing global research problems.

The country also needs its young minds to train and learn so that in the coming years, they may shoulder the responsibility of research. Funds for PhD programs are increasing and even more, universities are making resources available for PhD programs.

If you think you have it in you to enter a world of science, enroll in a PhD program and prepare to enter a world of path-breaking research!