Fees
Fees at Delhi University for the Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] in Life Sciences program are approximately INR 16,000 to INR 19,000 per year. The cost structure includes tuition fees, laboratory expenses, and additional academic expenses. Examination fees are around INR 1,400 each semester. Financial assistance is available through various scholarships such as the Inspire Scholarship, the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), the Vidya Basheshar Nath Taneja Scholarship, and the Raj Kumar Jolly Scholarship.
Scholarships are awarded based on merit and family income criteria. While on-campus job opportunities are limited, the university provides laptops to students who cannot afford them, ensuring support for academic success.
Eligibility
Entry to this M.Sc generally requires a Bachelor of Science degree in the same or a closely related subject from a recognised university, with the minimum marks needed for consideration set by the university and revisited each year. Admission to Delhi University postgraduate science programmes usually runs through a centralised process that weighs the qualifying degree along with any entrance component the university prescribes for that subject, followed by counselling rounds. Because the entrance route, the qualifying criteria and the minimum eligible percentage can all change from one admission cycle to the next, applicants should check the official bulletin published for the year they intend to join rather than a previous one.
About Master of Science [M.Sc]
The Master of Science programme at Miranda House, a constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, is a postgraduate course for students who already hold a Bachelor of Science degree and want to study a chosen science discipline in greater depth than the undergraduate syllabus allows. Coursework typically moves through advanced theory papers, laboratory-intensive practicals and a research component or dissertation carried out under faculty supervision, usually concentrated in the later part of the programme, with the exact subjects on offer depending on the department. Seminars, literature review and data-analysis work sit alongside taught courses, and assessment leans more heavily on practical and project work than an undergraduate degree typically does. The programme suits science graduates aiming at research careers, doctoral study, teaching at the school or college level, or specialised technical roles in laboratories and science-based industries that expect postgraduate depth in a specific subject. Sanctioned intake for this M.Sc is divided across categories and quotas set by the University of Delhi, and the category-wise seat matrix is published in the university's admission bulletin for that session, reissued each year, so applicants should read the current version rather than assume an earlier year's numbers still apply.
