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RE: I want to become a professor of Microbiology. What is the eligibility criteria for that?

Ajit sankar Mallik
Ajit sankar Mallik
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Hello,

Your query sounds straight and interesting. I'd like to know the "why" factor (as why you want to be a professor in Microbiology) and this can easily lead to "how" to be one.
There are basically two ways to be a professor in microbiology:

First way: Clinical path
This can be called "clinical microbiology"way and it is definitely an interesting and rewarding journey. This should be taken by those, who are interested in human medicine, treatment and their thorough understanding in addition to microbiology. In this path, you go on to class 12 with Science (Biology), then get into MBBS (5.5 years course). During MBBS, you will get to learn about some important nonclinical streams such as Microbiology, Pharmacology etc. These are taught in the initial years of MBBS curriculum. Once you are done with your MBBS, you can pursue further to do a post graduation course in MIcrobiology and then you can apply to be a faculty. With time and your performance, you can end up becoming a professor in microbiology.

Second way: Classical
In this way, soon after class 12, you can opt to go along BSc (2-3 years), then MSc (1-2 years) and then a PhD (3-5 years).
In this path you may need a longer career route, but then you are specializing only on Microbiology from an early time point (at BSc level).

First way vs Second way:

1) In the 1st way, you are a medical doctor and you can treat patients if you wish plus you can be more comfortable with direct patient handling. This is not the case in "second path"

2) In the "First path", you can be more comfortable with clinical research as you are also trainied with clinical medicine during MBBS
In the second path, you will have more exposure to research as such but for clinical research, you need to tie up with a group/ person, who is a doctor, clinical obligations.

3) In both ways, you need a substantial amount of time, dedication and hard work.
Both ways involve difficult screening methods (Entrance examnations) almost at every level (MBBS, BSc, MSc)

4) To take either ways, you need to have good grades to qualify for the cut off eligibility for the entrance examinations plus good publication record at or beyond the level of MSc, i.e. you need to have research articles published to your credit. Post PhD, your publication record becomes a measurable yard stick for next levels in your career.

Hope it helps. Get back to us, if you need any clarifications.

Cheers!
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