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Sir, I have completed my 12th with PCM as my opted subjects can I seek my career as an environmentalist?

Sir, being an environmentalist is like a dream come true but I have completed my 12th with PCM so I am a little bit puzzled about it. In one of the search engines I hv read the eligibility according to which I must have PCB in class 12th to do BSc in environmental science. So I wanted to know that is it necessary to have PCB or can I go for it with PCM also. If I can still do BSc(environmental science),can you suggest me the best colleges for it with the eligibility criteria and the pathway to reach there. I would be very thankful to you. Thank you.


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RE: Sir, I have completed my 12th with PCM as my opted subjects can I seek my career as an environmentalist?

Dr Aparna
Dr Aparna
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PhD Organizational Psychology
  • Hosur

Hello


Thank you for choosing Mera career guide and writing to us. I appreciate your interest in Environmental science. Having you studied PCM, you may not qualify to apply for a BSc Environmental engineering and yes you are right, Biology is an important subject to study Environmental engineering. The reason is because as a part of this environmental engineering degree, you will be studying about bio diversity and that includes plants, microbes on water, land or air. You will also learn about conserving endangered species and for all this you will need a very well understanding of Biology. However the good news for you is that though you are not qualified to be considered for a BSc Environmental science degree there are colleges that accept students with a non-bio background for a BTech in Environmental engineering degree.
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Not all colleges demand Biology as a mandatory subject for this BTech degree and you will be highly qualified if you have studied maths, chemistry and biology. Please be aware that most of the colleges demand two compulsory subjects at 12th level and they are Maths and Physics and most of the colleges give Chemistry and biology as exemption. The college syllabus and admission requirements varies from one to another and therefore you should individually check on each college admission eligibility requirements. Else you can also study BE/ BTech Civil engineering and specialise in environmental engineering at Bachelors level and can study a fully fledged MTech Environmental engineering at masters level.

Some of the top colleges that offer BTech and MTech environmental engineering are:
IIT Bombay
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kanpur
Delhi college of engineering DCE
PES College of engineering Mandya
Vidya Vardhika college of engineering Mysore
Sri Jayachamarajendra college of engineering Mysore
LD college of engineering Ahmedabad
Kolhapur institute of technology, Shivaji university, Kolhapur

Apart from this, some other colleges offering the degree are
AKS University Madhya Pradesh
Aryabhatta knowledge university Bihar
Cochin university of science and technology
Gautam Buddha technical university Lucknow
Government engineering college Gujarat
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha university Dwarka Delhi
Hindustan college of engineering and technology Mathura Uttar pradesh
Indian school of mines
Institute of engineering and technology Uttar pradesh
Tamil nadu agricultural university
Visveswaraya technological university Bangalore

Hope this helps. All the best.
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