What is the educational requirement to be a Microbiologist?Discuss future prospects.

What education is required to work as a Microbiologist?

The education required to work as a microbiologist depends upon the position. To work as microbiologists you should have at least a bachelor’s degree in microbiology or in related science. After completing your diploma or an associate’s degree you can work in a medical laboratory. A higher degree in the course will allow you to work in higher positions with a higher pay package.

If you are interested in doing an independent research then you need to have at least a master’s degree in microbiology. For the academic positions you need to have a doctorate degree or a masters degree with NET qualified. As a part of the masters degree program you get an opportunity to do research either as part of an existing project, or on your own project. These projects give you detail information about the topics. Students can specialize in one or more areas among the various options present.

Does Microbiology have a bright future?

As a Microbiologist you have a very bright future. A golden opportunity is waiting for all the students who are taking Microbiology as their career. Some of the best scientific research jobs are in available in this field.

To have a bright future in this field, just studying microbiology is not sufficient and what are further required is to have a good thinking ability, new dimension to the education system, and different ways by which you can apply your knowledge of microbiology. Today a microbiologist can easily discover new diagnostic ways, new drugs with antibiotic sensitivity tests etc. After completing your degree you can open up your own clinical laboratory whether big or small, can have your dairy, pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural institutes and various other industries where you can use your knowledge of applied microbiology.