Central University of Kashmir M.Sc Fees Structure 2025 & Admission Process, Srinagar

As the Campus offers a number of integrated Programs, I opted for Integrated BSc MSc zoology, which has course duration of 5 years. In the science stream, the campus offers 5-year integrated courses in Zoology, Biotechnology, Physics, Mathematics. From the current year, the campus offers courses in Botany as well as Chemistry. I was able to join the course after I cleared the CUCET in 2017 and got enrolled in the program. In order to be eligible for this exam, you need to have a minimum of 50% marks in 10+2 from a recognized board. For my course, I had to pass the CUCET, which has a maximum of 100 questions. There is an equal distribution of these marks related to subjects as you get 25 questions from Physics, 25 from chemistry, 25 from Biology and 25 from General Knowledge and Aptitude. After the test, 70 Percent weightage is given to CUCET score and 30 percent to 12th marks. Zoology is among the subjects that observe the highest cutoffs every year when compared to other subjects.

I joined this course because it is one of the courses that have a good scope in India when compared to biotechnology. Many students got admitted in this course because there were not many options that time. It is quite tough to get admission in this course when compared to other courses. When you enter the field of zoology, you have a number of options to go into when it comes to earning a livelihood. You can go into the teaching profession, research, agriculture, fisheries, apiculture, sericulture, etc. as all these subjects are a part of course. Other subjects that are offered in the course are quite valuable and useful when it comes to learning and preparing for UGC NET exams except that the botany was not available that time which I feel was a great limitation of the course. Thus, studying a wide range of subjects in this 5 year course is surely helpful as you have a lot of options to enter into after your BSc or MSc. Other courses that I have read in my course like aquaculture, Pisciculture, organic farming, Vermicomposting make you worth to go into any field that you wish, which ultimately increases the chances of one getting a job. Further, the university offers us tours as a part of curriculum which is quite useful. It exposes the student to the current happenings, relevant issues, new technologies and many other things.