Jamia Hamdard To Offer MSc Virology course

Interested candidates can apply for the new masters program for the academic year 2021-22. The application deadline is September 15^th and the course duration is 2 years. Jamia has invited candidates with a bachelor's degree in science or related specialisations like Microbiology, Bioscience/Life Science, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, chemistry or BVSc or BSc medical laboratory technology or B Tech in biotechnology, MBBS, or any other related subject from a recognised university/institute with at least 50 per cent marks or equivalent grades. Interested candidates can apply on jamiahamdard.edu.

The course structure has been designed to provide the students with hands-on training in the latest technologies, while inculcating strong theoretical knowledge of the subject matter. The course aims at creating professionals who are competent and confident in the area of Virology, its research methodology and practical application. The students will be trained for design of project, experimental design, execution of the experiments, data collection, data analysis and publication through dissertation in a research lab or industry. This has been in view of the recent spikes in viral epidemics, the most prominent among them being the global COVID-19 pandemic of course.

"To combat the endemics like Nipah, zika, MERS, SARS-CoV and to have a rapid response against emergency situations, well-trained experts and laboratories with sufficient infrastructure in the field of virology are need of the hour. Since, our country lacks such courses to handle viral diseases, Jamia Hamdard has started this new course in MSc Virology," Vice-Chancellor Jamia Hamdard Prof M Afshar Alam told The Indian Express.