Candidates who have completed their B.Sc. degree from any reputed college or university in any of the following subjects with minimum 50% marks in aggregate, are eligible to apply for the course in colleges like Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur. The subjects are:

Botany, biochemistry, biotechnology, life science, microbiology and zoology.