• Four-year, semester-based science program under Tribhuvan University focusing on microorganisms and their applications.
• Offered by ~26 colleges; ~700 students graduate each year.
• Covers medical, environmental, industrial, agricultural, and food microbiology.

• Study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, and microbial interactions.
• Integrates theory + lab-based practicals across biotechnology, genetics, immunology, and biochemistry.
• Strong focus on diagnostics, food safety, public health, environmental management, and industrial microbiology.
• Students specialize only at master’s level; bachelor’s covers all microbiology branches.
• Includes extensive lab work, research skills, epidemiology basics, and community-level outbreak investigation.

Curricular Structure (Concise Points)

Subject Combination Options

• Microbiology + Botany + Chemistry
• Microbiology + Chemistry + Zoology

Year-wise Course Outline

First Year – General Microbiology (MB 101)

• History, classification, scope
• Bacterial morphology, growth
• Microbial physiology & metabolism
• Genetics, microscopy, sterilization
• Virology, parasitology, mycology
• Host–pathogen interaction

Second Year – Microbiology II (MB 201)

• Biochemistry of cells
• Biomolecules
• Metabolism & genetics
• Biotechnology fundamentals
• Fermentation & enzyme technology
• Agricultural & dairy microbiology
• Genetic engineering basics

Third Year

A) Molecular Cell Biology (MB 301)
• Cell structure, membranes, signaling
• Cytoskeleton, transport, cell cycle

B) Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Quality Management (MB 303 – Elective)
• Antimicrobials, spoilage, QA/QC

C) Bioinformatics (MB 304 – Elective)
• Databases, sequence analysis, phylogeny

Fourth Year

Environment & Public Health Microbiology (MB 401)
• Soil microbes, ecology, biogeochemical cycles
• Bioremediation, food microbiology, preservation

Agriculture & Food Microbiology Practical (MB 402)
• Soil microbes, dairy product tests, food contamination

Medical & Public Health Microbiology (MB 403)
• Immunity, water testing, air quality, clinical pathogens, viruses, fungi, parasites

Medical & Public Health Microbiology Practical (MB 404)
• Staining, culture, biochemical tests, AST, specimen handling

Methods in Microbiology – Applied (MB 405)
• Diagnostics, serology, water tests, molecular tests, food microbiology

Bioinstrumentation (MB 407)
• Microscopy, chromatography, spectroscopy, molecular instrumentation

Salient Features

• Four-year program with strong laboratory orientation.
• Study of medical, environmental, industrial, food, agricultural, and public health microbiology.
• Compulsory practicals in all semesters.
• Research projects, field visits, and extensive lab-based coursework.
• Wide application in healthcare, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, biotech, food industries, and research labs.
• Increasing demand in public health and epidemic surveillance.

Eligibility

• Completed 10+2 or equivalent with Biological group.
• Minimum C grade in all subjects (NEB).
• Must qualify TU BSc Entrance Exam.

Admission Criteria

• Pass BSc entrance conducted by TU.
• Merit-based admission ranking.
• College cut-off varies, especially for competitive campuses (ASCOL, St. Xavier's, NIST, PK).

Job Prospects (Points)

• Hospital laboratory technologist
• Diagnostic lab technician
• Pharmaceutical microbiology assistant
• Vaccine production assistant
• Food and dairy quality controller
• Brewing and fermentation assistant
• Research assistant (public health / biomedical labs)
• Water testing / environmental lab technician
• Wastewater treatment support staff
• NGO/INGO public health assistant
• Infection prevention and control (IPC) support
• Outbreak investigation assistant
• Biotech company junior researcher
• Agriculture and soil microbiology assistant

Prospect Careers (Points)

• Medical Microbiologist
• Clinical Laboratory Scientist
• Industrial/Food Microbiologist
• Research Scientist
• QC/QA Officer (Pharmaceuticals & Food Industry)
• Public Health Microbiologist
• Epidemiology Technician
• Environmental Microbiologist
• Biotechnologist
• Academic Faculty / Lab Instructor