For any students of health and bioscience any time is an apt time to grow leaps and bounds with talent and perseverance. In Kolkata there are several institutes of biotechnology, which offer undergraduate and post graduate training to the students. Starting from the University of Kolkata to the Heritage Institute of Technology students in Kolkata get an ample chance to explore the world of biotechnology.

Careers in Biotechnology: After completing your education in biotechnology, you can get involved in research projects and become a scientist in the future if you have the wish and the desire. You also have the choice to take up quality control as your career or clinical research. You can also go into regulatory affairs, manufacturing and production, information systems and administration.

For all this the first step for the students in Kolkata is to choose the correct institution of biotechnology in Kolkata.

Here is some information that can be of great help for the students opting to take up biotechnology as their course of study for higher education.

1. Department of Biotechnology / Bioinformatics
   West Bengal University of Technology
   BF 142 Sector I Salt Lake Kolkata 700 064 India
   Phone: +91 33 2321 0731/ 1327/ 2334 1014/ 21/ 25/ 28/ 31
   Fax: +91 33 2334 1030
   E-mail: utechbiotechbioinfo@utechbiotech.org
   Website: www.utechbiotech.org
   Course:
   M.Tech. in Biotechnology
   
   
2. Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya (affiliated to the University of Calcutta)
   No. 208/B/2, Dum Dum Road,
   Kolkata -700074, West Bengal
   Courses: BE/BTech, Mtech. Biotechnology
   
   
3. Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT)
   Chowbaga Road, Anandapur,
   East Kolkata Township, Kolkata -700107, West Bengal
   Telephone: 033-24430454, 24430456, 24430457, Fax: 033-24430455
   Courses: B.Tech, M.Tech
   
   
4. University of Kolkata,
   Kolkata - 700073, West Bengal
   Course: Mtech. Biotechnology
   
   
5. Jadavpur University,
   PO Jadavpur University, Kolkata West Bengal
   Course: Mtech. BiotechnologyBose University,
   Kolkata West Bengal
   Courses: Post-Doctoral Research
   
   
6. Institute of Genetic Engineering
   Affiliated to: West Bengal University
   30, Thakurhat Road Badu
   Kolkata - 700128
   West Bengal
   Course: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Bio Technology,
   Genetic Engineering, Microbiology, Molecular Biology