Career Options for Science Students other than Engineering and Medical

 

By Umang Rajpurohit

As a science student you are always confused(mostly), about which career you should choose or what you should do in your life. But, alike everybody you have that only fields in your mind that are Engineering and becoming doctor but not everyone want to get into these two fields and want to do something other than this but don't know what should be done ? Therefore in this blog you will get career options that are not so popular and very less talked about. 

Don't ever think of how you going to become something big, think big take action and one day you will be there. Given below career options may look new to you and but as you will read more and more them you will get clarity about these options.

1. Agriculture Science

 

Agriculture science is an academic discipline involving the study of various scientific and technical related to agriculture dairy farming and farm management. By doing bachelor's or master's degree in agriculture science you can secure high-paid jobs in private and public sectors. Agriculture science uses technologies for crop cultivation, soil cultivation, animal production and processing of animal and plant products for processing.

You can further work as Agriculture officers, production managers farm manager. You can also work in the fields of animal science, plant science, food science, soil science, horticulture, greenhouse and landscape management, agriculture finance and accounting and many more fields of agriculture science.

Branches of Agriculture in India:

(i) Livestock Production

(ii) Crop Production

(iii) Plant Pathology

(iv) Horticulture

(v) Food and beverages service

(vi) Dairy Technology

Courses: Bsc in Agriculture

                B.A in Agriculture

                M.A in Agriculture 

                Msc in Agriculture

Colleges:  1. Tamil Nadu Agricultural

                    University

                   2. Acharya NG Ranga

                    Agricultural University

                   3. Punjab Agricultural

                     University

                 4. Mahatma Phule Krishi

                      Vidyapeeth

                 5. Junagadh Agricultural

                      University

2. Architect

If you are someone who is good with designs or you are creative good with creating new designs. Architect is someone who design complex designs of  building, malls, highway construction etc. Architecture profession is ever changing and evolving. The job of an architect is to work with client to get the objectives and requirement of their designs. Architect can learn the process of learning to design, to create structure and apply their innovative skills.

Jobs for Architect:

1. Construction Manager

2. Landscape Architect

3. Architectural Manager

4. Interior Designers

Courses: Bachelor's in Agriculture,

                Master's in Agriculture,

                Phd. in Architecture

Colleges: 1. Jamia Millia Islamia

                     University

                   2. National Institute of 

                    Technology

                  3. CEPT University

                  4. Anna University

3. Actuary

If you are someone who is too good with numbers then, you should know about this career 

option. The major responsibility of an expert in the actuary field is to anlayse the financial 

costs of risk and uncertainity. According to USA, Bureau of Labour Statistics(BLS), the actuary field's growth will be at least 26%. 

Actuaries are required for diverse jobs. But, you have to study alot and have to give your all to get into this field.

Courses: B.sc in Actuarial Science,

               PG diploma in Actuarial

               Science,

               M.sc in Actuarial Science, 

               MBA in Actuarial Science 

Colleges:1. Christ University

                 2. Kerala University

                 3. Chandigarh University

                 4. Amity University

                 5. Patna University

4. Pilot

Pilot, sounds good but you will have to put your all to get into this profession. Pilots are the backbone of aviation industry. Pilots are proffesionals who operate the aircraft and manage and maintain internal system of aircraft. Pilots have more jobs roles other than mentioned above. You have understand the broad classification of pilots, work and designations there are commercial pilots, military pilots and private pilots.

You can work in Airline Industries, Indian Armed forces, Indian Navy, Indian Air force, 

Transportation and logistic companies and many more.

Courses: B.sc in Aviation

                B.E in Aerospace Engineering

                M.sc in Aviation 

                M.E in Aerospace Engineering

Colleges: 1. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya

                     Uran Akademy

                 2. Institute of Aviation and 

                     Aviation Safety, Mumbai

              3. Orient Flight School,

                      Chennai

                 4. Government Flying School,

                      Lucknow

                 5. Government Aviation

                     Training Institute

5. Zoologist

A Zoologist is a professional who studies about a variety of animals species their behaviour, evolution. They are responsible to improve quality of life of the animal kingdom, preserve and protect them from every kind of threat. Zoologist is a career for candidates who studies zoology. If you are someone who loves animals and if the animal kingdom and wildlife excites you then you should consider this as your career(take a dig about this).

A Zoologist is a professional who can work as Animal control officer, Marine biologist and can work in forest department, Marine industry and Research and development.

Courses:B.sc in Zoology 

               B.A in Medical 

                Sciences/biosciences

Colleges:1. Delhi University 

                2. Calcutta University

                3. Fergusson College

                4. Chandigarh University

                5. Lovely professional 

                    University

 

6. Astronomer

Finally, a career option for the lover of stars, planets, galaxy and this universe. Astronomy is the branch of physics that contract with the study of celestial objects like the stars, planets and the enormous galaxies. It goes to the study of particles and objects exterior to the atmosphere of earth and their chemical and physical properties. Astronomers works and understands how this universe works from the aspect of solar system, Evolution of stars, planets and universe is part of their study.

You will discover things that nobody have ever think or dreamt of isn't it amazing ?

 Courses: B.sc in Astronomy

                 B.sc in Astrophysics

                 M.sc in Astronomy

                Phd. Degree is compulsory   

Colleges: 1. Indian Institute of 

                      Astronomy

                 2. Indian Institute of Science

                 3. Indian Institute of

                     Technology, Indore 

                 4. National Centre of Radio

                     Astrophysics,(Pune)

                 5. Delhi University

7. Dietitian or Nutritionist 

You may say that the title is career options other than Medical but Nutrionist and dietitian are also doctors but, nutritionist or dietitian work is not that complex as the one with the surgerical work or any type of specialisation of body part. Someone who loves reading and studying about health and Nutrition. Nutrition is a science that investigate look into the anabolic and bodily reaction of body to food and a particular diet. Nutrionist or dietitian is someone who have a understanding of relationship between diet, health and diseases allows them to teach and do counselling of people on diet and good eating habits.

Keep in mind Nutrionist and dietitian are different, their work is different. They work as Nutrition work for the patients of diabetes, obese people and plenty of other jobs.

Courses: B.sc in Nutrition and  

                dietetics, 

                B.sc in Clinical nutrition

                and diatetics,

                Diploma in diet Assistant, 

                Diploma in nutrion and

                 dietitics

Colleges:1. Institute of Home

                  Economics(Delhi)

                 2. St.teresa college

                 3. J.D Birla Institute

                 4. All India Institute of

           Hygiene and Public health

                 5. Maharishi Markandeshwar

                   University

 

8. Multimedia Artist or Animator

Love animation or graphics then this is career option is for you. Multimedia arists and animator use computers to create 2D and 3D images, visual computer games, videos and movies. This profession includes developing storyboards, editing and animation and developing storyboards for use in multimedia productions. Only downside to this work is that you have to finish your work before the given deadlines.

The motion picture industry and film industry are very big industries. As a animator you can also work as a freelancer. Because when you have the required skill every person or company will want to hire you.

Courses: B.sc in Animation and 

                 Multimedia 

                B.sc in VFX and Animation

                B.sc in Multimedia, 

                Animation and Graphics

Colleges: 1. Amity University

                 2. MGR Govt. film and

                   television institute 

                 3. Veda Animation college

                 4. Vellore Institute of

                    Technology

                 5. National Institution of

                    Design 

                

9. Remote Sensing or Technologist 

 

   

Remote Sensing demands gathering information about the places or pieces on the surface of the earth from a place. Remote sensing experts contribute to the scientists by creating and collecting data of remote sensing. They determine best techniques, to complete a project or mission. They build maps of large areas, plan and participate in the development. 

Preparing images, building large-scale photos of areas, graphic reports, charts for internal and external stakeholders.

Courses: B.sc in Remote sensing

                B.Tech in Remote sensing

Colleges: 1. Indian Institution of 

                    Technology

                 2. Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi

                 3. Andhra university college

                   of Engineering 

                 4. SRM University, Chennai

                 5. Banaras Hindu University,

                     Varanasi

10. Cartographer

Cartography is the study and implementation of creating and making maps. Jobs in this field are likely to be excellent due to the increasing use of maps in government planning. According to some estimate, growth in this job will grow above 29%. This field can get you into military forces, technology companies, government agencies and research institutes.

This career option is very less talked about in India. You will require good computer skills, sketching skill, photography skills.

Courses: Certification in Cartography,

                Diploma in Geoinformatics,

                B.Tech in Geoinformatics 

Colleges: 1. Indian Institute of 

                    surveying and mapping,

                   Hyderabad

                2. MS University, Vadodara 

                3. Osmania University,

                    Hyderabad

                4. Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi

                5. North Orissa University, 

                    Baripada

I  hope this information was helpful for you i know choosing your goal or what you want to do in life is not easy(or may be it is). Go through all the options, pick the options you liked the most or you find interesting.Let's for example take out of this 10 options you liked 3 options and want to do something in those options. Read more about them, get your self a mental clarity and choose one and start exploring that field. 

That is it from my side, if you liked this blog do comment. If you don't liked something about this blog or want to correct something you can comment down below.

Thank you

About Me

               Umang is a student of geography pursuing bachelor's in geography  who enjoys indulging his passion including reading geography  books and writing  geography articles. This blog is about 10 most cutest animals in the animal kingdom. My goal is to make every post valuable and something I'd want to read. Its mostly a Educational blog, meant to inspire. You can find my videos on youtube  (there's a link in the upper right to jump to them) but posts are almost about geography .Other than writing blog on geography i also do Instagram Enjoy! Umang