1.  M. Sc (Botany): Currently, the Department offers a two-year M. Sc program, in a semester-system mode, under a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS). The department admits 100 students to its M.Sc program and admission is as per the University policy.

  2. The registration process for Two-Year Postgraduate Programmes of University of Delhi for the Academic Session 2026-27 has commenced from Saturday May 16, 2026. Kindly find below the URLs:

    (a) The Bulletin of Information (BoI): https://admission.uod.ac.in/2025/userfiles/downloads/2025/23122025_Bulletin-of-Information-Two-Year_PG_compressed.pdf

    (b) Common Seat Allocation System Postgraduate (CSAS) (PG)2026: https://admission.uod.ac.in/userfiles/downloads/2026/15052026_PG-CSAS.pdf

    (c)    Registration link is : https://pgadmission.uod.ac.in/

The current course-structure comprises of the following core papers (Semester I-III) and Elective papers (Semester IV) that are offered. Details of the course-content is available here.

 

Course (Credits : Theory + Practical)

Course (Credits : Theory + Practical)

Course (Credits : Theory + Practical)

Semester I

Semester II

Semester III

Physiology and Biochemistry (4+2)

Evolutionary Biology (4+2)

Principles of Ecology and Environmental Science (4+2)

Microbiology and Phycology (4+2)

Developmental Biology of Plants (4+2)

Plant Biotechnology and Resource Utilization (4+2)

Biology of bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms (4+2)

Recombinant DNA Technology and Proteomics (4+2)

Genetics and Cytogenetics (4+2)

Plant Systematics (4+2)

Pathogens and Pests of Crop Plants (4+2)

Cell and Molecular Biology (4+2)

Total credits=24

Total credits=24

Total credits=24

 

Semester IV (Students to select a combination of four elective courses OR three elective courses + dissertation*)
  1. Cell and Developmental Biology (4+2) 

10. Agricultural Ecology (4+2)
  1. Microbial Technology (4+2)

11. Molecular Interactions of Plants with Symbionts, Pathogens and Pests (4+2)
  1. Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biostatistics (4+2)

12. Immunology (4+2)
  1. Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Breeding (4+2)

13. Advances in Archegoniatae (4+2)
  1. Algae, Environment and Human Welfare (4+2)

14. In Vitro Technologies and Industrial Applications (4+2)
  1. Genomics and Proteomics (4+2)

15. Advanced Plant Systematics (4+2)
  1. Topics in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (4+2)

16. Advanced Evolutionary Biology (4+2)
  1. Landscape Ecology (4+2)

17. Dissertation* (4+2)
  1. Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants (4+2)