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Colleges offering bsc in astrophysics


SAURABH KALITA 8th Jan, 2019
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Sumedha Saxena 25th Feb, 2019

Hello SAURABH KALITA,


  • A Bachelor's in Aestrphysics aims on making a student capable of studying the celestial bodies and their physical and chemical properties. Along with it, the course also explains about the natural phenomena occuring in the universe. 
  • Specializations in an aestrophysics course are electromagnetism, thermodynamics, newtonian dynamics, optics, waves, modern physics, nuclear physics, atomic physics, quantum physics, solid state physics, fluid mechanics, relativity etc.
  • The course is a three year full time undergraduate programme. Most of the colleges follow the semester system. 
  • Basic eligibility is completion of 12th with physics, chemistry and mathematics. Along with this the institute level examinations and personal interview results determin a canditates eligibility.


Universities for B.Sc. in aestrophysics are:

  • Osmania University, Hyderabad
  • Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam
  • Punjabi University, Punjab
  • IIT Bombay, Mumbai
  • Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
  • IIT Madras, Chennai
  • IIT Delhi, New Delhi
  • IIT Kanpur
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
  • Delhi University
  • IIT Kharagpur
  • Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandum
  • Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata
  • Savtribai Phule Pune University - Department of Atmospheric and Space Science, Pune
  • Cochin Institute of Science and Technology - Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin
  • IISER, Bhopal
  • IISER, Kolkata
  • IISER, Pune

Some of the universities need you to appear for GATE and JEST examinations.


Career Prospects after completing graduation in aestrophysics:

  • As a beginner you can work as a researcher on one of the existing research project. It will be hard to start you own research as being a beginner you will not get a lot of sponsors.
  • You have an option of studying further. You can do your M.Sc. and Ph.D. The more you study the better will be your chances at research and securing better jobs.
  • Most of the astronomers are under the employment of the federal government or under federally supported laboratories.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Naval Research Lobaratory (NRL), Niels Bohr Institute, Naval Observatory, Space Telescope Science Institute, Nicolaus Copernicus are global organisations which recruit research scientists.
  • The positions which you get hired for are observational astronomers, researcher, theoretical astrophysicists, solar astronomer, stellar astronomers, research assistants, technicians etc.


All the best!

I hope this helps!

Do revert back in case of any doubts.

Kumud Sahni 8th Jan, 2019

Hello Saurabh,

Here are some of the colleges offering the bachelor's degree in Astrophysics:

  • Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.
  • JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
  • Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune.
  • Osmania University.

Good Luck!

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