Dear Aspirant ,

The Medical Laboratory Technology course comes under B.Sc . It is a 3 year UG programme and to be eligible to pursue it you must have physics , biology, chemistry ,Zoology, mathematics and botany in your 11th and 12th standard .

The basic purpose to study MLT is to be trained about various techniques that are required and important for detecting diseases in the body . Students are trained to use every medical equipment like MRI machine , XRay machines etc and prepare medical reports based on the observation which are then given to the doctors to assess the patient's ailment.

The scope for this very wide and MLT graduates and Postgraduate are in high demand in India . You can get jobs both in government and private sectors . You would have plenty of oppurtunities depending upon your specialisation such as MRI Technician ,pathology technician , XRay Technologist etc .

There are a lot of emerging trends that would further give rise to more oppurtunities and jobs such as-

1.Laboratory Automation

2.Laboratory Measurement and Testing Technology

3.IT for better services

Some of the popular colleges and universities that offer this course are-

1.LPU Jalandhar (fee-Rs3.3 lakhs)

2. JIPMER Puducherry(fee-Rs18280)

3. Chandigarh University (fee-Rs420000)

For more detailed information please visit the following link - https://www.careers360.com/courses/medical-laboratory-technology-course