Every course has good scope for the right candidate it's all depends on your interest.

If we compare the scope with the core branches like CSE, ECE, Mechanical, Civil and IT then it has less scope in terms of job and placements.

If you want to persue this course you should try to get admission in top colleges to get placed with good packages.

Below are the top colleges for Biotechnology Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institutes of Technology, Guwahati

School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, Kerala

School of Chemical and Biotechnology, Sastra University, Thanjavur

Department of Biotechnology, SRM University, Tamil Nadu

GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi

To take admission in top government colleges you should appear in JEE (Main + Advanced). To take admission in IITs/NITs/IIITs and CFTIs you should have 75% marks in your boards exam or you should be in top 20 percentile. For SC/ST you should have 65% marks.

You should also appear in your state level exam to take admission in your state government colleges.

Fee structure varies from college to college. For IITs tuition fees is 2 lakh for general category students.

After, completing this course you can work as Research Scientist, Research Associate, Science Writer and Biotechnologist

Good Luck!!