jideomowunmi:
Wa is d diff....

giftforlife9:
Am good at both i just dont know which one to choose, please guys which one has more job opportunity in nigeria, and which one will put more money in someones pocket?
And if i finish my nd, assuming i want to use direct entry into university, can i go for medicine?

hod898:
Go for what your heart desires. I suggest you meet a carrier consultant, but in my humble opinion you can go for an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and then Master in Microbiology. Job prospects depend on you.

2fine2fast:
Microbilogy is better. You have a lot of options after graduation, food microbilogy is one very applicable branch of mcb at least in Naija. In mcb you work with things that you can see and touch. Studying Bch in Naija is simply wack, it is simply that a "CRAMMING TRAINING", and it is like that in almost all schools. It is so stressful and it is not worth the wahala. In Nigeria, a microbiologist can do everything that a biochemist can do; but a biochemist cannot do all a microbiologist can do. I am a Biochemist.

giftforlife9:


am in my ond reading slt, can i switch to industrial chemisty through direct entry?

giftforlife9:
Am good at both i just dont know which one to choose, please guys which one has more job opportunity in nigeria, and which one will put more money in someones pocket?
And if i finish my nd, assuming i want to use direct entry into university, can i go for medicine?

bright007:
...Both are good.But going with what you said about job prospects and money in your pocket in Nigeria, then I would advice microbiology because it gives you a wide area of job prospect from food industries, medical, agriculture, environmental, research institute, government etc.... Biochemistry also has applications in these fields but Nigeria has not yet gotten to the stage of applying most of the outcome of biochemistry.....all you will do I cram, cram, and cram pathways.

hod898:

Please what's slt?

hod898:
Go for what your heart desires. I suggest you meet a carrier consultant, but in my humble opinion you can go for an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and then Master in Microbiology. Job prospects depend on you.

giftforlife9:


yeah if microbiology has more job to offer than biochemistry, are the salary lucrative?

Thanks for your response

bright007:


it depends on the industry where you find your self as well as how big is the firm.
and mind you.......getting lucrative salary in microbiology or biochemistry is not with your BSc. but from masters upward.

Nnewi1stSon:
In MCB for instance what branch would you advise someone to specialise, I was told Medical MCB is the "inn thing" do you assent to that? and have you an idea how long a masters in the field could take? takes a bunch

Nnewi1stSon:
In MCB for instance what branch would you advise someone to specialise, I was told Medical MCB is the "inn thing" do you assent to that? and have you an idea how long a masters in the field could take? takes a bunch

TheSonOfMark:


I'm a final year student of Microbiology currently working on my Medical Microbiology project topic.
Medical and Industrial Microbiology tops the list. Last year I did my SIWES programme at a hospital in PH city and boy! it sure did open my eyes.
Med. Microbiology is at par with Pharmacy and Medicine when it comes to employment opportunities or self-employment. And we are accorded nearly as much respect as medicine student though.
By the way, even medicine students sometimes end up majoring in medical microbiology. I nearly chose biochemistry, I'm glad I didn't.

nwapastor:
^^^ You'll have to go for internship in medical lab or M.Sc Medical Microbiology to qualify for medical microbiology. Your B.Sc Microbiology does not really qualify you for that.

TheSonOfMark:


Yeah, I know. Like I stated earlier, I'm doing my project topic is related to it. Even at that it doesn't stop one from working as med. microbiologist.

TheSonOfMark:


Yeah, I know. Like I stated earlier, I'm doing my project topic is related to it. Even at that it doesn't stop one from working as med. microbiologist.

adebayor1490:
Hello!

2fine2fast:
Microbilogy is better. You have a lot of options after graduation, food microbilogy is one very applicable branch of mcb at least in Naija. In mcb you work with things that you can see and touch. Studying Bch in Naija is simply wack, it is simply that a "CRAMMING TRAINING", and it is like that in almost all schools. It is so stressful and it is not worth the wahala. In Nigeria, a microbiologist can do everything that a biochemist can do; but a biochemist cannot do all a microbiologist can do. I am a Biochemist.

TheSonOfMark:


Hi!

ritababe:


yeah micro biologist have a lot of job prospect with less income, but biochemistry is very richer than microbiology

adebayor1490:
hello