 Hi everyone, welcome to basic science series. I'm your host Lokhandar Kumara and today I Wanted to discuss how you can select a University or an institution for doing PST or for pursuing your PhD degree There are some important points that you should consider before joining a university or an institution These points are relatively simple. You already may be unaware of these points and I still I wanted to discuss these points because sometimes we skip these points and they can make a huge difference some of the important points that I consider is University ranking infrastructure of the host institution what kind of faculty profile that University has and What kind of research or what kind of tools and techniques that you're going to learn in that particular? Department so these are some of the important points. Let's discuss these points one by one Let's discuss first. That is what do I mean by university ranking? So University ranking means there is a ranking system that determines What is the worldwide ranking of the university? What is the national nationwide ranking of the university? So you should Know what is the ranking of your particular university that you wanted to join? the university ranking system is based on on the fact that what kind of Research is happening in that university. What kind of intra structure or what is the quality of the student? What is the quality of our faculty members overall? they consider all those factors and then they Give a university a particular ranking So it is really important. Obviously that what kind of University what is that ranking of the university that you will be joining? So my recommendation will be join the top notch University in the world because that is going to save a lot of hassle that you're going to face later in your life So if you have experience with Top ranked university of the world then obviously you are not going to have that much hard time in finding a job or Getting into a particular career that you wanted to pursue and also you are going to Get familiar with great infrastructure where you are going to learn a lot of skills So that will that will obviously determine your future. So it is really important that you consider The university ranking a second important point in this case will be the infrastructure You can determine the infrastructure by visiting that particular host institution you can determine the infrastructure by just skimming through the website and Most of the universities and institutions they provide the details of the tools and technique because they are they need to advertise their Their facilities so that they can attract maximum number of students. So you can visit all those websites and all those pages and make note of all those tools and technique and compare those tools and techniques that are available in different universities So it is really important that what is your research interest and what are the techniques that you want to learn? And whether that particular institution is going to provide the appropriate infrastructure for your training So it is really important that you consider these points next important point is the department so Obviously you are going to join a particular department and you should do some research on that on that department Regarding what kind of training? they they usually Give to their student what kind of faculty members are there in department because when you join that particular department you are going to get trained in various techniques you are going to Go to various seminar symposiums and that is going to arrange by all the departmental faculty members So if you have high quality faculty members in that particular department You are most likely going to get a good experience and above all those faculty members are going to Give you as a recommendation in future. So you are going to build good contacts at the at the basic at the base stage right so from your PhD you're going to have good contacts and in research it is really important that you collaborate with right people and You collaborate with the people that are Top in their particular research area. So point number two, which is really important. You should consider The infrastructure and then point number three you should three you should consider the departmental Infrastructure as well as the faculty members in that particular department another important point is you should also do some research on the alumni of that particular institution means What is the Quality of the placements that that people are getting from that particular institution if you graduate from that institution and then most of the placements They are really good from that institution. That means you are obviously going to get the same kind of Exposure same kind of opportunities In your future if you graduate from that university, so it is really important that you consider this particular point where are the What is the future of the pass up students? from that Particular University So again, let's rewind what are the points that we already discussed Before selecting a particular institution what you should do is you should find out the University ranking you should find out the Infrastructure that is available. You should also look for the departmental facilities tools and techniques that you're going to learn also find out what is the faculty profile and what kind of research that The faculties they are doing in the department So you can personally visit the labs you can personally visit the faculty members. They are always really helpful to talk to you they will explain the research that they are doing and They are always open to such kind of conversation So it is really important that you do your research on your end Then also interact with the faculty members visit the university visit the institution before selecting that institution for your PST Another important point that I want to mention is What is your interest on the basis of your interest you can also filter out the institution? For example, if you wanted to do research in stem cell, so you can cherry-pick the institution that do a good quality research on stem cell if you are doing if you are Interested in doing research in synthetic biology if you are interested in doing research in infectious diseases microbiology biotechnology genomic genomics these are the kind of the The important points that you can consider by just focusing on particular research area and then Choosing that particular institution, which is top in that particular research area So that is another factor that you should consider while selecting the institution for your PhD and I will I'll make more videos that are going to help you in your in your PhD training that are going to That will provide you guidance during your PhD So stay tuned and I wanted to share my knowledge. I wanted to share my experience with you guys because Because when I was doing my PhD, I always needed advice and all the mentors all the friends all the Members family members. They were always there. So the advice from my mentors for my teacher always Helped me. So I wanted to share my experiences and I hope those experience Will help you in achieving your dream of completing PhD. So Thank you for watching the video. Stay tuned. Take care