Bachelor of Science (Industrial Biology) with Honours

The Bachelor of Science (Industrial Biology) degree programme consists of a combination of basic

core requirements and a wide variety of electives with the goals of preparing graduates who:

1. Technically competent, creative and resourceful in the field of biotechnology.
2. Motivated and prepared for further education or for employment in biotechnology-based industries as scientists or technologists in production

and research development or explore independent employment and business opportunities.

3. Able to propose new thoughts or idea from data or information with a critical logical mind-set and high ethical standard.
4. Able to adapt to the changing social and research environment in order to stay competitive in further education as well as the job market.

Career Prospects

Most of our graduates move directly into full-time employment, including Malaysian biological and non-biological based industries, government or private sectors and any other public services. These include hospitals, universities or research institutes such as IMR, MARDI, FRIM, SIRIM and MPOB. Graduates from this programme are employed as Microbiologist, Biotechnology Engineer, Research Officer, Clinical Coordinator, Project Manager, Environmental Officer, Product Specialist Postdoctoral position etc. Some of the graduates pursue their study locally or abroad in more advanced field of biotechnology such as cancer and stem cell research, proteomics and metabolic engineering. A number of them became an academia in universities or private learning institutes.

Program Structure