Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics

Department of Biotechnology

Students choose to major in Biotechnology because of the dynamic nature of the field itself. Since Biotechnology has transformed almost all disciplines, many of our graduates use their scientific skills (and the analytical skills it instils) to prepare them for a career in other disciplines such as medicine, bioethics, education, physical and life sciences. Demand for graduates well-versed in Biotechnology is high and is expected to continue to grow as the science tech age is accelerating.

We quest for academic excellence is based on five fundamental pillars; the students, the faculty, curriculum, the learning environment and the civil society we serve. We stand resolute resolved that in our academic offering we shall not only follow the standards; we shall also set new “records of excellence.” Combination of world-class precision and crafted curriculum highly ranked academic research with excellent corporate relations and a blend of soft skills and sound knowledge are the ways to guide our graduates to the best of business and technological world.

Admission Requirement

  • F.Sc (Pre-Medical/Engineering) from any recognized board or equivalent with at least 60% marks.

Degree Requirement

  • Total Credit Hours: 135-137
  • Total Courses: 42-44
  • Minimum CGPA ≥ 2.0
  • Academic rules

* For details Program Schema

Program Schema

The BS Biotechnology is a 4-years (8-semesters) programme in which students are required to complete a specified number of courses:

First Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1 HUM-163 English-I (Functional English) 3(3-0)
2 HUM-102 Pakistan Studies 2(2-0)
3 MATHA-114 Mathematics-I (Pre-Calculus) 3(3-0)
4 CHE-107 Organic Chemistry  3(2-1)
5 BIOL-102 Ecology, Biodiversity & Evolution-I 3(3-0)
6 BIOL-301 Cell Biology           3(2-1)
Total Credit Hours 17
Second Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 HUM-208 English-II (Communication Skills) 3(3-0)
2 HUM-101 Islamic Studies/Ethics 2(2-0)
3 MATHA-104 Biomathematics 3(3-0)
4 CHE-108 Inorganic Chemistry 3(2-1)
5 BIOL-203 Ecology, Biodiversity & Evolution-II 3(2-1)
6 MICRBIL-301 Microbiology 3(2-1)
Total Credit Hours 17
Third Semester
No Course Code Course Title Credits
1 HUM-265 English-III (Tech. Writ. & Pres. Skills) 3(3-0)
2 CS-101 Introduction to Computer  3(2-1)
3 CHE-109 Physical Chemistry 3(3-0)
4 GENET-301 Genetics 3(2-1)
5 BIOCHEM-202 Biochemistry-I 3(2-1)
6 HUM-272 Sociology 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 18
Fourth Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 PHY-206 Biological Physics (G) 3(3-0)
2 STAT-303 Probability and Biostatistics (F) 3(3-0)
3 CHE-301 Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation (F) 3(2-1)
4 BIOCHEM-404 Biochemistry-II (F) 3(2-1)
5 MOLBIOL-301 Molecular Biology (F) 3(3-0)
6 MKTG-205 Marketing 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 18
Fifth Semester
No Course Code Course Title Credits
1 BIOTECH-103 Introduction to Biotechnology 3(3-0)
2 IMMUNOL-302 Immunology 3(2-1)
3 MOLBIOL-403 Methods in Molecular Biology 3(1-2)
4 BIOCHE-302 Principal of Biochemical Engineering 3(2-1)
5 BIOINFO-202 Introduction to Bioinformatics 3(2-1)
Total Credit Hours 15
Sixth Semester
according to BOS 2014.
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 BIOL-204 Genetic Resources and Conservation (F) 3(3-0)
2 BIOTECH-320 Microbial Biotechnology (F) 3(2-1)
3 BIOTECH-402 Plant Biotechnology 3(2-1)
4 BIOTECH-309 Dairy and Food Biotechnology 3(2-1)
5 METHOD-304 Research Methodology 3(3-0)
6 BIOTECH-201 Elective-I 3(2-1)
Total Credit Hours 18
Seventh Semester
No Course Code Course Title Credits
1 BIOTECH-404 Genomics and Proteomics 3(2-1)
2 BIOTECH-310 Health Biotechnology 3(2-1)
3 BIOTECH-407 Environmental Biotechnology 3(2-1)
4 BIOTECH-316 Seminar-I 1-0
5 MOLBIOL-404 Elective-II 3(3-0)
6 THESIS-480 Research Project Allocation 0-6
Total Credit Hours 13
Eight Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 BIOTECH-302 Industrial Biotechnology (M) 3(2-1)
2 BIOTECH-311 Biosafety and Bioethics 2(1-1)
3 THESIS-480 Research Project/Internship 0-6 = 6*
4 VIROL-301 Elective-III 3(3-0)
5 BIOTECH-426 Elective-IV 3(3-0)
6 BIOTECH-429 Seminar-II (M) 1-0
Total Credit Hours 18
Electives Courses
S. No Course Code Course Titles Credit Hours
1 BIOTECH-313 Animal Biotechnology (Offered in 8th Semester) 3 (2-1)
2 BIOTECH-315 Marine Biotechnology 3 (2-1)
3 BIOL-401 Radiobiology 3 (3-0)
4 ENVIRON-403 Hospital Waste Management 3 (2-1)
5 ENVIRON-404 Water and Waste-water Treatment 3 (2-1)
6 BIOTECH-426 Nano Biotechnology (Offered in 8th Semester) 3 (3-0)
7 BIOTECH-319 Fungal Biotechnology 3 (2-1)
8 BIOTECH-317 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3 (3-0)
9 BIOTECH-427 Biosensors 3 (3-0))
10 BIOTECH-428 Biofuels and Bio refineries 3 (3-0)
11 MOLBIOL-404 Molecular Diagnostics (Offered in 7th Semester) 3 (2-1)
12 BIOTECH-201 Cell and Tissue Culture (Offered in 6th Semester) 3 (2-1)
13 VIROL-301 Virology 3 (3-0)
14 BIOTECH-314 Fermentation Biotechnology 3 (2-1)

Admission Requirement

  • BS Biotechnology or equivalent degree with CGPA ≥ 2.0 or Minimum 16 years of education in life sciences discipline with 50% marks.

Degree Requirement

  • Total Credit Hours: 30
  • Total Courses: 24
  • Minimum CGPA ≥ 2.5
  • Academic rules

* For details Program Schema

Program Schema
First Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1 MOLBIOL-601 Advance Molecular Biology (C) 3(3-0)
2 BIOTECH-639 Research Methods in Biotechnology (C) 3(3-0)
3 BIOINFO-602 Advances in Bioinformatics (Opt-I) 3(3-0)
4 BIOTECH-602 Modern Biotechnology, Principles and Application (Opt-II) 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 12
Second Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 BIOTECH-617 Development in rDNA Technology (C) 3(3-0)
2 STAT-601 Biostatistics & Laboratory Mathematics (C) 3(3-0)
3   (Opt-III) 3(3-0)
4   (Opt-IV) 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 12
Third Semester
No Course Code Course Title Credits
1 THESIS-601 Research & Thesis “Research and Thesis work will continue in the fourth semester” 06
Total Credit Hours Continued
Fourth Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 THESIS-601 Research & Thesis “Research and Thesis work will continue in the fourth semester” 06
Total Credit Hours 06

List of Optional Subjects for MS Biotechnology

No Course Code Course Titles Credit Hours
1 BIOTECH- 602 Modern Biotechnology: Principles & Applications 3+0
2 STAT-501 Biostatistics & Laboratory Mathematics 3+0
3 BIOTECH-504) Bioethics, Biosecurity, Biosafety 3+0
4 BIOTECH-506 Bioprocess Technology 3+0
5 MOLBIOL-607 Advances in Cell and Molecular Biology 3+0
6 MOLBIOL-608 Recent trends in Molecular Diagnostics 3+0
7 BIOCHEM - 639 Research methods in Biotechnology 3+0
8 BIOTECH-631 Advances in Environmental Biotechnology 3+0
9 BIOTECH-508) Biotechnology Law & Regulation 3+0
10 MOLBIOL-609 Molecular Basis of Plant Development 3+0
11 GENOMICS-602 Advances in Pharmacogenomics 3+0
12 GENET-601 Advances in Molecular Genetics 3+0
13 BIOCHEM-503 Advances in Protein Chemistry 3+0
14 BIOINFO-602 Advances in Bioinformatics 3+0
15 PHY-503 Biophysics 3+0
16 BIOTECH-632 Advances in Fermentation Technology 3+0
17 IMMUNOL-601 Advances in Immunology 3+0
18 BIOCHEM-504 Metabolic Pathways in Plants 3+0
19 MOLBIOL-605 Regulation of Gene Expression 3+0
20 BIOL-504 Molecular Evolution 3+0
21 BIOTECH-513 Molecular Basis of Plant Breeding 3+0
22 BIOTECH-633 Advances in Fungal Biotechnology 3+0
23 MICRBIOL-501 Advances in Microbiology 3+0
24 GENET-501 Advances in Microbial Genetics 3+0
25   Recent trend in Biochemical Engineering 3+0
26 BIOTECH-515 Protein Engineering and Enzyme Technology 3+0
27 BIOTECH-507 Bioremediation and biodegradation 3+0
28 BIOTECH-509 Biotechnology of Nonrenewable Resources) 3+0
29 BIOTECH-636 Advances in Plant Biotechnology 3+0
30 BIOTECH-511) Metabolic Engineering and Biofuels 3+0
31 BIOTECH-628 Advances in Agriculture Biotechnology 3+0
32 BIOTECH-503 Applications of Nanobiotechnology 3+0
33 BIOTECH-635 Advances in Industrial Biotechnology 3+0
34 BIOTECH-629 Advances in Animal Biotechnology 3+0
35 BIOL-501 Advances in Biosensor Technologies 3+0
36 MOLBIOL-604 Forensic Sciences 3+0
37 BIOTECH-637 Advances in Plant Tissue Culture 3+0
38 BIOTECH-630 Advances in animal cell Culture 3+0
39 BIOTECH-510 Medicinal Plant Biotechnology 3+0
40 BIOTECH - 617 Recombinant DNA Technology 3+0
41 BIOTECH-505 Biopharming in Plants, Principles and Techniques 3+0
42 BIOTECH-638 Advances in Proteomics 3+0
43 GENOMICS-601 Advances in Genomics 3+0
44 BIOTECH-512 Microbial Enzyme Technology 3+0
45 BIOL-502 Biological Safety and Risk Management 3+0
46 BIOCHEM-604 Advances Biochemistry 3+0
47 BIOL-503 Cellular Signaling 3+0
48 BIOTECH-634 Advances in Health Biotechnology 3+0
49 BIOTECH-502 Advances in Vaccine Research 3+0
50 BIOTECH-514 Molecular Systematics 3+0
51 MOLBIOL- 601 Advances in Molecular Biology 3+0
52   Stem cell Biology 3+0
53   Genetic Disorders 3+0
54   Cancer Biology 3+0
55   Antisense RNA technology 3+0
56   Epigenetics 3+0
57   Computational Biology 3+0
58   Pathology 3+0
59   Animal Physiology 3+0
60   Plant Physiology 3+0
61   Animal Pathology 3+0
62   Plant Pathology 3+0
63   Plant Microb Interaction 3+0
64   Drug Development 3+0
65   Drug Metabolism 3+0

Admission Requirement

  • MS Biotechnology or equivalent degree in Life Sciences discipline with CGPA ≥ 3.0 or 70% marks.

Degree Requirement

  • Total Credit Hours: 18
  • Total Courses: 5-8
  • Minimum CGPA ≥ 3.0
  • Student will have to carry out research work for a minimum period of two years i.e. “Thesis Work”
  • Academic rules

* For details Program Schema

Program Schema
First Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 BIOTECH-701   Plant and Agriculture Biotechnology (C) 3(3-0)
2    (O-I) 3(3-0)
3    (O-II) 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 09
Second Semester
No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 GENOMICS-701 Functional Genomics (C) 3(3-0)
2    (O-III) 3(3-0)
3    (O-IV) 3(3-0)
Total Credit Hours 09
Third to Sixth Semester
No Course Code Name of Subject Credit
1 DSS-990 Research & Thesis “Student will have to carry out full time research for a minimum period of two years” 36
    Total Credit Hours 36

List of Optional Subjects for PhD Biotechnology

No Course Code Course Titles Credit Hours
1   Research Methodology 3+0
2   Biostatistics 3+0
3 BIOINFO-702 Agriculture Bioinformatics 3+0
4 EPIDEMO-701 Epidemiology 3+0
5 BIOTECH-704 Biofuel and Biorefinery 3+0
6 BIOL-701 Radiobiology 3+0
7 BIOTECH-705 Biomaterial 3+0
8 BIOINFO-801 Current Trends in Bioinformatics 3+0
9 BIOTECH-706 Diagnostics 3+0
10 BIOTECH-707 Fungal Biotechnology 3+0
11 BIOTECH-708 Industrial Biotechnology 3+0
12 BIOTECH-709 Marine Biotechnology 3+0
13 BIOTECH-710 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3+0
14 BIOINFO-802 Biomedical Informatics 3+0
15 BIOTECH-711 Waste Management 3+0
16 NUTR-802 Edible Oil Seed & Health Nutrition 3+0
17 GENOMICS-801 Gene Microarray 3+0
18 BIOTECH-712 Water and Waste Water Treatment 3+0
19 BIOTECH-802 Nanobiotechnology 3+0
20 BIOTECH-807 Bioremediation 3+0
21 GENOMICS-702 Microarray Technology 3+0
22 MICRBIOL-801 Microbial Genetics 3+0
23 BIOTECH-808 Plant Biotechnology 3+0
24 GENOMICS-703 Nutrigenomics 3+0
25 BIOTECH-810 Contemporary Plant Biotechnology 3+0
26 BIOTECH-811 Contemporary Animal Biotechnology 3+0
27 BIOTECH-812 Contemporary Agriculture Biotechnology 3+0
28 GENET-802 Protein Microarray 3+0
29 BIOL-801 Biology of Oil Seeds & Nutrition 3+0
30 BIOTECH-813 Contemporary Health Biotechnolog 3+0
31 BIOTECH-814 Advance Research Reading-III 3+0
32 BIOTECH-807 Research Specialization-I 3+0
33 BIOTECH-808 Research Specialization-II 3+0
34 GENET-803 Transcriptomics 3+0
35 MOLBIOL-701 Transgenicity & Applications 3+0
36 BIOTECH-809 Research Specialization-III 3+0
37 ELE-731 Bioelectronics & Biosensor 3+0
38 EPIDEOM-801 Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis 3+0
39 GENET-804 Gene Expression and Replication of Hepatitis Virus 3+0
40 GENET-805 Genetics Diversity of Hepatitis Virus 3+0
41   Stem cell Biology 3+0
42   Genetic Disorders 3+0
43   Cancer Biology 3+0
44   Antisense RNA technology 3+0
45   Epigenetics 3+0
46   Computational Biology 3+0
47   Pathology 3+0
48   Animal Physiology 3+0
49   Plant Physiology 3+0
50   Animal Pathology 3+0
51   Plant Pathology 3+0
52   Plant Microb Interaction 3+0
53   Drug Development 3+0
54   Drug Metabolism 3+0

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