September 1 Year MYR 49,120 Postgraduate - Masters
The MSc Crop Biotechnology provides opportunity for you to study at advanced level in a globally important and fast advancing area which offers prestigious career pathways for well qualified graduates. The crop biotechnology courses at postgraduate diploma and postgraduate certificate level are also offered to you. The course is prepared to motivate you to study the practical aspects of biotechnology companies, research stations, plantations and other relevant institutions. The course can be completed either one year full-time or two years part-time. It comprises taught modules and a research project. For a full-time programme, you will undertake 60 credits of modules each semester and thereafter take a laboratory or field-based research project in the final semester.
Biotechnology is a highly interdisciplinary field that combines biological sciences with engineering technologies to manipulate living organisms and biological systems to produce products that advances healthcare, medicine, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and environment control. Biotechnology is one of the fastest growing areas in applied biology. The programme gives students theoretical and practical background in biotechnological techniques and applications while developing a strong understanding of cellular biology involving microbiology, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology.