Programme Offered
- BS Biotechnology
- MS Biotechnology
- Ph.D.Biotechnolog
BS BIOTECHNOLOGY
FOUR YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMME
(2025-2029)
STANDARDIZED FORMAT (UGP 2023)
FOR BS (4 YEAR) IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
GENERAL STRUCTURE
|
Sr. No. |
Categories |
Credit Hours (standard) |
Credit Hours (Current) |
|
1. |
General education |
32 cr.hrs. (13 courses) |
32 cr.hrs. (13 courses) |
|
2. |
Disciplinary or major |
85 cr.hrs. (29 courses) |
85 cr.hrs. (29 courses) |
|
3. |
Interdisciplinary |
12 cr. Hrs. |
12 cr. Hrs. |
|
4. |
Field experience (internship) |
3 cr. hrs. |
3 cr. hrs. |
|
5. |
Capstone project |
3 cr. hrs. |
3 cr. hrs. |
|
|
Total |
135 cr.hrs |
135 cr.hrs |
- Total numbers of credit hours 135
- Duration 4 years
- Semester duration 16-18 weeks
- Semesters 8
- Course load per semester 15-21 Credit hours
- Number of courses per semester 5-7
SCHEME OF STUDY
BS (4-Year) Biotechnology
2025-2029
YEAR ONE
SEMESTER-I
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-101 |
Major |
Cell Biology |
2 |
|
BIOT-101P |
Major |
Cell Biology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-102 |
Major |
Microbiology |
2 |
|
BIOT-102P |
Major |
Microbiology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-103 |
Major |
Introduction to Biotechnology |
3 |
|
GEDU-101 |
General Education |
Functional English |
3 |
|
GEDU-102 |
General Education |
Islamic Studies (Ethics for non-Muslim students) |
2 |
|
GEDU-103 |
General Education |
Ethics (for Non-Muslim students in lieu of Islamic studies) |
2 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) |
2 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) (Practical) |
1 |
|
Total |
17 |
||
SEMESTER-II
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-151 |
Major |
Principles of Genetics |
2 |
|
BIOT-151P |
Major |
Principles of Genetics (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-201 |
Major |
Biochemistry-I |
2 |
|
BIOT-201P |
Major |
Biochemistry-I (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-253 |
Major |
Biosafety, biosecurity & Bioethics |
2 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Quantitative Reasoning-I |
3 |
|
GEDU-151 |
General Education |
Expository writing |
3 |
|
GEDU-152 |
General Education |
Ideology& Constitution of Pakistan |
2 |
|
GEDU |
General Education |
Time management & organizing skills |
2 |
|
Total |
18 |
||
YEAR TWO
SEMESTER-III
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-251 |
Major |
Molecular Biology |
2 |
|
BIOT-251P |
Major |
Molecular Biology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-252 |
Major |
Biochemistry-II |
2 |
|
BIOT-252P |
Major |
Biochemistry-II (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-353 |
Major |
Food Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-353P |
Major |
Food Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Natural Science course* |
2 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Natural Science (Practical) |
1 |
|
GEDU |
General Education |
Social Science* |
2 |
|
GEDU-153 |
General Education |
Quantitative Reasoning-II |
3 |
|
Total |
17 |
||
SEMESTER-IV
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-402 |
Major |
Industrial Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-402P |
Major |
Industrial Biotechnology |
1 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Recombinant DNA Technology |
2 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Recombinant DNA Technology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-202 |
Major |
Agricultural Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-202P |
Major |
Agricultural Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-453 |
Major |
Health Biotechnology |
3 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Arts & Humanities* |
2 |
|
GEDU-252 |
General Education |
Civics & community engagement |
2 |
|
GEDU- |
General Education |
Entrepreneurship |
2 |
|
Total |
18 |
||
YEAR THREE
SEMESTER-V
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-153 |
Major |
Analytical chemistry & instrumentation |
2 |
|
BIOT-153P |
Major |
Analytical chemistry & instrumentation (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-354 |
Major |
Immunology |
2 |
|
BIOT-354P |
Major |
Immunology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-351 |
Major |
Genomics & Proteomics |
3 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Organic Chemistry |
2 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Organic Chemistry (Practical) |
1 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Biophysics |
3 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Ecology & Biodiversity |
3 |
|
Total |
18 |
||
SEMESTER-VI
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-302 |
Major |
Principles of Biochemical Engineering |
2 |
|
BIOT-302P |
Major |
Principles of Biochemical Engineering (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-303 |
Major |
Bioinformatics |
2 |
|
BIOT-303P |
Major |
Bioinformatics (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-304 |
Major |
Methods in Molecular biology |
2 |
|
BIOT-304P |
Major |
Methods in Molecular biology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-352 |
Major |
Microbial Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-352P |
Major |
Microbial Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Physical Chemistry |
2 |
|
|
Interdisciplinary |
Physical Chemistry (Practical) |
1 |
|
Total |
15 |
||
YEAR FOUR
SEMESTER-VII
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Scientific Inquiry & Research Methods |
3 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Biostatistics |
2 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Biostatistics (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Nanobiotechnology |
3 |
|
BIOT- |
Major |
Artificial intelligence in Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-401 |
Elective |
Virology |
3 |
|
BIOT- |
|
Internship |
3 |
|
Total |
17 |
||
SEMESTER VIII
|
Course No. |
Category |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
BIOT-152 |
Major |
Environmental Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-152P |
Major |
Environmental Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-354 |
Major |
Clinical Microbiology |
2 |
|
BIOT-354P |
Major |
Clinical Microbiology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-452 |
Major |
Forensic Biotechnology |
3 |
|
BIOT-451 |
Major |
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology |
3 |
|
BIOT- |
|
Capstone |
3 |
|
Total |
15 |
||
* to be choosen from the approved General eduction courses list
Total credit hr: 17+17+17+18+17+17+17+15=135
Note: The students of Associate Degree Biotechnology must have to do internship (Cr.Hr. 3) as a mandatory requirement for the award of Associate degree.
Minor in Biotechnology 12 credit hrs.
Students may opt any of the following courses (minimum 12 credit hours) as per availability of resources.
|
Serial No. |
course |
Credit hr. |
|
1. |
Introduction to Biotechnology
|
3+0 |
|
2. |
Principles of Biochemical Engineering
|
3+0 |
|
3. |
Genomics and Proteomics
|
3+0 |
|
4. |
Health Biotechnology
|
3+0 |
List of Minors for student of BS Biotechnology Program
Student of Biotechnology may opt any one or two of the following minors as per availability of resources and offering of concerned department
1- Minor in Chemistry
2- Minor in Botany
3- Minor in Zoology
4- Minor in Environmental Sciences
5- Minor in Computer Sciences
6- Minor in Mathematics
7- Minor in Statistics
8- Minor in Geography
-Weightage of theory and practical credits may be changed by an institution depending on the laboratory facilities available
-Biotechnology courses that are offered to other departments as their allied courses will be on the availability of faculty member expertise and number of students.
2 years MS Degree Programme in Biotechnology
2025-2027
YEAR-1
SEMESTER-I
|
Course No |
Course Title |
Credits |
|
|
Advanced Molecular Biology (Core) |
3 |
|
|
Advanced Research methods in Biotechnology (Core) |
3 |
|
|
Trends in Biotechnology(Core) |
3 |
|
BIOT-629 |
Bionanotechnology (Elective*) |
2 |
|
BIOT-629P |
Bionanotechnology (Elective*) |
1 |
|
|
Total Credits |
12 |
SEMESTER-II
|
Course No |
Course Title |
Credits |
|
BIOT-608 |
Enzyme Engineering and Technology (Elective*) |
2 |
|
BIOT-608P |
Enzyme Engineering and Technology (Elective*) |
1 |
|
BIOT-626 |
Forensic Biotechnology (Elective*) |
2 |
|
BIOT-626P |
Forensic Biotechnology (Elective*) |
1 |
|
BIOT-627 |
Advances in Plant Biotechnology (Elective*) |
2 |
|
BIOT-627P |
Advances in Plant Biotechnology(Elective*) |
1 |
|
BIOT-628 |
Advances in Bioinformatics(Core) |
3 |
|
|
Total Credits |
12 |
* To be chosen from the Annexure A.
Course will be offered on the availability of the expertise in the department and number of students.
YEAR-2
SEMESTER-III & IV
|
Course No |
Course Title |
Credits |
|
BIOT-799 |
Thesis |
12 |
|
|
Total Credits |
12 |
Total Credit Hours: 12+12+12=36 CR
ANNEXURE A
LIST OF COURSES
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
|
|
Advanced Molecular Biology |
3 |
|
|
Advanced Research Methods in Biotechnology |
3 |
|
BIOT -628 |
Advances in Bioinformatics |
3 |
|
BIOT -627 |
Advances in Plant Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -627P |
Advances in Plant Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -621 |
Animal Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -621P |
Animal Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-613 |
Applications of Genetic Engineering |
3 |
|
BIOT -630 |
Applications of Genetic Engineering |
2 |
|
BIOT -630P |
Applications of Genetic Engineering (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -629 |
Bio nanotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -629P |
Bio nanotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-602 |
Bioinformatics |
2 |
|
BIOT-602P |
Bioinformatics(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -625 |
Biosensors and Bioelectronics |
2 |
|
BIOT -625P |
Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-615 |
Business and Technical Communication Skills |
2 |
|
BIOT-615P |
Business and Technical Communication Skills |
1 |
|
BIOT-617 |
Cellular Microbiology |
2 |
|
BIOT -617P |
Cellular Microbiology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-614 |
Commercial Application of Plant Tissue Culture |
2 |
|
BIOT-614P |
Commercial Application of Plant Tissue Culture(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-608 |
Enzyme Engineering and Technology |
2 |
|
BIOT-608P |
Enzyme Engineering and Technology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-606 |
Essentials of Microbiology |
2 |
|
BIOT-606P |
Essentials of Microbiology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-616 |
Fermentation and its Industrial Application |
2 |
|
BIOT-616P |
Fermentation and its Industrial Application(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -618 |
Food and Dairy Microbiology |
2 |
|
BIOT -618P |
Food and Dairy Microbiology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -626 |
Forensic Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -626P |
Forensic Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-605 |
Genomics and Proteomics |
2 |
|
BIOT-605P |
Genomics and Proteomics(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -620 |
Immunology |
2 |
|
BIOT -620P |
Immunology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -624 |
Industrial Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -624P |
Industrial Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-601 |
Instrumentation and Analytical Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-601P |
Instrumentation and Analytical Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -623 |
Instrumentation in Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -623P |
Instrumentation in Biotechnology (Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-611 |
Medical Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-611P |
Medical Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-612 |
Microbial Diversity |
2 |
|
BIOT-612P |
Microbial Diversity(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-609 |
Microbial Taxonomy |
2 |
|
BIOT-609P |
Microbial Taxonomy(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-603 |
Molecular Biology |
2 |
|
BIOT-603P |
Molecular Biology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -619 |
Mycology |
2 |
|
BIOT -619P |
Mycology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-610 |
Perspectives of Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT-610P |
Perspectives of Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT -622 |
Plant Biotechnology |
2 |
|
BIOT -622P |
Plant Biotechnology(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-607 |
Plant Tissue Culture |
2 |
|
BIOT-607P |
Plant Tissue Culture(Practical) |
1 |
|
BIOT-604 |
Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation |
2 |
|
BIOT-604P |
Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation(Practical) |
1 |
|
|
Trends in Biotechnology |
3 |
|
Department of Biotechnology
Scheme of study for Ph.D. Program
(Session 2025-onwards)
Year 1
|
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Semester 1
|
|||
|
|
Course Code
|
Course Title
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course I
|
3
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course II
|
3
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course III
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semester II
|
|||
|
|
Course Code
|
Course Title
|
Credit Hrs.
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course IV
|
3
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course V
|
3
|
|
|
|
BIOT-***
|
Elective Course VI
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
9
|
|
|
|
Note: Any six subject will be selected for one year (3 subjects per semester)
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|
S. No. |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
| 1 |
BIOT-801 |
Advances in Computational Biology |
3 |
| 2 |
BIOT-802 |
Advances in Plant Biotechnology |
3 |
| 3 |
BIOT-803 |
Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology. |
3 |
| 4 |
BIOT-804 |
Bioethics, Biosafety and IPR |
3 |
| 5 |
BIOT-805 |
Bioinstrumentation and Biostatistics. |
3 |
| 6 |
BIOT-806 |
Biology of Cloning Vectors. |
3 |
| 7 |
BIOT-807 |
Bioprocess Technology. |
3 |
| 8 |
BIOT-808 |
Bioremediation. |
3 |
| 9 |
BIOT-809 |
Biosensors and Bioelectronics. |
3 |
| 10 |
BIOT-810 |
Biostatistical Data Analysis and Presentation |
3 |
| 11 |
BIOT-811 |
Cellular Signalling. |
3 |
| 12 |
BIOT-812 |
Characterization Techniques |
3 |
| 13 |
BIOT-813 |
Commercial Application of Plant Tissue Culture |
3 |
| 14 |
BIOT-814 |
Environmental Biotechnology. |
3 |
| 15 |
BIOT-815 |
Environmental Microbiology and Public Health. |
3 |
| 16 |
BIOT-816 |
Enzyme Engineering and Technology. |
3 |
| 17 |
BIOT-817 |
Forensic Biotechnology |
3 |
| 18 |
BIOT-818 |
Gene and protein (Problem based learning) |
3 |
| 19 |
BIOT-819 |
Gene Manipulation. |
3 |
| 20 |
BIOT-820 |
Genetic Engineering and Other aspects of Biotechnology. |
3 |
| 21 |
BIOT-821 |
Industrial Biotechnology. |
3 |
| 22 |
BIOT-824 |
Microbial Biotechnology. |
3 |
| 23 |
BIOT-825 |
Microbial Genetics. |
3 |
| 24 |
BIOT-826 |
Microbial Products. |
3 |
| 25 |
BIOT-828 |
Nano biotechnology. |
3 |
| 26 |
BIOT-829 |
Phytochemicals and Herbal Medicines. |
3 |
| 27 |
BIOT-830 |
Plant Tissue Culture. |
3 |
| 28 |
BIOT-831 |
Project Innovation Through Design Thinking |
3 |
| 29 |
BIOT-832 |
Protein secondary structure prediction (Problem based learning) |
3 |
| 30 |
BIOT-833 |
Recombinant DNA Technology I |
3 |
| 31 |
BIOT-834 |
Recombinant DNA Technology II |
3 |
| 32 |
BIOT-837 |
Structural Bioinformatics |
3 |