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B.Eng in Biochemical-Biotechnology Engineering

This programme is designed to develop students with entrepreneurial values, creative,

innovative and able to solve problems in the biotechnology engineering area.

Programme Description

As a novel interdisciplinary programme, the Biochemical and Biotechnology Engineering

 programme is composed of various disciplines including chemical engineering, genetic engineering,

 biotechnology, chemistry, and molecular biology.

Biochemical and Biotechnology Engineering blends knowledge in:

• Engineering Science (mass and heat transfer, fluid control, material properties, kinetics and

reaction engineering, process control, systems modelling, commercial, regulatory, safety,

reliability issues)

• Process (metabolic pathways, industrial manufacturing, protein purification, fermentation,

design, economics)

• Biology (small chemical molecules, proteins and biochemistry, microbiology, supra-molecule

assemblies, genetics, whole cells, tissues and organisms)

• Systems (individual cells, enzyme systems, genetic modifications, whole processing plants)

History 

Written by Dr. Nassereldeen Ahmed Kabashi | 26 April 2010

The Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology Engineering program offered in the

Department of Biotechnology Engineering was approved by the Educational Planning Committee at

its 129th meeting held on 28 September 1995.A total of eleven students graduated in August 2004 as

the first batch of graduates. However the programme took off formally in 2000. Based on the

recommendations in the Engineer Accreditation Council (EAC) under the Board of Engineers

Malaysia (BEM) in the pre-accreditation report in 2003 as well as the local and international external

examiners’ visitation report, the name of the programme was changed to Biochemical Engineering-

Biotechnology. A total of eleven students graduated in August 2004 as the first batch of graduates.

The programme is a offered presently is a comprehensive multidisciplinary four (4) year 

Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Biochemical Engineering (Biotechnology) which is orientedtowards current and future trends in biotechnology and process biotechnology. The skills and

knowledge acquired includes the useful manipulation of biological organisms and their sub-cellular 

components for the development of techniques or products for industrial, medical and environmental

applications. The courses are dedicated to promote training in a series of enabling technologies drawn

from various fields including microbiology, cell and molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry,

fermentation and bioprocess technology, bioinformatics, environmental science and engineering

which allow one to synthesize, breakdown or transform biomaterials to suit human needs.

The curricula of this programme are designed to produce students with entrepreneurial skills,

creative, innovative and able to solve problems oriented to biotechnology engineering areas such as

 bioprocess engineering, bio-molecular engineering, and environmental biotechnology engineering.

The programme has components in management/entrepreneurship, and Islamic Revealed Knowledge

in addition to the core and technical requirements in Biochemical Engineering (Biotechnology). The

goal is to make IIUM engineering graduates competent in managing technology with very high

consideration to ethics, and moral values in the practice of their profession as engineers. The

 programme is accredited by the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and graduates can register to

 practice as professional engineers in the field of biochemical engineering. Graduates from this

 programme have job opportunities in Manufacturing: construction, operation, and maintenance of 

 production plants for biopharmaceuticals, biologics, food and animal feed production, agrochemicals

e.g. biocides, bio-fertilizers, fine chemicals, bio-sensors and bioinstrumentation etc. Utility and

Service Industries such as water treatment companies, environmental management, petroleum

 processing etc, Consulting: :Planning, design construction and maintenance of engineering systems in

 biochemical, bioprocess and bioenvironmental projects, Government : Department of Environmental

(DOE), Biotechnology Directorate, Biovalley Project, JKR etc. Research Institutes and universitiesetc. as well as in international agencies.

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