Overview

Highlights

Coursework for the Biotechnology program from these Biological Sciences degrees span the areas of modern biology such as cell biology, genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, environmental biology, plant and animal biology, molecular biology, structural biology etc. along with interdisciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, computational biology and biophysics.

The department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science comprises of 11 well qualified faculty members and state of art infrastructure to focus on the following major thrust areas of research, namely

Molecular characterization of human diseases

Structural/Computational biology/Bioinformatics

Environmental, plant and Microbial Biotechnology

High quality research with numerous funded projects and a repertoire of highly talented and motivated research scholars (Ph.D students/project staff) provide the department with a vibrant research environment. The faculty have high quality publications and patents to their credit. The department of Biological Sciences is a recipient of the FIST (Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure) grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for an amount of more than Rs. 1 crore for the development of research and teaching infrastructure.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biology Laboratory

General Biology

Biological Chemistry

Microbiology

Cell Biology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-19 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Malkajgiri, India
Pilani, India
Goa Velha, India

Disciplines

Biotechnology View 37 other Masters in Biotechnology in India

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of 60% for M.E. / M.Pharm in the qualifying degree examination
Admission to all M.E. (except Software systems) and M.Pharm. programmes will be made on the basis of marks obtained in the BITS HD admission test or based on GATE/GPAT score
Admissions to the M.E. Software Systems program will be made only through the BITS HD Test.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

550000 INR / year

≈ 550000 INR / year
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550000 INR / year

≈ 550000 INR / year

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