Biotechnology is a popular term for the genetic technology of the 21st century. Although it has been utilized for centuries in dairy, agriculture, and microbial production processes, modern biotechnology is only 50 years old. In the last decade, it has been witnessing tremendous growth in the development of vaccines, therapeutic proteins, genetic tools, and stem cell technology. Biotechnology, on one hand, deals with development of new therapies for life-threatening diseases and, on other hand, it offers efficient and cost-effective means to produce an array of novel, value added agricultural products and biomedical tools. It has tremendous potential to increase food production, improve health care, reduce the dependency of agriculture on chemicals, lower the cost of raw materials, and reduce environmental pollution.
The Department of Biotechnology at Manipal University Dubai campus is the only programme of its kind in the entire U.A.E. It was launched in 2004 with the vision of empowering students with the knowledge, skills, and latest developments in this upcoming field of biotechnology. The Department is committed to the development of this field by creating professionals
- who are trained in state-of-the-art laboratories.
- willing to take challenges of future problems associated with life-threatening diseases.
- taught in excellent facilities under internationally recognized faculty members.
Currently, we are offering
The future goal is to launch a doctoral research programme where students can work on the cutting-edge areas of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, and stem cell technology to fulfill their research dreams.
We see tremendous growth in this industry and career opportunities in
- Biopharmaceutical Industries
- Research and Development Labs
- Agriculture, Horticulture and Dairy farming
- Biotech Industry (Food, Beverages, Chemicals and Solvents)
- Tissue Culture Labs
- Health care data management
- Molecular and Genetics data analysis