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M.Sc. (Biotechnology)

The MSc Biotechnology program at School of Biotechnology, JNU has been running for the past 30 years with DBT support. The previous national CEEB examination conducted by JNU for selection and admissions of students for the MSc Biotechnology program has now been replaced by the Graduate Aptitude Test for Biotechnology (GAT-B) and is now being organized by Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad. Total current intake of students at School of Biotechnology, JNU is 30. For admission of M.Sc. program, important dates, results, and other important announcements, please visit GAT-B page on RCB website (https://rcb.res.in/DBTPG/).

The SBT M.Sc. program provides (a) cutting edge research-oriented teaching and hands on training program (b) Top quality faculty with interdisciplinary expertise and proven credibility. Some of the unique attributes of SBT for M.Sc. Biotechnology program are:

* SBT has received top rating in conducting the M.Sc. Biotech program for >25 years
* Leadership role in organizing M.Sc. biotech entrance exam (CEEB) for more than two decades
* SBT alumni are globally placed at key positions in Academia, Research Institutes and Industry
* Fully prepared to meet the emerging demand of Biotech workforce
* Strong Industry liaison, including patent filing, starting new companies & transferring technology

In addition to the theory courses, the programme places particular emphasis on practical training. The rigorous project work and wet / dry lab training makes students capable of designing and performing experiments independently. Students are trained in Scientific communication skills, critical analysis, biosafety & bioethics, intellectual property rights, innovation and entrepreneurial skills and so on.

Detailed Course Structure:

	S. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credit
Semester I
	1	BT 106	Biophysical Chemistry	3
	2	BT 118	Biochemistry and Enzymology	3
	3	BT 121	Bioorganic Chemistry	3
	4	BT 125	Mathematics and Statistics	3
	5	BT 126	Bioinformatics	2
	6	BT 127	Molecular Biology and Prokaryotes	3
	7	BT 129	Lab Techniques - I*	8
			Total Credits Sem I	25

	S. No.	Code	Course Title	Credit
Semester II	1	BT 161	Immunology	3
	2	BT 267	Plant Biotechnology	2
	3	BT 268	Microbiology	3
	4	BT 269	Eukaryotic Molecular Biology and Genetics	3
	5	BT 270	Cell Biology	3
	6	BT 271	Genetics Engineering and Its Applications	3
	7	BT 164	Lab Techniques - II*	8
	8	BT 232	Bioprocess Engineering	3
			Total Credits Sem II	28

	S.No.	Code	Course Title	Credit
Semester III	1	BT 245	Downstream Processing	3
	2	BT 233	Emerging Technologies	3
	3	BT 234	Bioentrepreneurship	2
	4	BT 235	Intellectual Property Rights, Biosafety & Bioethics	2
	5	BT 236	Critical Analysis of Classical Papers	2
	6	BT 237	Animal Biotechnology	2
	7	BT 238	Seminar	1
	8	BT 239	Project Proposal, Preparation and Presentation	1
	9	BT 240	Dissertation-I	4
	10	*	Elective I	2
	11	*	Elective II	2
	12	BT 241	Lab Techniques - III*	1
			Total Credits Sem III	28
* based on the elective selected from Semester III ** related to the courses offered in Sem III: Downstream Processing and Bioprocess Engineering
		Elective Paper Options for Third Semester (Select any two)

	S.No.	Code	Course Title	Credit
Semester III Electives	E1	BT 231	Advances in Human Molecular Genomics	2
	E2	BT 224	Advances in Protein Chemistry	2
	E3	BT 223	Chemical Biology	2
	E4	BT 243	Advanced Bioinformatics	2
	E5	BT 244	Environmental Biotechnology	2
	E6	BT 225	Infectious disease biology	2
	E7	BT 230	Molecular and Cellular basis of Viral Oncogenesis	2
	E8	BT 229	Nanobiotechnology	2
	E9	BT 201	Molecular and Cell Biology of Rare Diseases	2
	E10	BT 276	Microbiome Biotechnology	2

	S.No.	Code	Course Title	Credit
Semester IV	1	BT 242	Dissertation - II	15
	2	BT 273	Thesis Defence	2
	3	BT 274	Thesis Evaluation	1
			Total Credits Sem IV	18

			Grand Total Credits	96