THE growing world population demands a safe environment, adequate and nutritious food and health care against a variety of diseases.
The field of biotechnology has found many solutions by developing new drugs, increasing agricultural productivity, replacing hazardous industrial chemicals with biological catalysts or enzymes and modified organisms as biological factories.
Biotechnology utilises the sciences of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computers and information technology to develop tools and products that hold great promise and concern.
Malaysia is one of the world's 12 mega biodiversity centres with abundant natural resources in flora, fauna and marine ecosystems.
The government is committed to promoting this industry as one of the new growth areas, and its concerted efforts have resulted in the realisation of more joint-ventures and collaborations between local and foreign parties in undertaking research and development activities for the production of vaccines, diagnostic kits and other biotech related products.
The International University College of Technology Twintech has positioned itself as a key centre for biotechnology, with innovative education programmes, world-class teaching and research.
Courses offered are Diploma in Biotechnology, B.Sc (Hons) Biotechnology, B.Sc (Hons) Industrial Biotechnology, M.Sc Agricultural Biotechnology and M.Sc (Environmental Biotechnology).
Graduates from each of these courses have a variety of employment opportunities in industry, research institutes and universities.
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