FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Undergraduates
Microbiology Programme
Have you ever wondered how microbes are used in the production of antibiotics or probiotics? What is the role of microorganisms in nutrient recycling? Or do you want to understand how microbes cause disease in humans, animals and plants? The Microbiology Program equips you with an understanding of the diversity of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi), microbial activity at the cellular and molecular level, and the use of microbes in the biotechnology and medical industries.
Major courses
1st year
- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Fundamental Microbiology
- General Chemistry II
2nd year
- Immunology
- Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity
- Computational Molecular Biology
3rd year
- Microbial Metabolism
- Environmental Microbiology
- Diagnosis and Pathogenic Microbiology
- Virology
- Scientific Communication
- Research Project I
4th year
- Research Project II
- Industrial Training
Electives
- Food Microbiology
- Quality, Safety and Food Legislation
- Industrial Fermentation
- Plant Biotechnology Industry
- Biological Statistics Analysis
- Molecular Biology
- Industrial Fermentation
- Microbe-Plant Interactions
- Industrial Safety
- Biotechnology Management
- Genomics
- Gene Expression
Career Prospects
- Microbiologist
- Immunologist
- Food Science and Technologist
- Mycologist
- Scientific Writer
- Virologist
- Water Quality Laboratory Technician
- Pharmaceutical Scientist
- Parasitologist
- Lecturer
Core lecturers
Prof. Dr. Aidil Abdul Hamid
Microbial Physiology
(aidil@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Munir Abdul Murad
Fungal Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Microbial Genomics & Applied Microbiology (munir@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlina Ibrahim
Molecular virology, Antimicrobial Discovery
(nazlina@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Norefrina Shafinaz Md. Nor
Environmental Virology; Antiviral Bioprospecting; Phage Therapy.
(efrina@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Wan Syaidatul Aqma Wan Mohd. Noor
Environmental microbiology (syaidatul@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Mohd. Fareed Mohd. Sairi
Biotechnology, Microbiology (fareed@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Nazlina Haiza Mohd. Yasin
Bioprocess Technology, Environmental Biotechnology (nazlinayasin@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Nor Hazlin Hazrin Chong
Environmental microbiology, Microbial ecology
(hazlin@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Mohd Asif Mohd Sukri
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pathogenesis of bacteria, virus genomics, and emerging infectious disease (mohdasifsukri@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Jasper E. James
Mycology, Mechanisms of antifungal resistance, fungal-host interactions
(jasper.james@ukm.edu.my)
Entry requirements
General requirement:
- Complete 12 years of Primary and High School education; and
- Obtain High School (e.g. Higher Secondary Certificate, Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate, Tawjihiyah, Ijazah Sekolah Menengah Atas, High School Diploma); and
- Meet minimum English requirement set by faculty; and
- Pass UKM interview (if required) ; and
- Meet faculty specific requirement;
Specific programme requirement:
