FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Undergraduates
Plant Biotechnology Programme
Plants are an important resource in ensuring food safety, a source of fuel for new energy in addition to being used in pharmaceutical products. This program’s courses enhance your understanding of plant development and physiology while exposing you to biotechnological advances in plant genetic modification. These skills will lead to careers in the government sector, multinational companies or in science communication.
Major courses
1st year
- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Fundamental Microbiology
- General Genetics
2nd year
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Development
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Computational Molecular Biology
- Plant Anatomy & Morphology
- Gene Expression
- Biochemistry
- DNA Recombinant Technology I
- DNA Recombinant Technology II
3rd year
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant Biotechnology
- Plant Breeding
- Scientific Communication
- Research Project I
4th year
- Research Project II
- Industrial Training I
- Industrial Training II
Career Prospects
- Academician
- Researcher
- Agronomist
- Agrobiotechnologist
- Plant Pathologist
- Science officer
- Entrepreneur
Core lecturers
Prof. Dr. Ismanizan Ismail
Plant molecular biology and biotechnology(maniz@ukm.edu.my)
Prof. Dr. Zamri Zainal
Plant molecular biology and biotechnology
(zz@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Che Radziah Che Mohd. Zain
Plant biotechnology (cradziah@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Nurulhikma Md. Isa
Cell signaling and plant hormones/ abiotic stress (hikma@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Noor Liyana Sukiran
Plant molecular biology (liyana@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Muhamad Hafiz Che Othman
Plant secondary metabolites, Plant carbon metabolism, Plant proteomics
(hafiz@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Amirah Mohammad Sidik
Plant ion and molecular signalling, abiotic stress responses (amirahsidik@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:
