Biotechnology Engineering Course Details, Eligibility, Course Subjects, Career Opportunities

What is Biotechnology Engineering

• Biotechnology engineering is a combination of fields such as engineering, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology.
• Biotechnology applies in many various engineering fields of agriculture, vaccines, fertilizers, insecticides, research and development of medicines, disease research, eco-conversation, etc.

Eligibility

• Pass in 10+2 (American 12th grade or equivalent with physics or mathematics or English as a compulsory subject with botany or chemistry).
• The candidate should have a minimum percentage of marks taken together in mathematics or physics or any one of the optional subjects.

Course Subjects of Biotechnology

• Bioprocess Calculations
• Cell Biology
• Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology
• Fluid Flow Operations
• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Mechanical Operations
• Mass Transfer Operations
• Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Process Dynamics and Control
• Genetic Engineering
• Metabolic Engineering
• Enzyme Science and Engineering
• Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
• Bioinformatics
• Bioprocess Equipment Design
• Downstream Processing
• Bioprocess Instrumentation
• Safety and Biosafety in Process Plants
• Molecular Biology
• Bioprocess Engineering 
• Food Biotechnology and Engineering
• Financial Management and Cost Estimation of Process Industries

Career Opportunities After Biotechnology

• Research and development in biotechnology
• Apply for a job in the government sector
• Apply for a job in the private sector
• Sales job in the Biopharma industry
• Laboratory Assistant/technician
• Peruse higher studies under the branches of Biotechnology and Life science.