FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Undergraduates
Genetics Programme
Have you ever wondered how you are different from the people around you? Especially in terms of heredity and inheritance? The Genetics Program at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia can broaden your knowledge and understanding of genetic inheritance. Here you will be taken to explore the principles of genetic inheritance more theoretically and practically. We will also reveal to you the importance of genetics in your daily life.
Major courses
1st year
- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- General Genetics
- Fundamental Microbiology
2nd year
- Developmental Genetics
- Microbial Genetics
- Computational Molecular Biology
- Introduction to Bioinformatics
- Statistical Analysis in Biology
3rd year
- Human and Medical Genetics
- Scientific Communication
- Research Project I
4th year
- Research Project II
- Applications of Genetics in Industry
- Industrial Training
Electives
- Biochemistry and Industry
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Enzyme Technology
- Biotechnology Management
- Communication for the Biotechnology Industry
- Food Microbiology
- Animal Breeding
- Cytogenetic
- Plants Breeding
- Population Genetics
- Genomics
- Molecular Biology
Career Prospects
- Genetic Counselor
- Conservator of Flora and Fauna
- Geneticist
Core lecturers
Prof. Dr. Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin
Stem cells, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Enzymology (hisham@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Shazrul Fazry Sa'ariwijaya
Molecular Biochemistry of Food (shazrul@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Herryawan Ryadi Eziwar Dyari
Cell Biology, Aquatic Biology (herry@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Shairah Abdul Razak
Environmental Genomics, Population and Community Diversity, Quantitative Biology(shairah@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Izwan Bharudin
Molecular Microbiology, Fungal Genomics
(ibb@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Norfarhan Mohd Assa'ad
Bioinformatics, Population and Comparative Genomics
( n_farhan@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Jasper 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:
