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3. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND BIOENGINEERING
A new B.Tech. program in biological sciences and
bioengineering (BSBE) at IIT Kanpur has been
introduced in 2004. The program provides a unique
fusion of biology with other basic and engineering
sciences. There is no prerequisite of biology at school
level for admission in this program. The goal of this
program is to prepare the students, both in theory and
practice, for leadership in the globally competitive fields
of Life Science, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology industry,
academia and research. The program has been
developed to meet the increasing demand in these fields
of industry and research. Students of this program would
find unique opportunities of employment and research
in the areas of biomedical engineering, drug design,
bioinformatics, biotechnology, nano-biotechnology,
genomics etc. The course is designed to introduce
biology as an experimental science, in contrast to its
commonly perceived notion as a descriptive subject.
The students will also find the application of a wide
range of techniques in physical, chemical and
mathematical sciences for designing, executing and
interpreting experiments in biology.
The students of BSBE will take courses common with
all other branches of science and engineering in the
first year. During their second year, they will take
foundation and elective courses in basic biology and
bioengineering topics, besides developing their interest
and excitement in biological experimentations and
discoveries. Concepts in biology will be developed to
provide a holistic view and to facilitate integration of
these concepts with the fundamental principles of
physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering.