Agricultural Biotechnology program

Program Description

The program deals with studying biological diversity and conservation of genetic resources through gene banks for animals, plants and microorganisms and the production of plants resistant to adverse environmental conditions through genetic transport and the use of bioreactors to produce pharmaceutical compounds.

Graduates Attributes

• Biotechnology uses to improve plant, animal and microbiological strains.
• Engages the various techniques of molecular biology in agricultural production development programs.
• Incorporates knowledge and methods to produce genetically modified organisms.
• Uses biotechnology applications in agro-industries and environmental conservation.
• Follows bio-safety systems in GMO production.
• Defines the way to obtain intellectual property rights under international legal legitimacy.
• Uses software in gene and protein technology.
• Develops Mathematical models before application in laboratory experiments.
• Develops conservation methods for organisms and genetic origins at the cell level until the whole organism level.
• Simulates biological systems with artificial cell biology.
• Develops manual systems into automatic high-throughput systems.
• Understands the sequence of different biological systems (Invivo to Invitro to Insilico)
• Determines the identification of different biomass and molecular techniques for agricultural development programs

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding.

Intellectual Skills.
Professional and

Practical Skills.

Communication and General Skills.

Job Opportunities

Egyptian and foreign Universities, research centers and institutes.

Quality control department in food and dairy factories.

Food Safety Authority.

Laboratories for chemical and microbial analysis of food.

General Organization for

Export and import Control.

Quarantine management.

Standards and Metrology Authority.

Consulting companies for equality systems for the rehabilitation and accreditation of factories and laboratories.

Ministry of health and population (observer and food inspector and nutrition)

Food service in public and private hospitals .

Inspection companies.

Getting started

• Semester 1
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABE141	Physics & Agricultural Meteorology	2	3	2	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT110	General Chemistry	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  MAT111	Mathematics I	3	1	0	0	4	3	150	6
  PPT110	Principles of Plant Production	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  FST120	Principles of food & dairy sciences	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  UC1	University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC2	University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 2
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABE120	Principles of Agricultural Engineering	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  APT110	Principles of Animal Production	1	3			4	2	120	4
  PPT111	Plant Morphological & physiological	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  PBC201	Biochemistry I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  UC3	University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC4	University Requirement (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC5	University Requirement (5)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE1	Elective University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 3
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABT240	Applied Bio-Statics	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  CSE013	Introduction to Information systems & technology	2	1	0	0	3	2	105	4
  PPT212	Principles of the Desert Environment	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  PPT240	Principles of Soil Science	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  CHE331	Analytical Chemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  ENG111	English 2	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC6	University Requirement (6)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 4
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABT221	Biochemical Genetics	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT222	Principles of Molecular Biology	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT220	Principles of Genetics	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  ABT 230	General Microbiology	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  CTP211	Surveying	2	0	1	3	6	3	180	6
  UC7	University Requirement (7)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE2	Elective University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE3	Elective University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 5
  6 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABT313	Secondary Metabolites Biotechnology	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  ABT314	Chemistry of Proteins & Enzymes	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT323	Molecular Ecology	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT331	Microbial Biotechnology	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  PPT316	Plant Tissue Cultures	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  E1	Elective Course (1)	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6

• Semester 6
  5 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABT325	Genetic Engineering & Gene Transfer	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT326	Molecular Evolution & Phylogenetic	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT334	Environmental Microbiology	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT344	Desert Economic Plants	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  E2	Elective Course (2) 2 Courses	4	6	0	0	10	6	330	12

• Semester 7
  2 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABE491	Field training	0	0		30	30	5	600	10
  ABE492	Graduation project	0	0		24	24	4	500	8

• Semester 8
  5 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ABT428	Biosafety & ethics of genetic engineering	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT429	Bioinformatics	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  ABT424	Biotechnology of Fish & Marine organisms	2	3	0	0	5	3	165	6
  ABT425	Genomics & Proteomics	1	3	0	0	4	2	120	4
  E3	Elective Course (3) 3 Courses	6	9	0	0	15	9	495	18