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Total Fees

6.36 L

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₹ 6.36 L

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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

48 Months

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Biotechnology Engineering is a four-year (8 Semesters) full-time undergraduate program recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and offered by the School of Engineering at the Vel's Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai.

Biotechnology is a broad discipline based on cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help to improve our lives and the health of our planet. The academic program is based on the choice based credit system (CBCS) which provides students with an open choice of courses comprising a core, elective courses, in-plant training, and project work. The major thrust of the department includes Plant biotechnology, Fungal biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology Computational Biology, and Infectious diseases.
The department has highly qualified faculty members with rich experience in teaching and research; some of them have visited international institutions of repute for collaborative teaching and or research programs while some others presented their research findings in international forums abroad. The faculty members attract funds from national and international agencies in the form of research grants. The members of the faculty regularly publish research articles in indexed, peer-reviewed international and national journals. The syllabus is consciously designed to help students inculcate, at every stage, the rapid trends and progressive growth in this exciting field. The students are admitted by selection through merit-based on the percentage of marks secured in the VISTAS Entrance Examination.

Eligibility Criteria

First Semester of B.E / B.Tech : Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examinations of (10+2) Curriculum (Academic Steam) with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as three of the four subjects or any examination of any other authority accepted by the BOM of Vels University as equivalent there to for B.E., Bio -Medical and B.Tech., Biotechnology apart from MPC, Biology as fourth paper is preferable.
Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Vocational Stream (Vocational Groups in Engineering / Technology)
Lateral Entry : The Candidate who passes the Diploma in Engineering / Technology awarded by the concerned State Board of Technical Education or its equivalent are eligible to apply for Lateral Entry admission to the third semester of B.E., / B.Tech. in the branch corresponding to the branch of study.
The candidate who passess the degree in Science (B.Sc (10+2+3 stream with Mathematics as a subject at the B.Sc Level are eligible to apply for Lateral Entry admission to the third semester of B.E., / B.Tech.s Such candidate shall undergo two additional Engineering subjects(s) in the third and fourth semesters as prescribed by the University