The postgraduate degrees of Biology offer students to be experts such as microbiology, zoology, botany, environmental biology, applied parasitology, aquatic biology, plant pathology, applied entomology and biotechnology. The programmes provide an excellent atmosphere for students to conduct independent and original research, where excellent supervision and guidance are provided by academic staffs who are accomplished specialists in their respective scientific disciplines.
Research Thrust Areas
Biology
Algology
Molecular Biology
Botany
Ecology
Animal Ecology
Plant Physiology
Genetics
Tissue Culture
Vertebrate Zoology
Environmental Biology
Application of Data Mining
Aquatic Biology
Biodiversity
Bioinformatics
Biomass Energy
Biotechnology
Eco-informatics
Ecological Processes
Entomology
Ethnobotany
Ethnozoology
Microbiology
Supercritical Fluid Technology
Wildlife Biology
To be confirmed
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Main Campus,
MINDEN,
Penang,
11800, Malaysia
Applicants should possess the following:
A. Bachelor's degree in related area
1. CGPA of at least 2.75 / 4.00; or
2. CGPA between 2.50 - 2.74 with the following additional conditions: or
3. CGPA between 2.00 - 2.49 (Bachelor's Degree with Honours)