MTech Course Curriculum
1st Semester
Core Courses (4 Credits)
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | |
| BB 899 | Communication skills (PP/NP (*Credits over and above the required minimum of 160) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4* | SN, (SS) + RPat (*), PVB (1 h), SRS, AKun, DPaul | Offered | |
| BB 653 | Experimental Techniques in Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | HV* | Offered |
Soft Core Courses (Compulsory courses based on background) (12 credits)
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | |
| For Bio background students | ||||||||
| BB 619 | Mathematics for Biologists | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | SK | Offered | |
| BB 553 | Bioinformatics | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | PB | Offered | |
| For Engg background students | ||||||||
| BB 603 | Physiology for engineers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | NT* + VPS | Offered | |
| OR | ||||||||
| BB 521 | Biochemistry and Bioenergetics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | PVB | Offered | |
| OR | ||||||||
| BB 405 | Molecular Biology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | SN | Offered | |
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| BB 402 | Cell Biology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | SKG | Offered | |
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| BB 553 | Bioinformatics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | PB | Offered | |
Department Electives (36 credits to be completed over the first two semesters: extra credits may be tagged as additional learning)
FH: runs in First Half of the semester, SH: runs in Second Half of the semester
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructors | |
| BB 663 (FH) | Medical imaging physics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | DPaul | Offered | |
| BB 665 (FH) | Biomaterials | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | PT | Offered | |
| BB 679 (SH) | Drug delivery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | PT | Offered | |
| BB 633 (FH) | Movement Neuroscience | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | NK | Offered | |
| BB 639 (SH) | Nanobiotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | RS | Offered | |
| BB 627 (SH) | Medical imaging methods | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | HV | Offered | |
| BB 673 (SH) | Medical sensors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | SM | Offered | |
| BB 601 (SH) | Introduction to bio-nanotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 661 (FH) | Biopotentials I: Cellular Signals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | RM | Offered | |
| BB 669 (SH) | Signals & systems in Biomedical Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 671 (SH) | Biopotentials II: Clinical Signals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 675 (FH) | Elements of circuits and instrumentation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 677 (SH) | Introduction to biomechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 600 | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 705 | Fundamental Concepts in Developmental Biology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | SN | Offered | |
| BB 706 | Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Microscopy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 607 | Proteomics Principles and Techniques | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 617 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 651 | Virtual instrumentation in BME | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 605 | Genetics and evolution of biological circuits | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 681 | Biological Physics at Microscopic Scales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | AKun | Offered | |
| BB 805 | Experimental Techniques-I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 803 | Advanced Cellular Electrophysiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 501 | Advanced Cellular Electrophysiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 803 | Advanced Cellular Electrophysiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 501 | Genetics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 503 | Genetic Engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 505 | Molecular Immunology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 507 | Molecular Enzymology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 509 | Bioprocess Engineering and Technology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 511 | Emerging Technologies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 520 | Analytical Biochemistry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 522 | Microbiology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 523 | Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Biologists | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 524 | Genetic Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 525 | Biological Thermodynamics and Kinetics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 526 | Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 527 | Molecular Enzymology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 530 | Biodesign | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 531 | Plant Biotechnology | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 532 | Molecular Mycology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 533 | Animal Biotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 534 | Advanced Enzymology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 535 | Environmental Biotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 537 | Virology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 539 | Applied Microbiology Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 604 | Biomathematics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 609 | Computational Methods in Molecular Biology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 613 | Techniques in Structural Biology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – | Not Offfered | |
| BB 631 | Topics in Biotechnology I | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offfered |
2nd Semester
Core Courses (10 Credits)
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructor(s) | |
| BB 694 | Credit seminar # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | HV + NK | Offered |
| BB 621 | Biostatistics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | SSen | Offered |
# The department process for allotting Credit Seminar and MTP topics to students: click here
Institute Elective (6 credits)
Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C |
| Institute elective (to be taken either in | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Department Electives (36 credits to be completed over the first two semesters: extra credits may be tagged as additional learning)
FH: runs in First Half of the semester, SH: runs in Second Half of the semester
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Slot | Instructors | |
| BB 606 | Cellular electricity: physics & modeling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 608 | Advanced Biomaterials & Regeneration | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 610 | Biomedical microsystems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | RS | Offered |
| BB 612 | Cell mechanics and mechanobiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | SSen | Offered |
| BB 614 | Biosensors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Not Offered | ||
| BB 616 | Cellular and tissue engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | PT | Offered |
| BB 624 | Microfluidics: physics and applications | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | DPaul | Offered |
| BB 625 | Motor Control in Health and Disease | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | NK | Offered |
| BB 626 | Modeling Biological Systems and Processes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 629 | Applied Immunology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 703 | Cancer genetics and Metabolism | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB704 | Diffuse Optical Imaging | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 620 | Ergonomics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 622 | Introduction to medical informatique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 618 | Medical instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | SM | Offered |
| BB 655 | Introduction to Biomedical Optics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | HV | Offered |
| BB 702 (FH) | Technology in Surgical Reconstruction | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | VPS | Offered |
| BB 628 | Molecular Cell Signaling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 630 | Industrial Microbiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 632 | Topics in Biotechnology II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 643 | NMR in Biological systems | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – | Not Offered | |
| BB 615 | General Virology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | KK | Not Offered |
| BB 536 | cryo-Electron Microscopy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | SK | Offered |
| BB 642 | Protein Crystallography | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3B+LX | PB | Offered |
| BB 623 | Mechanism of Bacterial Pathogenesis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | AB | Offered |
| BB 611 | Cell Cycle and Epigenetics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | SKG | Offered |
| BB 806 | Principles of Biomolecular interactions and recognition | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | Not Offered |
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3rd Semester
Institute Elective (6 credits)
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C |
| Institute elective (to be taken either in the 2nd or the 3rd semester) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
MTP Stage 1- Contact hours: 0; Credits: 44
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C |
| BB 797 | Project Stage I # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
# The department process for allotting Credit Seminar and MTP topics to students: click here
4th Semester
MTP Stage 2- Contact hours: 0; Credits: 48
| Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C |
| BB 798 | Project Stage II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Course Work and Credit Structure
| Course Work and Credits | Sem. 1 | Sem. 2 | Sem. 3 | Sem. 4 | Total |
| Core course (BB653 Experimental Techniques in Biomedical Engineering- Lab course) | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Core course (BB621 Biostatistics + BB694 Credit Seminar) | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Soft Core courses (Two compulsory courses based on background) | 12-0 | 0-12 | – | – | 12 |
| Department Electives | 12-18 | 24-18 | – | – | 36 |
| Institute Elective | – | 0-6 | 6-0 | – | 6 |
| Communication (P/NP) (*Credits over and above the required minimum of 160) | 4* | – | – | – | 4* |
| Total Course Credits (A) | 68 | ||||
| M.Tech. Project Credits (B) | – | – | 44 | 48 | 92 |
| Total Credits for the Program (A+B) | 160 |