Among the various Biotechnology courses, Biotechnology Engineering courses play an important role to explore
Biotechnology industrial applications at a large scale. BSc, MSc, and Ph.D.
(Science) Biotechnology is a research-oriented course but B.Tech/BE, M.Tech/ME,
and Ph.D. (Engg.) in Biotechnology are industry-oriented courses.
Biotechnology Engineering courses
are in India offered by various engineering institutes like the India Institute
of Technology (IIT), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Autonomous
Institutes and top universities' engineering departments.
IITs are always student's first
priority to getting admission in desired courses. IITs take admission through
in their courses via JEE- Advanced, JAM, and GATE entrance exams. Here we
listed the top Biotechnology Institutes in India for Biotechnology Engineering
courses. Mainly we listed the best IITs for Biotechnology courses in India.
We use the National Institutional
Ranking Framework’s list for 2020 for ranking the top Biotechnology institutes in
India.
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of Technology
Madras is among the top six old premier IITs of India. IIT Madras rank in the
first position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering category.
It started its Biotechnology
departed in 2004 and offers various Biotechnology courses like BS and MS in
Biotechnology. But here we listed only Biotechnology Engineering courses
offered by the IITs Chennai.
- Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Biological Engineering (5 Year)
- M.Tech. Bioprocess Engineering
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
IIT Delhi is also among the top
premier IITs that offer Biotechnology Engineering courses. IIT Delhi rank in
the second position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering
category.
Its Biotechnology department is
very old and established in 1974 as the Biochemical Engineering Research Centre
(BERC). Now it became the Department of Biochemical Engineering and
Biotechnology (DBEB) and starts functioning in 1993.
IIT Delhi, Biochemical Engineering
and Biotechnology Department offers the following Biotechnology engineering
programs.
- B.Tech in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay among the top six premier IITs that offer Engineering courses. IIT
Bombay rank in the third position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the
Engineering category.
It was established in 1958 and
its Biotechnology department was initially started as the Biomedical
Engineering Group (BME) in 1988 but now it becomes a part of the Department of
Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE).
IIT Bombay, Biosciences and
Bioengineering (BSBE) Department offers the following Biotechnology engineering
programs.
- M.Tech Biomedical Engineering
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
IIT Kanpur was established in
1959 and is among the top premier IITs that offer various Engineering courses.
IIT Kanpur rank in the fourth position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the
Engineering category.
Its full-fledged Biological
Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE) Department was formally established on
13th September 2001. IIT Kanpur, BSBE Department offers the following
Biotechnology engineering-related programs.
- B. Tech in Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE) (4 Year)
- B. Tech-M. Tech Dual-degree in Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE) (5 Year)
- M. Tech in Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE)
- Ph.D. in Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE)
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
IIT Kharagpur was the first
Indian Institute of Technology that established in 1950. It is among the
top-ranking premier IITs that offer various engineering courses. IIT
Kharagpur rank in the fifth position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the
Engineering category.
Its Biotechnology department was
started in 1986. Initially, it offers only M.Tech but later it also started
B.Tech in Biotechnology Engineering. IIT Kharagpur, Biotechnology department
offers the following Biotechnology engineering programs.
- B.Tech in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering
- M.Tech in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
IIT Roorkee is a premier public
and oldest technical institute that was established by the Britishers in 1847
as the College of Civil Engineering. Later it finally becomes the nation's
seventh Indian Institute of Technology in the year 2001.
Its Biotechnology department was
started as the Centre of Biosciences in 1980. Later it becomes the Department
of Biosciences and Biotechnology in 1986 and finally the Department of
Biotechnology in the year 2002.
IIT Roorkee rank in the sixth
position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering category. IIT
Roorkee, Biotechnology department offers the following Biotechnology
engineering programs.
- B.Tech Biotechnology
- M.Tech Bioprocess Engineering
- Ph.D. in Biotechnology
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
IIT Guwahati is the sixth Indian
Institute of Technology established in India in 1994. IIT Guwahati has been
ranked 7th in the Engineering category in NIRF India Rankings 2020.
Its Biosciences and
Bioengineering Department was established in November 2002 and offer the
following Biotechnology engineering programs.
- B. Tech. Biosciences and Bioengineering
- M.Tech Biotechnology
- Ph.D. in Biotechnology
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
IIT Hyderabad is a public
technical university. It is among the eight young IITs that were founded in
2008. IIT Hyderabad well-performed and ranks in the eighth positions in India
in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering category.
Its Biotechnology department was
established in 2010 and offers the following Biotechnology engineering-related
programs.
- M.Tech. in Medical Biotechnology
- Ph.D. in Biotechnology
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
IIT Indore is a public technical
institute that was founded in 2009 with the eight young Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs). It is also well performed and ranks in the ninth position in
India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering category.
Its Department of Biosciences and
Biomedical Engineering (BSBE) started in 2012. Currently, it not offers any B.
Tech and M.Tech courses in Biotechnology. It offers only MSc and Ph.D. courses
in Biotechnology.
- Ph.D. in Biotechnology
10. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
IIT-BHU was formally Institute of
Technology under the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) which is a public central
university. IIT-BHU is established in 2012 from IT-BHU.
IIT-BHU ranks in the eleventh
position in India in NIRF Ranking 2020 under the Engineering category. IIT-
BHUs School of Biochemical Engineering department also offers many
Biotechnology engineering courses.
- Integrated B.Tech. & M.Tech. (5 Year) Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology
- M.Tech. Biochemical Engineering
- Ph.D. in Biochemical engineering and applied biotechnology
Note: In the above
institutes, many also offer MSc or integrated MSc-Ph.D. courses related to
Biotechnology.
IISc Bangalore is ranked number
two in the overall ranking of Universities but here we listed only those
institutes that rank in the engineering category.
Reference: India Rankings
2020: Engineering
