BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Total credits: 130 credits
(Applicable from the 2025 recruitment cohort)

No. Course’s name Number of credits
Credits Lecture Practice
1 General and liberal arts knowledge 33    
-        TTU core 18 17 1
-        General knowledge 6-15 6-14 1
2 Knowledge of Foreign Languages (English or Vietnamese) 12-15 12-15  
3 Required professional education knowledge 56 43-45 11-13
-        Required foundational knowledge in Biotechnology. 38 31 7
-        Required knowledge for each major 18 12-14 4-6
4 Graduation knowledge

Choose one of four options:

1. Graduation thesis

2. Capstone Project + Internship

experiment

3. Practical training + Excellent essay

Career + Substitute Course

4. Graduation Internship

 10 10  
5 Elective courses
(Students choose courses within or outside the School of Biotechnology)		 Minimum 19 (Depending on the student's choice)
6 Course modules that do not count towards graduation credits. 25*    
TOTAL 130 (Depending on the student's choice)

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

No. Course code Course name Number of credits
Credit Period Lecture Practice
FOR VIETNAMESE STUDENTS        
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 11      
1 MACL1101 Marxist-Leninist Philosophy 3 45 45  
2 MACL1102 Political Economy 2 30 30  
3 MACL2104 Ho Chi Minh Thoughts 2 30 30  
4 MACL1103 Science Socialism 2 30 30  
5 MACL2105 History of the Communist Party of Vietnam 2 30 30  
NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY 8    
1 GEN1103 Defense and Security Education* 8    
FOREIGN LANGUAGES 12    
1 ESL1101 English 1 4 60 60  
2 ESL1102 English 2 4 60 60  
3 ESL2103 English 3 4 60 60  
4 ESL1105 Intensive English 1* 2 60   60
5 ESL1106 Intensive English 2* 2 60   60
6 ESL1107 Intensive English 3* 2 60   60
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS    
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 6    
1 HUE1042 Vietnamese Modern Culture and Society 3 45 45  
2 HUE1043 World Civilizations History 3 45 45  
3 BIO1104 General Biology 2 30 30  
FOREIGN LANGUAGES 15    
1 GEN1001 Vietnamese 1 3 45 45  
2 GEN1002 Vietnamese 2 3 45 45  
3 GEN1003 Vietnamese 3 3 45 45  
4 GEN1004 Advanced Vietnamese 1 3 45 45  
5 GEN1005 Advanced Vietnamese 2 3 45 45  
FOR ALL STUDENTS    
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE    
  GEN1101 Fundamentals of Law 2 30 30  
  GEN1102 Digital Literacy 2 45 15 30
  GEN2104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30    
  GEN1105 Soft Skills* 2 30    
  Practical experiences and community activities* 4    
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3    
  PHY1101 Physical Education 1* 1 30   30
  PHY1102 Physical Education 2* 1 30   30
  PHY2103 Physical Education 3* 1 30   30
TTU CORE 18  
Group I: Human Civilization
Human Civilization		  
1 CIV1001  World Civilizations History 3 45 45  
2 CIV1002 Modern Times 3 45 45  
Group II: Culture, Literature, and Arts
Culture, literature, and art
1 CLA1001 Introduction to Cultural Studies 3 45 45  
2 CLA1002 Contemporary Art 3 45 45  
3 CLA1003 Vietnamese and Other World Classic Cultures 3 45 45  
4 CLA1004 Culture and Literature 3 45 45  
Group III: Thinking and Communication
Critical Thinking and Communication		  
1 CTC2001 Writing and Ideas (Critical thinking) 3 45 45  
2 CTC2002 Leadership and Communication 3 45 45  
3 CTC2003 Ngôn ngữ và tiếng Việt
Language and Vietnamese		 3 45 45  
Group IV: Humans and the Earth
Humans and the Earth
1 HUE2001 Human and Environmental Interactions 3 45 45  
2 HUE2002 Climate Change 3 45 45  
Group V: Natural Sciences and Technology
                Natural science and technology
1 NST3001 Calculus 3 45 45  
2 NST3002 Introduction to data science with Python 3  
3 NST3003 Engineering Design 3 45 45  
Group VI: Economics and Management
Economics and Earth
1 ECM3001 (Principles

of Economics)

 3 45 45  
2 ECM3002 (Office Management) 3 45 45  
3 ECM3003 (Personal Finance) 3 45 45  
* This course is not credit-bearing.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE BLOCK        
Fundamental knowledge of the field 38      
1 CHEM1101 Core Concepts in Chemistry 3 45 45
2 NST1101B Physics for Life Sciences 3 45 45
3 CHEM1102 Organic Chemistry 4 75 45 30
4 BIO1101 Introduction to Biotechnology 2 30 30
5 BIO1102 Cell Biology 3 45 45
6 BIO1103 Biosafety 1 15 15
7 NST2106B Biostatistics and Practice 3 60 30 30
8 BIO2101 Genetics 3 60 30 30
9 BIO2102 Basic Bioinformatics 3 60 30 30
10 BIO2103 Biochemistry 3 60 30 30
11 BIO2104 Molecular & Cellular Biology 3 60 30 30
12 BIO2105 Protein Engineering 2 30 30
13 BIO2106 Scientific Research Methodologies and Scientific Writing Workshop 2 30 30
14 BIO2107 Microbiology 3 60 30 30
Specialized knowledge in Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology 18      
1 BIO3101 Plant biotechnology 3 60 30 30
2 BIO3102 Aquaculture biotechnology 3 45 45
3 BIO3103 Bio-energy 3 60 30 30
4 BIO3104 Bioremediation 3 60 30 30
5 BIO3105 Plant Physiology 3 45 45
6 BIO3106 Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture 3 60 30 30
Specialized knowledge in Industrial Biotechnology 18      
1 BIO3107 Microbial Biotechnology 3 60 30 30
2 BIO3108 Fermentation technology 3 60 30 30
3 BIO3109 Biotransformation and metabolic products 3 45 45
4 BIO3110 Enzyme technology 3 60 30 30
5 BIO3111 Food microbiology 3 45 45
6 BIO3112 Biotechnology in food preservation and processing 3 60 30 30
Specialized knowledge in Medical and Pharmaceutical 18      
1 BIO3113 Human & Animal Physiology 3 60 30 30
2 BIO3114 Immunology 3 45 45
3 BIO3115 Molecular biology application in medicine 3 60 30 30
4 BIO3116 Biomaterials 3 60 30 30
5 BIO3117 Animal Biotechnology 3 45 45
6 BIO3118 Microbial biotechnology in medicine 3 60 30 30
Specialized knowledge in Data Science in Biology 18
1 CS1111 Introduction to Programming 3 60 30 30
2 CS3111 Introduction to Database 3 60 30 30
3 AI3102 Introduction to Machine Learning 3 60 30 30
4 CS3131 Data Mining 3 60 30 30
5 CS4141 Data Visualization 3 60 30 30
6 BIO3120 Applied Data Science in Biology 3 60 30 30
Elective course        
1 BIO2001 Advances in Stem Cells and Applications 2 30 30
2 BIO2002 Human & Animal Physiology of Reproduction 2 30 30
3 BIO2003 Developmental Biology 2 30 30
4 BIO2004 Biophysics 2 30 30
5 BIO2005 Applied Nanotechnology 2 45 15 30
6 BIO2006 Biomedicine 2 30 30
7 BIO3007 Gene & Cell Therapy 2 30 30
8 BIO3008 Biotechnology Product Development 2 30 30
9 BIO3009 Bioactive natural products 2 30 30
10 BIO3010 Functional food 2 30 30
11 BIO3011 Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology 2 30 30
12 BIO3012 Biotechnology for waste treatment 2 30 30
13 BIO3013 Environmental ecology 2 30 30
14 BIO3014 Environmental Impact Assessment 2 30 30
15 BIO3015 Animal Behavior 2 30 30
16 BIO3016 Application of Biotechnology for Plant Protection 3 60 30 30
17 BIO3017 Plant tissue culture method 2 45 15 30
18 BIO3018 Microbiological analysis for food 2 45 15 30
19 BIO3019 Plant pathology 3 45 45
20 BIO3020 Cancer & Personalized Cancer Therapy 2 30 30
21 BIO3021 Biopharmaceuticals 3 45 45
22 BIO3022 Animal Cell and Drug Development 3 45 45
23 BIO3023 Biotechnology in beverages 3 45 45
Internship and Graduation Thesis
(Graduation method depends on each student's circumstances)		 10      
Graduation thesis
1 BIO4001 Graduate Thesis 10      
Graduation Thesis + Graduation Internship
2 BIO4002 Capstone Project 6      
3 BIO4003 Career Orientation Internship 4      
Alternative course
4 BIO4003 Career Orientation Internship 4      
5 BIO4004 Graduation Essay 4      
6 Elective course 2      
Graduation internship        
1 BIO4005 Graduation Internship 10      
TOTAL CREDITS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM 130      
Total number of required credits 65      
Total number of elective credits by liberal arts group 18      
Total number of elective credits by major 28      
Minimum total number of elective credits 19      

 

SAMPLE COURSE LAYOUT

 

No. Course code Course name Number of credits
Credit Period Lecture Prac
Semester 1        
1 MACL1101 Marxist-Leninist philosophy 3 45 45  
2 BIO1104 General Biology 2 30 30  
3 GEN1101 Fundamentals of Law 2 30 30  
4   Human Civilization 3 45 45  
5 ESL1101 English 1 4 60 60  
GEN1001 Vietnamese 1 3 45 45  
6 ESL1105 Intensive English 1* 2 60   60
7 PHY1101 Physical Education 1* 1 30   30
8 GEN1102 Digital Literacy 2 30 30  
9 CHEM1101 Core Concepts in Chemistry 3 45 45  
10 BIO1101 Introduction to Biotechnology 2 30 30  
Total 18-19  
Semester 2        
1 MACL1102 Political Economy 2 30 30  
2 MACL1103 Science Socialism 2 30 30  
3   Culture, literature, and art 3 45 45  
4 ESL1102 English 2 4 60 60  
GEN1002 Vietnamese 2 3 45 45  
5 ESL1106 Intensive English 2* 2 60   60
GEN1004 Advanced Vietnamese 1 3 45 45  
6 PHYS1102 Physical Education 2* 1 30   30
7 CHEM1102 Organic Chemistry 4 74 45 30
8 BIO1102 Cell Biology 3 45 45  
9 BIO1103 Biosafety 1 15 15  
10 HUE1043 World Civilizations History 3 45 45  
Total 17-18  
Semester 3        
  GEN1103 Defense and Security Education 8      
Semester 4        
1 MACL2105 Ho Chi Minh Thoughts 2 30 30  
2   Critical Thinking and Communication 3 45 45  
3 ESL2103 English 3 4 60 60  
GEN1003 Vietnamese 3 3 45 45  
4 ESL1107 Intensive English 3* 2 60   60
GEN1005 Advanced Vietnamese 2 3 45 45  
5 PHY1103 Physical Education 3* 1 30   30
6 NST1101B Physics for Life Sciences 3 45 45  
7 BIO2101 Genetics 3 60 30 30
8 BIO2103 Biochemistry 3 60 30 30
Total 17-18  
Semester 5        
1 MACL2104 History of the Communist Party of Vietnam 2 30 30  
2   Humans and the Earth 3 45 45  
3 NST2106B Biostatistics and Practice 3 60 30 30
4 BIO202 Basic Bioinformatics 3 60 30 30
5 BIO2107 Microbiology 3 60 30 30
6 HUE1041 Humans and the Environment 3 45 45  
7   Elective course 3      
Total 17-18      
Semester 6        
    Elective course 9      
Total 9  
Semester 7        
1   Natural science and technology 3 45 45  
2 BIO2104 Molecular & Cellular Biology 3 60 30 30
3 BIO2105 Protein Engineering 2 30 30  
4 BIO2106 Scientific Research Methodologies and Scientific Writing Workshop 2 30 30  
5   Elective course 7      
6 GEN1105 Soft Skills* 2 30    
Total 17      
Semester 8        
Agricultural - Environmental Biotechnology Specialization        
1   Economics and Management 3 45 45  
2 BIO3102 Aquaculture biotechnology 3 45 45  
3 BIO3101 Plant Biotechnology 3 60 30 30
4 BIO3103 Bio-energy 3 60 30 30
5 GEN2104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30    
6   Elective course 3      
Total 15      
Industrial Biotechnology Specialization        
1   Economics and Management 3 45 45  
2 BIO3107 Microbial Biotechnology 3 60 30 30
3 BIO3108 Fermentation technology 3 60 30 30
4 BIO3109 Biotransformation and Metabolic Products 3 45 45  
5 GEN2104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30    
6   Elective course 3      
Total 15      
Medical and Pharmaceutical Specialization        
1   Economics and Management 3 45 45  
2 BIO3117 Animal Biotechnology 3 45 45  
3 BIO3113 Human & Animal Physiology 3 60 30 30
4 BIO3115 Molecular biology application in medicine 3 60 30 30
5 GEN2104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30    
6   Elective course 3      
Total 15      
Data Science in Biology Specialization        
1   Economics and Management 3 45 45  
2 CS1111 Introduction to Programming 3 60 30 30
3 CS3111 Introduction to Database 3 60 30 30
4 AI3102 Introduction to Machine Learning 3 60 30 30
5 GEN2104 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30    
6   Elective course 3      
Total 15      
Semester 9        
Agricultural - Environmental Biotechnology Specialization        
1 BIO3104 Bioremediation 3 60 30 30
2 BIO3105 Plant Physiology 3 45 45  
3 BIO3106 Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture 3 60 30 30
Total 9      
Industrial Biotechnology Specialization        
1 BIO3111 Food Microbiology 3 45 45  
2 BIO3110 Enzyme Technology 3 60 30 30
3 BIO3112 Biotechnology in food preservation and processing 3 60 30 30
Total 9      
Medical and Pharmaceutical Specialization        
1 BIO3116 Biomaterials 3 60 30 30
2 BIO3114 Immunology 3 45 45  
3 BIO3118 Microbial biotechnology in medicine 3 60 30 30
Total 9      
Data Science in Biology Specialization
1 CS3131 Data Mining 3 60 30 30
2 CS4141 Data Visualization 3 60 30 30
3 BIO3120 Applied Data Science in Biology 3 60 30 30
Total 9      
Semester 10 (Choose the appropriate method)        
1 BIO4001 Graduation Thesis 10      
2 BIO4002 Capstone Project 6      
3 BIO4003 Career Orientation Internship 4      
4 BIO4004 Graduation Essay 4      
5 BIO4005 Graduation Internship 10      
6   Elective course 2      
Total 10      
TOTAL CREDITS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM 130      
  Total number of required credits 65      
  Total number of elective credits by liberal arts group 18      
  Total number of elective credits by major 28      
  Minimum total number of elective credits 19