Department of Biochemistry was established in 2021 at Abbottabad University of science and Technology. Biochemistry combines Biology and Chemistry to study living matter. It powers scientific and medical discovery in fields such as pharmaceuticals, forensics and nutrition. Biochemistry is an important discipline as it deals with life. In that sense Biochemistry really matters as it is essential to explain the entire real world. Biochemistry is a major scientific discipline, which consists of several sub disciplines that form connections with other sciences to spawn new fields. Biochemistry problem solving has far reaching relevance to many aspects of our daily life and our future career as well. Solving the problems of today or tomorrow requires its connections with Ecology, Material Science, Planetary Science, Meteorology, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. Biochemical principles apply to many other specialties like Medicine, Pharmacology, Criminology, Genetics, Space research to archaeology and oceanography.
The department is offering Bachelor program BS Biochemistry currently and has plan to launch M.Phil and PhD programs soon in future. Our goal is to provide a balanced introduction to the discipline. A Biochemist must be acquainted with many biological disciplines and with all major groups of natural and biological Science. Students of Biochemistry undergo introduction to the entire field before concentrating on specialized areas that might be more interesting to them. Other than academic activities, Biochemistry laboratories provide some basic facilities to the students. The manpower trained in the subject of Biochemistry is accommodated in the academic and research organizations, hospitals, serological & pathological diagnostic aboratories and forensic laboratories, Pharmaceutical, food Fisheries, wild life and dairy industries.