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PROGRAMME

Curriculum

Students need to complete 69 credit units of prescribed work consisting of:

  • 12 credits of Foundation Courses

  • 18 credits of Core Courses

  • 18 credits of Specialised Courses in either the ‘Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology’ or the ‘Digital Health Technology’ streams

  • 21 credits of Capstone Experience (capstone project or industry internship)

  • A non-credit-bearing Innovator Immersion Programme (for full-time students only)

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Foundation Courses

Credits: 12

Select FOUR from the following:

  • SBMS7101 Technology and Innovation Management [3]

  • SBMS7102 Biomedical Entrepreneurship [3]

  • SBMS7103 Quality Project Management [3]

  • SBMS7104 Regulatory Affairs [3]

  • SBMS7105 Effective Science Communication and Data Visualization [3]

Core Courses

Credits: 18

Select THREE from the following:

  • SBMS7201 Essential Skills in High-throughput Sequencing Data Analysis [6]*#

  • SBMS7202 Foundations in Biomedical Data Science [6]*

  • SBMS7203 Biomedical Product Development [6]#

  • SBMS7204 Integrative Perspectives of Body Functions [6]


*These courses are co-developed with BGI Group.

#Enrollment in SBMS7201 and SBMS7203 is mutually exclusive. Students are required to select only ONE of these courses.

Specialised Courses

Credits: 18

Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology (CMB):

  • SBMS7301 Molecular Biology of the Gene and Diseases [6]

  • SBMS7302 Advanced Cell Biology [6]@

  • SBMS7303 Biotechnologies in Neuroscience [3]

  • SBMS7304 Stem Cell Biotechnologies [3]

  • SBMS7305 Molecular Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics [3]


Digital Health Technology (DHT):

  • SBMS7401 Advances in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine [6]

  • SBMS7402 Big Data Analysis in Healthcare [6]@

  • SBMS7403 Digital Health Technology [6]#

  • SBMS7404 Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics for Biomedical Research [6] #


#Enrollment in SBMS7403 and SBMS7404 is mutually exclusive. Students are required to select only ONE of these courses.

@Enrollment in SBMS7302 and SBMS7402 is mutually exclusive. Students are required to select only ONE of these courses.

Innovator Immersion Programme

Credits: 0

SBMS7000 Innovator Immersion Programme (for full-time students only)

Capstone Experience

Credits: 21

[Under each option, each project must be designated as Capstone (CMB) or Capstone (DHT)] 


  • SBMS8001 Capstone Project (output in form of capstone report);
    OR

  • SBMS8002 Industry Internship (output in form of experiential learning report that include weekly learning logs and a reflective essay). For claiming a particular stream, relevance of the internship to the stream must be confirmed by the programme co-directors prior to the start of the internship.

Graduate Outcomes

The programme prepares students for a range of professional destinations, the most illustrative of which are outlined below, though the programme’s applicability extends well beyond this list:

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Graduates are well placed to work internationally and in Hong Kong. Full-time MBioInno graduates are eligible for the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG) visa. For details, please refer to the Immigration Department website: https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/IANG.html.

Regulations and Syllabus

Please refer to Regulations and Syllabus (applicable to candidates admitted in the 2026-27 academic year and thereafter): here.

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