
PROGRAMME
Curriculum
Students need to complete 69 credit units of prescribed work consisting of:
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12 credits of Foundation Courses
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18 credits of Core Courses
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18 credits of Specialised Courses in either the ‘Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology’ or the ‘Digital Health Technology’ streams
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21 credits of Capstone Experience (capstone project or industry internship)
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A non-credit-bearing Innovator Immersion Programme (for full-time students only)

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);
ORSBMS8002 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:






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.
