The objectives of this programme are to prepare students to be competent engineers that will be able to apply Engineering Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Life Sciences, Management Sciences and Ethics to solve animate and inanimate problems in Biochemical Engineering with emphasis in Biotechnology in areas such as Bioprocess Engineering (bioreactor engineering, optimization, control and management of biosystems, biopharmaceutical products, production and processing of food products, animal feed, nutrition supplements), Environmental Biotechnology (waste management and utilization, bioremediation, design operation, and management of water supply, water pollution, wastewater-municipal and industrial), Biomolecular Engineering (enzyme production and product optimization, production and optimization of biomolecular materials for industrial applications e.g. food products, biopharmaceuticals, water treatment and water pollution control, development of biosensors for process monitoring /testing and online bioprocess applications) and Nanotechnology (carbon nanomaterials and applications, membrane technology and? colloidal and interfacial science engineering).