On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Biotechnology as a subject for further study and training in research for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), with effect from 1 October 2005. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Biotechnology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of a thesis, of not more than 15,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, footnotes, bibliography, and appendices, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The thesis shall provide evidence to satisfy the Examiners that a candidate can design and carry out investigations, assess and interpret the results obtained, and place the work in the wider perspectives of the subject.