Major Name: Bioengineering; Major Code: 083001; Duration: 3-7 years; Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Engineering

Educational Objectives: The major aims to cultivate comprehensive professionals with moral, intellectual, physical, and artistic development. Graduates are prepared to meet the economic construction needs in the fields of biotechnology related to medicine, food and the environment. They are equipped with innovative thinking, lifelong learning skills, practical abilities, and teamwork skills to engage in the production of biotechnological products, process design, production management, research on new technologies, and the development of new products. Within approximately 5 years after graduation, students are expected to achieve the following objectives: apply their knowledge to analyze, research, design solutions for complex biotechnological problems, stay updated with new developments in the field, and adapt to ongoing advancements through continuous learning. They should be capable of considering economic, environmental and social factors when addressing complex biotechnological issues.

Main Courses: Students of this major primarily study the fundamental theories, basic knowledge and essential skills related to the production of biotechnological products. Key courses include biochemistry, microbiology, chemical engineering principles, biochemical engineering, biotechnological equipment, factory design, molecular biology, fermentation engineering, bioseparation engineering, enzyme and protein engineering and industrial analysis in biotechnology.

Faculty: The major is supported by a well-structured academic team. Currently, there are 55 full-time teachers, including 8 professors and 18 associate professors, and 39 faculty members have Ph.D. degree. The teaching team for bioengineering is leading the industry in brewing technology and engineering, modernization of biopharmaceuticals and traditional Chinese medicine, and the development and utilization of edible and medicinal fungi resources.

Achievements in major Development: The Bioengineering major was established in 2001, with two specialized directions in fermentation engineering and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine. It is recognized as a first-class undergraduate major, a feature specialty, a pilot major for comprehensive reform of higher education professional majors, and a pilot major for reforming the talent cultivation mode of undergraduate engineering education in ordinary higher education institutions in Henan Province. The major has established a provincial-level biology teaching demonstration center, a provincial-level practical development base for high school students majoring in biology, and a provincial-level off-campus practical education base for university students. It offers two provincial first-class courses, ‘Biochemistry’ and ‘Beer Brewing Simulation Operation Platform’, and two distinctive demonstration courses under the ‘Specialized and creative integration’ major. The major has also established several on-campus training facilities, such as the biopharmaceutical fermentation pilot plant, beer brewing workshop, fermentation pipeline and equipment disassembly and assembly training workshop, edible and medicinal fungi cultivation training base, and a beer brewing virtual simulation laboratory and wine tasting room, as well as more than 30 off-campus internship bases in and outside the province.

Employment direction: Mainly engage in scientific research, technological development, and management in biological related departments in food, pharmaceutical, fermentation, and other biotechnology enterprises and institutions. The postgraduate entrance examination rate has remained at around 35% in the past three years, and many graduates have become the backbone of enterprise management and technological development.

Representative outstanding graduates:

1. Pan Jianchao, a 2005 graduate in Bioengineering, was awarded the National May 1st Labor Medal in 2016 and is currently the workshop director at Shanghai Kaibo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

2. Huang Zhengyang, a 2010 graduate in Bioengineering, joined the Poultry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2016.

3. Cao Minle, a 2010 graduate in Bioengineering, obtained a Doctor of Natural Science degree from the University of Marburg in Germany in 2015.

4. Yang Yonggang, a 2010 graduate in Bioengineering, is currently a researcher at the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Microbiology since 2018.