It gives me great pleasure to introduce the department of Biochemistry and its activities within the umbrella of College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the National University of Science and Technology. The department has been created in the year 2015 and since then it has been operating as a separate unit with the Pre-medicine program and the Human function department. The department responsibilities are so versatile starting from conducting courses for the MD1, MD2 and MD3. Moreover, the department is involved in active lab-based research with almost all members involved. Members of the department are highly qualified and are committed to fulfill COMHS, NU mission in producing quality doctors that are capable of participating in the country’s health care system with efficiency and dedication.
The department is coordinating the following courses: |
MPRM0101 |
Cell Biology |
MPRM0103 |
Chemistry for Medicine |
MPRM0106 |
Bioorganic Chemistry |
MPRM0107 |
Molecular Biology |
MPRC0205 |
Biochemistry and Genetics |
Supervisory role over the following courses: |
UEL00101 |
English language skills/University English1 |
UEL00102 |
Academic English/ University English2 |
UPD00101 |
Innovation and entrepreneurship development |
MPRM0104 |
Special Topics in English for Medicine |
UHS00101 |
Oman history and Islamic culture |
UEL00103 |
Technical Writing/ University English3 |
UPD00102 |
Entrepreneurship workshop and seminar |
Active participation in the following courses: |
MPRC0413 |
Research Methodology and Project |
MPRC0416 |
Forensic medicine |
The department has a dedicated team of laboratory instructors that are fully qualified to run the practical classes and manage their assessments and safety issues implicated with student practical sessions.
The department is in-charge of the Central College Research Facility which is adequately equipped research facility with active ongoing research. Faculty at the department are actively involved in research activities with internal and TRC research funds. Research activity at the department has culminated into several publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences
We are proud of what we are doing and what we have achieved.