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Faculty of Science Booklet, Academic Session 2022/2023



                          INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (ISB)

             Biological science teaching and research in Malaysia can be traced back to the
             early days of 1959, when Universiti Malaya was instituted with two Divisions; the
             Kuala  Lumpur  and  the  Singapore  Divisions.  The  Kuala  Lumpur  Division  at
             Universiti Malaya was officially opened on January 15, 1959. Lessons began in
             the Department of Zoology and Botany on the 25th  of  May 1959 in borrowed
             premises until the Faculty of Science building was officially opened in 1961.

             On the 1st of April 1967, the two Departments of Zoology and Botany became
             one as  the  School  of  Biological  Sciences  with  five  divisions:  zoology,  botany,
             ecology, genetics and physiology. Eight years later in April 1975, the School of
             Biological Sciences was separated into the Departments of Botany, Zoology, and
             Genetics and Cellular Biology. The other two divisions of Ecology and Physiology
             were managed by the Department of Zoology. Physiology was discontinued in
             1978  while  Ecology  continued  to  flourish  under  the  management  of  the
             Department of Zoology. In 1980, the Division of Microbiology was formed under
             the management of the Department of Genetics and Cellular Biology. On June
             1st 1997, the amalgamation of these three departments led to the formation of
             the Institute of Biological Sciences (Institut Sains Biologi, ISB).

             ISB aims to advance scientific and technological knowledge in the field of biology,
             through the establishment of research and scientific links with institutions in and
             outside  the  country.  In  the  process  of  doing  so,  we  hope  that  high  quality
             graduates will be produced. These young men and women will play important
             roles in the development of our nation and the world in the future.



















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