Overview

Advance plant breeding and plant improvement by learning critical skills in molecular biology, genetics, and genomics.

Key Features

Plant Biotechnology is a part of our daily lives in applications such as developing nutritionally enhanced foods, enabling sustainable agricultural production, and engineering plants for industrial and medical purposes.

The Plant Biotechnology major at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign provides an interdisciplinary curriculum integrating the science and practice of crop production through courses in molecular biology, genetics and genomics, biochemistry, plant protection, data analysis and more.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biotechnology in Agriculture

Genetic Engineering Lab

Plant Genetics

Advanced Plant Genetics

Principles of Plant Breeding

Data in Biology and Agriculture

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

126 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Urbana, United States

Disciplines

Biotechnology Botany View 192 other Bachelors in Biotechnology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

You'll provide your high school courses/grades, choose your major and a second choice, complete our writing prompts, and list your extracurricular activities, honors, and awards.

List your high school courses and grades exactly as they appear on your transcript.

We are test-optional, meaning you’re not required to submit ACT and/or SAT test results when you apply.

If you choose to report your scores, enter your highest test scores for the ACT composite and/or the SAT total without super-scoring, along with the highest sub-scores you earned in each category regardless of test date.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

39392 USD / year

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Out-of-State

38398 USD / year

≈ 38398 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

18046 USD / year

≈ 18046 USD / year

Living costs

Urbana

United States

1100 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

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Credits

Delivered

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

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