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Under the agreement, students from SIAH have a direct pathway to pursue life science degree programmes under QIU’s Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences.
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Under the agreement, students from SIAH have a direct pathway to pursue life science degree programmes under QIU’s Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences.


The collaboration will focus primarily on the production of bamboo tissue-cultured plantlets
which will be used as biofuel, centring around our custom-built plant tissue culture facility.


This initiative will shift the focus from imported agricultural products to locally-grown produce—while also creating jobs for the people of Seychelles and attracting more young people to the farming sector.


Only ten students were chosen from Malaysia—and two of them were from QIU!
QIU is the only private university to make the list this year—another illustration of our quality education across a range of programmes.


Participants from 18 countries, ranging from enthusiasts to field experts, registered for the virtual course.


This was Zahraa’s second big win in less than a year, after she won the IUMW Biotech Talk competition last December.


For the second year in a row, a Faculty of Science and Technology lecturer has snapped up an award at the Global Biotechnology Conference 2021.


Have you ever talked to someone about a detailed or technical concept and received a disinterested or confused look? Turns out that it’s all down


QIU is wrapping up 2020 on a triumphant note, as yet another name has been added to our list of champions! Bachelor of Science (Hons)


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