Biology Department

Welcome to Department of Biology

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One of the long-standing departments of the College of Natural and Computational Sciences is the Department of Biology (DoB), which was, is, and always will be. Before Ambo College became a University in 1998 E.C., this department was created in 1996 E.C. It was primarily set up to support biological science-related training, research, and community service activities. It currently offers regular, summer, and Extension undergraduate programs. A variety of master’s degree programs have also been introduced by the department, with a focus on environmental science, general biology, microbiology and microbial biotechnology, botany, fisheries and aquaculture, and  biodiversity and conservation biology.

Scope of Biology

The scope of studying biology is to gain a better understanding of living systems and to enable one to relate those systems to oneself and other living things in the environment. In order to reap the benefits of their products, it is also used to detect organisms and their interactions with the environment.