The Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB) is part of Amity University

Amity University

Amity University is a private university in Noida, India established under an Uttar Pradesh state government act....

, a private university in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. AIB was established in August 2001 and is situated in the Amity campus in Sector 125 at New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA).

Campus

Amity Institute of Biotechnology is part of the 60 acres (242,811.6 m²) campus of Amity University, located in Sector-125 NOIDA on the Greater Noida Expressway, adjacent to the offices of HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies Limited is a leading global IT services company headquartered in Noida, India. It is primarily engaged in providing a range of software services, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services. HCL Technologies is fourth largest IT company in India and is ranked 48 in...

 and Perot Systems

Perot Systems

Perot Systems was an information technology services provider founded in 1988 by a group of investors led by Ross Perot and based in Plano, Texas, United States. A Fortune 1000 corporation with offices in more than 25 countries, Perot Systems employed more than 23,000 people and had an annual...

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The institute covers the four-storey J-3 Block of the campus. The building face the one of largest building in Amity, the 'E' block (Amity School of Engineering

Amity School of Engineering

The Amity School of Engineering and Technology, NOIDA was established in 2003 and is part of Amity University under the Ritnand-Balved Educational Foundation...

).

Amity University also has a campus in Lucknow which was operational from September 2004

Academics

The institute offers degrees (B.Sc, B.Tech, M.Sc, MBA, M.Tech,Integrated B.Tech-M.tech) in the following disciplines:

• Biotechnology
  Biotechnology
  Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
  
  
• Medical Biotechnology
• Bioinformatics
  Bioinformatics
  Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
  
  

Extracurricular activities

The institute's Undergraduate Youth Council (AUYC) has all the undergraduate students of AIB as its members. The council is the apex body at the institute level which is responsible for conducting the annual fest UROOJ. The committees of AUYC are Core Coordination Committee, Treasurer, Literary Committee, Technical Committee,Social Committee and Sports Committee.