The faculty's main function is to train competent professionals in life science who are capable of making cutting-edge discoveries and applying the research achievement to a range of such areas as agriculture, light industry and public health. It also aims to develop the science and technology in bioengineering and provide solid foundation for hi-tech bio-industry.
The Faculty of Biology which had been established in 1948 was renamed Faculty of Life Science in the turn of the century.
The faculty involves 4 institutes (Institute of Biological Rescource Science, Institute of Molecular biology, Institute of Applied Biology, Institute of Bioengineering).
The course offered by the faculty is life science and bioengineering.
Main subjects include "Animal Biology", "Plant Biology", "Microbiology", "Ecology", "Developmental Biology", "Biochemistry", "Molecular Biology", "Genetics", "Physiology", "Plant Physiology", "Pedology", "Cell Biology", "Immunobiology", "Biotechnology", "Pharmaceutical Biotechnology", "Bioengineering", "Bioinformatics" and "Genomics".
