Biology programs at Illinois Tech are engineered to translate a passion for the life sciences into high-impact careers across health care, biotechnology, research, and patent law. This dynamic program spans rigorous undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral pathways, offering intensive, hands-on laboratory experimentation starting from day one. You will explore the complexities of living systems at every level—from isolating microscopic pathogens to mapping cellular mechanisms—and learn to apply modern biological theory to pressing global challenges in human health, pharmaceuticals, and food safety.
Whether you are interested in pursuing a degree in biology, biochemistry, or our specialized pre-medical post-baccalaureate tracks, our curriculum provides an elite foundation for professional health schools, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry. You can focus your academic coursework on highly marketable industrial domains such as microbiology, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology. Thanks to our location at the center of Chicago’s premier clinical, industrial, and research networks, these comprehensive computing and life science paths equip you with the precise analytical reasoning and laboratory expertise required to excel as elite research scientists, lab technicians, and health care innovators.