This Advanced Diploma cum BS Degree course builds on the corresponding diploma course, and is designed to equip students with a greater depth of theoretical knowledge and trains them to become technically competent in the analysis and solution of scientific problems.

The Chemistry and Biology Division is well-equipped with modern facilities for training students to perform high quality laboratory work. Special emphasis is given on various advanced instrumental techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, electrophoresis and ultracentrifugation. The course covers a wide range of more specialised topics which include chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, reaction kinetics and mechanisms, stereochemistry, transition elements and coordination compounds, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, immunology and forensic science.

Job positions for the Advanced Diploma cum BS Degree graduates to work as chemists, biologists, production engineers, project engineers, laboratory supervisors and quality controllers are available in servicing and manufacturing companies. Employment opportunities also exist for them to become service supports staff, product specialists and sales executives in commerce where the promotion to managerial level is always relatively fast.