Graduate & Research
Graduation Requirements
Educational Objectives
The Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Sciences aims to promote health closely related to improving quality of life by integrating biofood and medical science and biomedical science. Its educational objective is to cultivate the ability to acquire and apply specialized knowledge and research competencies in these fields.
Fields of Specialization
- Major in Biofood and Medical Science
- Major in Biomedical Science
Departmental Regulations
- Courses are determined by the academic advisor with approval from the department chair. Out of the required 24 credits, at least 15 credits must be major courses offered by the department.
- Courses from other departments may be recognized as major credits with approval.
- At least one journal publication or conference presentation is required.
- The affiliation must include Korea University, and acceptance must occur during enrollment.
- At least 20 major credits out of 30 total credits must be completed.
- At least two SCI-level international journal publications are required.
- Only corresponding or first authorship is recognized, limited to one per paper.
- Publications must be accepted during enrollment and include Korea University affiliation.
- At least 27 major credits out of 48 total credits must be completed.
- All other requirements follow the doctoral program.
- Students must consult their advisor after admission and complete designated courses with approval.
- Advisors are assigned upon admission considering student preference.
- Advisors must have recent publications in recognized journals.
- Courses for the comprehensive examination are designated by the academic advisor with approval from the head of department. Master’s students must take 2 subjects from their major, while doctoral and integrated program students must take 4 subjects. Students who fail must retake the failed subject(s) or the entire examination in the following semester.
- Only courses offered by full-time faculty are eligible for the comprehensive examination. (This regulation will take effect from September 1, 2025, as a transitional provision.)
- Major credits previously earned in the Department of Health Science by students of Health & Nutrition Science and Clinical Laboratory Science, who were reassigned to the Department of Biomedical Convergence Science on March 1, 2013, shall be recognized as major credits of the Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Sciences.
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For students admitted to the Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Sciences who were temporarily reassigned to the Department of Health Science under the BK21 Plus program, previously earned major credits in the Department of Health Science shall be recognized upon reassignment back to the Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Sciences.
- - Transitional provision: Article 2) of the Master’s program and Article 2) of the Doctoral program apply to students admitted from March 1, 2012.
- - Transitional provision: Article 3) of the Doctoral program applies to students admitted from March 1, 2012.
- - Transitional provision: Courses taken in the Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science by students supervised by participating faculty shall be recognized as major credits in the Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Sciences.
- - Transitional provision: Article 4) of the Master’s and Doctoral programs applies to students graduating from the second semester of 2019.
- - Transitional provision: Article 1) of the Doctoral program and Article 1) of the Integrated Master’s–PhD program apply to students admitted from March 1, 2021.
Courses by Major
| HIL632 | Assessment of Nutrition Status [3] | In order to assess physical nutritional status, students will directly measure subjects' anthropometrics, biochemical status of body composition, clinical status, and food intake surveys, and then compare and verify the results. |
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| HEL636 | Cultural Aspects of Food [3] | Studies the particularity and uniqueness of food and dietary culture in relation to the culinary traditions of various countries. |
| HIL637 | Physical Chemistry of Food [3] | Covers the latest information on the physicochemical properties of food components. |
| HIL638 | Lipid chemistry [3] | Covers the fundamental fields regarding the structure and physicochemical properties of lipids. |
| HIL640 | Food Safety and HACCP [3] | Studies theories of food safety, ranging from food safety evaluation methods and Risk Analysis to the seven basic principles for HACCP introduction and HACCP design, providing the conceptual understanding and practical application necessary for implementation. |
| HIL641 | Data analysis in Food and Nutrition [3] | Identifies the meaning and scope of use for health statistics and data produced in various food-related fields. Develops the ability to effectively conduct public health research by understanding theories and methods applied to various sectors of health science. |
| HIL642 | Food Instrumental Analysis [3] | Covers the direction of food component analysis, the principles and applications of various analytical instruments, and the interpretation of analytical results. |
| HIL643 | Food Immunology [3] | An academic field dealing with the impact of food components on the immune system; lectures cover the concept of immunity and the interactions of the immune system to identify the correlation between food and immunity. |
| HIL644 | Lipid Metabolism [3] | Studies lipid metabolism within the body and researches/discusses the latest findings on lipid metabolism-related diseases. |
| HIL645 | Medical Nutrition Therapy in Metabolic diseases [3] | Covers the physiological and pathological theories of metabolic diseases and systematically teaches clinical nutrition therapy methods tailored to each disease. |
| HIL646 | Nutrigenomics [3] | Studies the interaction between nutrient metabolism and genes in the body and researches the latest findings in clinical applications such as disease prevention and treatment. |
| HIL647 | Food and Nutraceuticals [3] | Provides an understanding of the types and efficacy of materials with physiological regulatory functions among food components, physiological activity application technology for product development and production, and methods for measuring physiological activity. |
| HIL648 | New Food Materials and Biomaterials [3] | Studies the characteristics of food materials actually used in industrial fields and newly spotlighted food materials, as well as their application methods. |
| HIL649 | Nutrition Biochemistry [3] | Lectures on the chemical changes and effects of how nutrients, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals, are digested, absorbed, and metabolized in the body; specifically involves direct experimentation, comparison, and observation of biological responses following the intake of imbalanced diets. |
| HIL650 | Sports Nutrition [3] | Lectures and discusses nutritional guidelines for improving athletes' performance, as well as the relationship between nutrition and health for the general public regarding lifestyle diseases, aging, and weight control. |
| HIL653 | Sports Physiology [3] | Lectures and discusses general theories of human physiology along with the body's physiological changes and adaptation processes during situations such as sports activities. |
| HIL839 | Special Topics in Food Safety [3] | Studies biological, chemical, and etiological hazards related to food hygiene and provides professional knowledge on detection methods and control technologies for food hazards by researching the development process and latest trends in food hygiene technology. |
| HIL840 | Special Topics in Food Microbiology [3] | Deals with changes in microbial flora during the manufacture, storage, and consumption of food using microorganisms, as well as the characteristics of microorganisms regarding food spoilage and hygiene, while covering recent research trends. |
| HIL880 | Seminar in Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Public Health Science Research [2] | Acquires the latest trends in biomedical and health research through special lectures and discussions, studies the theory and practice of interdisciplinary convergence research, and qualitatively develops the student's own research topics and content. |
| HIL881 | Advanced Nutrition Physiology [3] | Lectures on the mechanisms by which various nutrients comprehensively manifest human physiological functions, focusing on the principles and abnormalities of substance transport, body fluids, digestion and absorption, blood, hormones, and exercise; also includes presentations and discussions on the latest research papers. |
| HIL882 | Current Topics in Nutrition Science [3] | Synthesizes, presents, and discusses literature on nutrition-related issues that have relatively high interest and frequency in recent academic journals. |
| HIL884 | Fermented Foods [3] | Covers the principles and mechanisms by which food ingredients from various raw materials are transformed into fermented foods through microbial metabolic processes, and researches the functionality and industrialization processes of traditional fermented foods. |
| HIL885 | Experimental Cookery using Oriental Herb [3] | Understands medicinal (Yaksun) food, applies the appropriate combination of traditional biological resources to cooking, researches cooking methods with enhanced functionality, and develops new menus through various experimental cooking sessions. |
| HIL886 | Food and Spatial Aesthetics [3] | Develops the ability to learn and create menu compositions, food and product development, and table and dining space arrangements based on general knowledge of food culture and cooking combined with artistic sensibility. |
| HIL889 | Advance Food Hygiene [3] | Studies biological, chemical, and etiological hazards related to food hygiene and provides professional knowledge on detection methods and control technologies for food hazards by researching the development process and latest trends in food hygiene technology. |
| HIL890 | Microbial Toxicology [3] | Covers the characteristics, physiology, production conditions, and environmental factors of endotoxins, exotoxins, and mycotoxins produced by microorganisms, and acquires knowledge regarding their prevention and control. |
| HIL891 | Food Enzymology [3] | Lectures on reaction mechanisms, enzyme production, and industrial use, focusing on enzymes used in food. |
| HIL892 | Methods in Nutrition Research [3] | Teaches research design and experimental methods necessary for conducting research in the field of nutrition and provides basic research skills related to the interpretation and evaluation of results. |
| HIL893 | Trend of Biotechnology and Food Industry [3] | Provides comprehensive knowledge of trends in food-related manufacturing, distribution, and the food service industry, including new technologies in the food biotechnology industry, technology development trends, and market outlooks/analysis. |
| HIL894 | Aging Nutrition [3] | Studies the mechanisms of the aging process and the changes and interactions between aging and nutritional components. |
| HIL895 | Nutritional Epidemiology [3] | Lectures on methodologies related to nutritional status assessment in research such as clinical nutrition, community nutrition, and nutrition education. Covers overall topics including data collection and analysis, nutritional surveillance, assessment techniques, and experimental design. |
| HIL896 | Research in Traditional Food [3] | Re-examines the recipes of Korea's unique traditional foods from historical and scientific perspectives and researches/compares them in relation to modern dietary life. |
| HIL897 | Advanced Food Processing and Biotechnology [3] | Explores the field of food science, which investigates various issues occurring in food development, production, and supply, and teaches the production and utilization of biological materials through fermentation, enzyme, and genetic engineering techniques. |
| HIL898 | Lipid Biotechnology [3] | Studies lipid transformation using enzymes, structured lipid synthesis, biodiesel synthesis, specialty lipid synthesis, and the bioconversion of functional lipids. |
| HIL1631 | Topics in Advanced Experimental Cookery [3] | Researches rational cooking processes based on scientific theories regarding food. |
| HIL1633 | Industrial Microbiology [3] | Broadens knowledge and understanding of microorganisms used in the food fermentation and biotechnology fields and researches application methods by understanding the basic theories of fermentation and biological processes. |
| HIL1635 | Vitamin and Mineral [3] | Studies the types and functions of vitamins and minerals, which are essential components of the human body. |
| HIL553 | Bacterial Genetics [3] | Lectures on microbial gene structure, regulation of expression, and genetic characteristics. |
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| HIL560 | Methodology of Genetic Engineering [3] | Lectures and discussions focus on the principles, methods, and application fields of various genetic engineering techniques used in biotechnology. |
| HIL562 | Chemistry of Biomolecules [3] | Lectures on the characteristics and biochemical functions of bioactive substances, as well as their synthesis, functional improvement using microbes, and various applications. |
| HIL567 | Special topics in intestinal microorganisms [3] | Examines the composition of complex microbial communities in the gut, their relationship with the human host, and their impact on health and disease. |
| HIL568 | Seminar in Bio-medicinal Science I [3] | Invited speakers in the field of bio-medicinal science introduce students to the latest research trends. |
| HIL569 | Advanced Public Health Microbiology [3] | n-depth study of public health-significant microorganisms, including pathogen properties, distribution, mutation, and disease characteristics. |
| HIL572 | Advanced Bacteriology [3] | Understands bacterial evolutionary relationships and diversity through molecular genetics and physiology. Covers identification methods and molecular phylogenetics. |
| HIL574 | Experimental Methodology of Brain Science [3] | Teaches the principles of and provides practice in various experimental methods (molecular, biochemical, cellular, electrophysiological) used to study brain function. |
| HIL651 | Advanced Neuroscience [3] | Covers molecular mechanisms and research methods regarding how neurons receive and react to neurotransmitters, hormones, and growth factors. |
| HIL803 | Topics in Microbiology Research [3] | Introduces and discusses the latest trends and research methodologies in microbiology research. |
| HIL805 | Molecular basis of Infectious Disease [3] | Lectures on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases caused by microorganisms and the defense mechanisms of the host. |
| HIL807 | Introduction to Antibiotics [3] | Lectures on the mechanisms of action and resistance of antibiotics, as well as research into the development of new antibiotics. |
| HIL810 | Developmental Biology [3] | Discusses human development before birth at the cellular level, focusing on cell/tissue/organ formation for future cell therapy research. |
| HIL811 | Stem Cell Therapy [3] | Lectures and discussions on specific cell development using stem cells, disease pathogenesis, and therapeutic applications. |
| HIL812 | Advanced Molecular Biology [3] | Understands intracellular gene regulation mechanisms and discusses the application of the latest molecular biology techniques. |
| HIL813 | Gene Therapy [3] | Lectures on the possibility of treating diseases by introducing major genes or inhibitors into various viral systems (Lentivirus, Retrovirus, AAV, etc.). |
| HIL815 | Special Topics in Antibody Engineering [3] | Covers antibody production for research/diagnosis/therapy, engineering techniques for functional improvement, and latest research trends. |
| HIL816 | Special Topics in Medicinal Natural Products Biosynthesis [3] | Comprehensive introduction to biosynthetic pathways of pharmacological natural products for medicine/cosmetics and their engineering. |
| HIL817 | Glial Neurobiology [3] | Studies the physiological and pathological functions of glial cells using recent research papers to achieve a comprehensive understanding of brain function. |
| HIL821 | Bioinformatics [3] | Covers storage and analysis of large-scale biological data (DNA/protein). Includes programming practice in Java to process biological information. |
| HIL822 | Special Topics in Bio-Catalysts [3] | Comprehensive introduction to biocatalysts essential for the bio-industry (fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals) and their engineering. |
| HIL823 | Phylogenetics [3] | Understands basic concepts of phylogenetics and provides practice in analyzing omics data to reveal evolutionary relationships between microbes. |
| HIL824 | Seminar in Bio-medicinal Science II [3] | Invited speakers in the field of bio-medicinal science introduce students to the latest research trends. |
| HIL825 | Microbial Systems Biology [3] | Studies microbial systems-level research related to human health and disease through the analysis of latest academic papers. |
| HIL826 | Biomedical Microbiolog [3] | Studies the impact of antibiotics on pathogens and gut microbiota, and the subsequent effects on human health, using recent literature. |
| HIL827 | Biology of Human-Microbe Interactions [3] | Explores the human microbiome's role in development and physiology, shifting the paradigm of modern medical science through recent research. |
| HIL828 | Biomedical Bacterial Physiology [3] | Studies the diverse physiological functions of bacteria directly involved in human health and disease through latest research papers. |
| HIL829 | Advanced Genetics [3] | Learns genetic models, historical perspectives, contemporary methodologies, and experimental designs for medical and disease mechanism research. |
| HIL830 | Advanced Genomics [3] | Aims to understand contemporary genomics research, including research design and experimental methods necessary for genomic studies. |
| HIL832 | Advanced Biostatistics [3] | Teaches methodologies for quantifying large-scale biological data and analyzing heterogeneity, including data visualization and quantitative biology. |
| HIL834 | Biological Data Visualization [3] | Introduces methodologies and techniques for biological data visualization and discusses various data interpretation approaches. |
| HIL835 | Advanced Cancer Biology [3] | Provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of cancer biology, its historical research progression, and future research directions. |
| HIL836 | Cancer Metabolism [3] | Understands general cell metabolism and learns how these processes are altered in cancer cells, including potential therapeutic mechanisms. |
| HIL837 | Studies on Cell Death [3] | Covers fundamental information on cell death, differences between recently discovered types of cell death, and their roles in disease and treatment. |
| HIL838 | Special Topics in Cancer Biology Research [3] | Studies latest trends, experimental methods, and technologies in cancer research, and discusses emerging hypotheses and questions. |
| HIL883 | Ion Channels [3] | Understands the structure, function, and signaling mechanisms of ion channels present in biological cell membranes. |
| HIL899 | Special Topics in Synthetic Biology [3] | Introduces the design/production of non-natural biological systems or redesign of existing ones using engineering concepts like modularization. |
