Introduction

The Department of Biochemistry is among the newly created departments of the School of Biological Sciences and is in its third year.

The importance of Biochemistry as an "all round" professional discipline cannot be overemphasized. The Department aims at producing graduates who will be employable to teach at the Secondary and Tertiary levels of education, in research institutions, in the clinical environment, and in industry. Curricula has thus been developed with this objectives in mind. The Department will also continue to assist other department of life sciences in the University, as well as the School of Medical Sciences in the training of their graduates as may be required.