The Department of Medical Technology was established in 1989.In 2001, the graduate program was established.For promotion of research competitiveness and the trend of biotechnology in life sciences, the department is renamed from 'Medical Technology' to 'Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology' in 2004. The curriculum has been re-designed to meet the requirement of different fields and hence students can be trained to be multi-disciplined in the medical technology and biotechnology. The department not only retains the original features that have been long established but also develops the integration of different fields in modern biotechnology.