The Department of Biology undertakes teaching and research in a wide range of biological disciplines. Recognized consistently as a Center of Excellence by the Commission of Higher Education (CHED), the Department has highly competent teachers committed to training students and producing quality research.
It has well-equipped science and research laboratories which are located at the sixth floor of St. Joseph Building and at the second and fourth floors of the Science and Technology Research Center (STRC). Some of its areas of research are medical microbiology, bacterial genetics, molecular biology, cytogenetics, marine science, environmental science, and toxicology.