Dept of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University was established in 1980.

Its affiliated to Gulbarga University.

is the first department has received funding from DBT government of India, for strengthening M.Sc., teaching program, and students will be selected on the basis of JNU entrance examinations.

The department has a collaboration research program for screening of GSBT sugarcane lines with University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore.

A new program under TMBT-DBT prosperous for tailor made biotechnology has been short listed for funding by Govt. of India with collaboration with center for tailoring Biotechnologies and Genomics (CTBG) Wageningen University, Netherlands. The Department has linkages with industries like Novozymes, Bangalore; Biocon Ltd., Bangalore and Sreeven Pharma, Bidar.

The department has established collaborative Research with NIMHANS Bangalore, for the "Bacteriophage therapy for multi drug resistant bacterial infection in diabetic rat model" also has collaborative work with Gangagen Biotechnologies Ltd., Bangalore, for Phage isolation.