Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ubuchwepheshe besimanje be-biotechnology obumelwe ubunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo, ubunjiniyela bamaseli, ubunjiniyela bama-enzyme kanye nobunjiniyela bokuvutshelwa buthuthuke ngokushesha, futhi buthinta kakhulu futhi bushintsha ukukhiqizwa kwabantu nendlela yokuphila. Lokhu okubizwa nge-biotechnology kubhekisela "kubuchwepheshe bokusebenzisa izinto eziphilayo (noma izinto eziphilayo) ukuthuthukisa imikhiqizo, izitshalo nezilwane, noma ukutshala ama-microorganisms ngezinhloso ezikhethekile". I-Bioengineering yigama elivamile le-biotechnology, elibhekisela ekuhlanganiseni kwe-Biochemistry, i-molecular biology, i-microbiology, izakhi zofuzo kanye nobunjiniyela bamakhemikhali ezinto eziphilayo ukuze kuguqulwe noma kwakhiwe kabusha izakhi zofuzo zamangqamuzana aklanyiwe, ukutshala izinhlobo ezintsha, ukusebenzisa uhlelo olukhona lwebhayoloji esikalini sezimboni. , futhi akhiqize imikhiqizo yezimboni ngezinqubo ze-biochemical. Ngamafuphi, kuyinqubo yokusungulwa kwezimboni zezinto eziphilayo, izinhlelo zokuphila noma izinqubo zokuphila. I-Bioengineering ihlanganisa ubunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo, ubunjiniyela bamaseli, ubunjiniyela bama-enzyme, ubunjiniyela bokuvutshelwa, ubunjiniyela be-bioelectronic, i-bioreactor, ubuchwepheshe bokubulala inzalo nobunjiniyela bamaprotheni abasafufusa.