Level:  master academic studies

Upon end of the studies student will receive a title: Master in biotechnology

The full course workload of the master academic study program has been assigned 60 ECTS credits. The study program comprises active teaching and research work towards the master thesis. Active teaching is delivered in the first semester of study and encompasses compulsory and elective courses in a total workload of at least 30 ECTS credits. In the second semester of studies, work towards the master thesis is carried out and is equivalent to a workload of 30 ECTS credits. The master thesis represents the student's scientific research in the field of the study program. The goal of the thesis is that the students gain experience and competence to conduct scientific research independently. The defense of the master thesis is public, and both the thesis and defense are evaluated by a committee composed of the supervisor and at least two members.

The primary objective of the master academic study program Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology is directed towards the education of highly qualified engineers with a broad fundamental and engineering basis in the field of biotechnology that are capable of transferring their knowledge into industrial practice, i.e. that are able to independently or in a team participate in the realization, optimization, control and management of biotechnological processes. Besides, master engineers of this study program should be capable to work in design and R&D institutions in this area for the purpose of developing and optimizing new contemporary biotechnological procedures with small amounts of waste materials, based on the principles of integrative energy savings. In addition, the program is intended to enable students, through elective courses, to gain knowledge in concrete biotechnological processes used in food technology in order to be capable to apply them in industrial practice.

By completing the master academic study program in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology the students gain the following general knowledge and competences: - communication and social skills for explicit formulation of a problem and approaches to problem solving as well as for the presentation of results and conclusions to fellow professionals and the general public; - competences for independent work and the ability for team work. The students also gain specific professional abilities in the field of biotechnology: - professional knowledge for work in industry, which is based on biotechnological production processes; - knowledge and social and ethical competences for analyzing the effects of biotechnological processes on the environment and the health of humans; - professional knowledge and academic skills needed for the analysis, synthesis and optimization of novel and existing biotechnological processes; - professional knowledge needed for the design of biotechnological processes and devices.

Graduates in academic study programs of at least 240 ECTS

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