• Biotechnology plays a critical role in the battles against hunger, disease and pollution.
  • It is used in developing precision medicines and gene therapies, environmental decontamination to restore polluted spaces and engineering crops to improve their yield and nutrition.
  • The Diploma in Biotechnology at Loyalist College is a 2-year program whereas Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology at Loyalist College is a 3-year program

    • FEATURES OF THE COURSE:

    • Hands-on learning combines classroom theory and practical, lab-based instruction.
    • Work in state-of-the-art Instrumentation and Molecular Biology labs equipped with PCR and DNA sequencing technology.
    • Get experience with a wide variety of instrumentation used in genetics, microbiology, fermentation and forensics.
    • Get on-the-job, practical experience with field placements in the second and third year.
    • The third year(Adv.Diploma) focuses on intensive, laboratory-based instruction and project-based learning in molecular biology, microbiology, analytical instrumentation, tissue culture and cutting-edge extraction technologies.
    • A placement in your final semester can be a foot in the door to your next job.
    • Learn with active, involved instructors who are committed to students’ success.
    • The teaching labs were set up by a program coordinator who brings 15 years of experience working in three different countries as a research geneticist
    • Many universities across Canada and abroad will provide credit recognition for your diploma studies at Loyalist College..