• 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..