• Biotechnology is a rapidly expanding discipline which is finding applications throughout society including medicine, agriculture and the environment.
  • The course will provide a grounding in the basic principles of microbiology, plant biology, cell biology, genetics and the structure and function of biomolecules necessary to underpin the advanced study of biotechnology and demonstrate how these principles are applied for the development of useful products and applications.
  • Specialist facilities will enable the investigation of the biology of the cell and the nature of genes together with the biochemical analysis of biological products.
  • The course explores the physicochemical principles associated with fermentation design and operations for the processing of materials by microbial, animal and plant cells (and their enzymes) including genetic modification to make useful products or purposes.