• North Carolina State University offers novel interdisciplinary graduate degree programs in biomanufacturing. Through their various degree, minor, and certificate programs, students gain hands-on experience using industry-standard equipment along with a comprehensive education in the principles and theory of bioprocessing and biomanufacturing. The program home is the 82,500-gross-square-foot, $50-million Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC). This one-of-a-kind facility features a simulated-cGMP* pilot plant capable of producing biopharmaceutical products and packaging them in a sterile environment, in addition to laboratories with bench- and intermediate-scale bioprocessing equipment.
  • The Master of Science in Biomanufacturing is a research-based degree that requires a written thesis in addition to the completion of advanced hands-on courses in BTEC's simulated cGMP facility. The Master of Biomanufacturing curriculum combines BTEC's advanced biomanufacturing courses with an increased focus on bioscience-focused MBA courses; a thesis is not required.
  • Both degrees offer students the choice of upstream (fermentation) or downstream (purification) concentrations to accompany courses in global regulatory affairs, protein characterization techniques, case studies in cGMP manufacturing of influenza vaccine, case studies in monoclonal antibody production, biocatalysis, biomanufacturing research, and an industry internship. Both degrees also include professional skills training in effective oral, electronic, and written communications for both technical and business careers. All MBA courses are taught by faculty from the Jenkins Graduate School of Management, a part of NC State's Poole College of Management.