Biotechnology - Programme structure
The Master’s programme in Biotechnology is currently undergoing some changes. Below you can find an overview of the preliminary course list for year 2024/2025. This applies to students accepted for study start autumn 2024.
The programme includes two compulsory courses (15 credits), one project course - elective compulsory (15 credits), elective track courses (60 credits) and a degree project (30 credits).
Programme overview
The links below will direct you to Course website LTH and the course syllabus.
Semester 1
- Bioprocess Technology (7,5 credits) - compulsory course
- Molecular biotechnology (7,5 credits) - compulsory course
- Elective track courses (15 credits)
Semester 2-3
- Project course - elective compulsory (15 credits)
- Elective track courses (45 credits)
Semester 4
- Degree project (30 credits)
Elective courses divided by tracks
The purpose of the tracks is to give an orientation among the offered course topics. You can freely choose whether you want to follow a single track (depth) or mix between different tracks (breadth) depending on your interests and career perspectives.
You study a total of 75 credits of elective compulsory/elective courses.
Bioprocess Technology track
- Automatic Process Control (7,5 credits)
- Biotechnology, Process and Plant Design (15 credits) *
- Downstream Processing in Biotechnology (7,5 credits)
- Environmental Biotechnology (7,5 credits)
- Process Simulation (7,5 credits)
- Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology (7,5 credits)
Molecular Biotechnology track
- Bioinformatics (7,5 credits)
- Biophysical Chemistry (7,5 credits)
- Course in Synthetic Biology (15 credits)
- Immunotechnology (7,5 credits)
- Project in Life Sciences (15 credits) *
- Protein Engineering (7,5 credits)
* Compulsory to study one of these two project courses
General - both tracks
- Advanced Analytical Chemistry (7,5 credits)
- Bio Analytical Chemistry (7,5 credits)
- Advanced course in one or more subjects (15 credits)
- Chemometrics - Design of Experiments and Multivariate Analysis (7,5 credits)
- Enzyme Technology (7,5 credits)
- Metabolic Engineering (7,5 credits)
- Quality and Product Safety (7,5 credits)
- Swedish Language course (SOL course website) (7,5 credits)
Additional elective courses might be added for academic year 2024/25.