This program strives to offer quality graduate training, potentially useful for holders of undergraduate degrees in biotechnology, biology, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, veterinary medicine, food science and technology, pharmacy, medicine, environmental sciences, and dentistry, as well as chemical, materials, agricultural, computer, industrial, and telecommunications engineering. Furthermore, it aims to serve as a pathway for the training of professionals and future PhD's among graduates of such degrees. This is due to the multidisciplinary approach of biotechnology and bioengineering, which involve several disciplines and sciences (biology, biochemistry, genetics, virology, agronomy, engineering, chemistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, and toxicology, among others).
The nationally accredited Master's in Biotechnology and Bioengineering is comprised of 60 ECTS credits that are given over one academic year. Its curriculum is structured as follows:
The first set of required and elective courses consists of 30 credits. These are distributed throughout a common module of 2 required courses (accounting for 12 credits) and a specialization module comprised of several elective courses the students choose from (Six 3-credit elective courses are taken from the twelve offered to account for 18 credits).
The second set consists of the 30-credit Final Master's Project. This consists of completing a scientific research paper on a topic chosen by the student from the options offered in the program.