Biotechnology

The Biotechnology course at the University of Essex provides you with knowledge, understanding and hands-on experience in modern biotechnology, and with practical insights into current commercial applications. It creates access to a broad range of career opportunities in this rapidly growing key technology.

You will learn about and appraise the approaches that can be used to address the challenges facing our planet, including:

• The development of biofuels, pharmaceuticals and crops to support and feed the growing human population

• Industrial, plant and medical biotechnology

• Gene and protein technology

• Synthetic biology

• Bioinformatics

The Biotechnology course at the University of Essex has a very high proportion of practical work that provides valuable experience for your career. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field.

Therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible, your module structure may be subject to change. Your research project will immerse you in a research environment, allowing you to conduct your research alongside our expert academics and PhD students in shared labs.

Your future

Our graduates are well placed to find a career in the ever-growing bio-based economy, and postgraduate study is often a requirement for becoming a researcher, scientist, academic journal editor and to work in some public bodies or private companies.

Many of our Masters students progress to study for their PhD, and we offer numerous studentships to support our students in their studies.

Courses include:

• Protein Technologies and Proteomics

• Gene Technology and Synthetic Biology

• Genomics

• Professional Skills and the Business of Biosciences

• Advanced Research Skills