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Academic Study Programme in Biotechnology

In its wider sense, biotechnology is the integrated application of the achievements of molecular biology and molecular engineering, on organisms, their parts and products. Biotechnology is a professionally diverse economic activity, which markets its knowledge in the form of patents and products. Biotechnology is characterized by close links between the economy and science, the rapid development of innovations, multi-disciplinarity and the possibility of development in a small business environment. For Slovenia, a state with few natural resources, biotechnology, together with its associated activities, is a very suitable field for economic development with high added value. The main aim of the programme is to provide complete undergraduate education in the field of biotechnology. Basic knowledge of natural science, together with its application in specialized biotechnological contexts, will provide the education required to meet the demands of the most up-to-date technologies and the skills needed in various professions, and will enable a student to continue his/her studies in second cycle master’s study programmes. Biotechnologists who have completed the first cycle academic study programme will be qualified for critical judgement of relevant biotechnological topics and will have the knowledge and skills needed independently to carry out both traditional and modern biotechnological procedures in agriculture, food science, pharmacy, health care and environmental protection. The programme is provided as a full-time three-year study programme, which includes lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, seminar practice, fieldwork and project work. Additional specialization within the framework of individual biotechnological fields is achieved by elective subjects from biotechnology or other study programmes. It is also possible to do part of the study programme at other universities. After successful completion of all course requirements, a student receives a university academic degree in biotechnology. Graduates are qualified for work in scientific research and educational institutions, governmental services, developmental programmes in agriculture and animal breeding, chemical and food industries, pharmaceutical industry and for application of the technologies in the preservation, protection and sanitation of the environment, in medical programmes, in the manufacture of products for general use and in all companies that use modern biotechnological processes.

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