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Biotechnology 
Identificative data of the program
Code
HDK06
Denomination
Biotechnology 
Areas of the program
Sciences
Health Sciences
Life Sciences 
Maximum number of students
35 
URL of the program
ADMISSION AND ACCESS OPEN

Coordinator
Name
Josefa Badia Palacín 
Centre
Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science
E-mail
josefabadia@ub.edu 
Telephone
93 403 44 96 
Fax
934024520 

Faculty/Registering Centre
 
  Faculty of Biology
  Faculty of Chemistry
  Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science
  SED of Medicine and Health Sciences (Clínic)

General objectives of the program
Biotechnology is a growing sector, with a clear capacity to transform production in areas such as human and animal health, the pharmaceutical industry, agri-food production, chemical and energy industrial sectors, and is key to environmental management. Currently, it generates a lot of added value with an entrepreneurial business fabric that is consolidating day by day.
The UB's PhD programme in Biotechnology aims to respond to the social demand in this field, to train doctors who can meet the expected demand for professionals in this sector.
The PhD programme in Biotechnology aims to prepare students to initiate and complete theoretical, methodological and research training in the multidisciplinary field of biotechnology. This training is materialised in the preparation and public defence of a complex, original and innovative doctoral thesis. Therefore, the main objective is to train professional researchers in different areas of biotechnological research and to constitute a competitive, homogeneous, well-structured and high quality offer of doctoral studies.
The training of PhDs in Biotechnology is currently very important, both to lead scientific advances at an international level and to supply an industry with a large growth potential.
It is intended that at the end of their training, graduates will be able to act as professional leaders in the use and development of biotechnology methods, whether in the academic or business environment.
The programme was created during the 2014-15 academic year, but has previous antecedents in the PhD programme(s) in Biotechnology and Advanced Microbiology and Biotechnology, which have been taught at the UB since 2003 and which were merged to create the new programme. The current biotechnology programme is therefore interdisciplinary, inter-faculty and inter-centre. The previous programmes were programmes that had obtained the quality mention in 2003. Ref. MEC2003-00389 and Ref.MCD2004-00173 and the mention of excellence in 2011 (Ref. MEE2011-0672 and MEE2011-0391).
-Member of the "International Graduate School of Catalonia" programme and has received grants for internationalisation.
 
Specific requirements and criteria for admission to the doctoral program and applicant merit rating
Prospective students should hold a bachelor's degree or pre-EHEA degree in one of the following subjects: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Food Science and Technology, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pharmacy or Veterinary Science. Alternatively, they should hold similar official qualifications in areas of the experimental sciences and health sciences. Candidates should also have completed a university master's degree in Advanced Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, or a related subject.
The Academic Committee may also consider candidates with other profiles.

Admission to the doctoral programme in Biotechnology is overseen by the Academic Committee. The Committee acts in accordance with the UB's internal regulations on academic committees for doctoral programmes, as governed by Royal Decree 99/2011.

(http://www.ub.edu/escola_doctorat/verificacio/documentació-de-suport-i-ajuda-edub).

The Academic Committee determines admission to the doctoral programme on the basis of the following criteria and the corresponding weightings:

1) Curriculum vitae. Credit will be given for knowledge associated with the programme's research areas, and publications in the field of biotechnology. Proficiency in English will also be evaluated. In this case, the Committee will consider official certification of language skills submitted with the application, or ask the candidate to attend a personal interview. Weighting: 35%.

2) Academic record and other academic merits. In particular, the Committee will assess whether the candidate has sufficient training to begin a thesis on research topics related to the programme content, looking primarily at the grade point averages obtained for bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. For candidates whose university master's degree was not completed at the UB, the Committee will also take into account quality indicators for the master's degree and the university at which it was taken. Weighting: 40%.

3) Statement of interest. The statement of interest must clearly indicate the candidate's reasons for applying to the doctoral programme in Biotechnology and include a brief description of the proposed research project. Credit will also be given for a particular interest in the research activities carried out by the staff assigned to the doctoral programme. To clarify the reasons given in the statement of interest, some candidates may also be asked to attend a personal interview. Weighting: 20%.

4) Letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation must refer to the candidate's previous training, analytical skills and general motivation for learning. Weighting: 5%
 
Salidas profesionales
This PhD focuses on applying the principles of biotechnology to: agri-food, bioprocesses, chemical engineering, agrobiotechnology, biochemical engineering, biotechnology of microorganisms and animal cells, food biotechnology, environmental biotechnology and renewable energies, biotechnology of natural products and pharmaceuticals, and marine biotechnology.
Therefore, the main career opportunities are:
- Academic, research and professional career in universities, institutes or research centres.
- Tasks in R&D&I departments and in bioprocessing plants of companies in different sectors (agricultural, food, environmental, pharmacological, bioenergy and marine) based totally or partially on biotechnology.
 
Idiomes del programa
Catalan, Spanish, English
 
Offered research lines
101120 Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
101121 Biomedical biotechnology
101122 Microbial biotechnology
101124 Biotechnology: models, methodologies and applications
101123 Plant biotechnology
101125 Genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics
101126 Nanobiotechnology
 

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