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Biotechnology Switzerland - Gain the professional competence of a biotechnologist through a university degree program

Are you interested in a career in biotechnology? Biotechnology Switzerland: Would you like to study at a university in Switzerland and pursue the fascinating profession of biotechnologist? Biotechnology deals with the combination of biological, technical and medical sciences. Would you like to acquire this scientific knowledge and put your expertise to good use in your everyday work? Then first take a look at the courses on offer in biotechnology in Switzerland. Qualified universities offer sound courses of study.

The study of biotechnology is characterized by chemistry and experiments, which you should definitely be enthusiastic about as a student. Do you also want to use microorganisms (animal or plant cells) to produce valuable substances that are useful to mankind? You will learn the technical and scientific basics in the foundation course. You then choose one of two specializations and build on what you have learned. The "Biotechnology" specialization provides you with in-depth specialist skills and equips you for a confident day-to-day career in biotechnology. The "Pharmaceutical Technology" specialization provides you with knowledge of the development of medicines and the associated process.

Would you like to study biotechnology in Switzerland? Then simply take a look at the numerous courses on offer on the Swiss education platform, Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch, and ask the relevant contacts for more information.

Questions and answers

In Switzerland, biotechnology can only be studied as a Bachelor's degree course at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS). You can train to become a biotechnologist UAS at three Universities of Applied Sciences in the country. At a university, you can only start a Master's degree after a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry or biology, whereas Bachelor's and Master's degree programs are possible at a Federal Institutes of Technology (FIT).

It is not possible to study Biotechnology Switzerland while working, but it is possible to study part-time for up to ten semesters, i.e. five years, but only at the ZHAW in Wädenswil.

Biotechnology courses in Switzerland offer a wide range of specializations. Depending on the University of Applied Sciences, students can choose between Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Technology, Micro- and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology.

Biotechnologists with a Bachelor of Science degree are sought-after specialists in biotechnology companies in Switzerland, in the pharmaceutical industry, in companies in the environmental, chemical or cosmetics sectors, in biomedicine and the food industry. They are also finding employment in more and more SMEs and start-ups as well as in research.

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Website des Schweizerischen Sekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI , Website www.berufsberatung.ch (offizielles schweizerisches Informationsportal der Studien-, Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung) sowie Websites und anderweitige Informationen der Berufsverbände und Bildungsanbieter.

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Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Biotechnology Bachelor (FH)
The Bachelor's degree program in Biotechnology combines biological, medical and technical sciences. You will learn how to use findings from biology and biochemistry and use technical processes to produce and analyze new substances for industrial products or medicines. As a biotechnologist, you will work in various fields such as food, detergents or in the health sector.

The ZHAW is one of the leading Swiss universities of applied sciences. It is active in teaching, research, continuing education and services - practice-oriented and scientifically sound.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Wädenswil
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