Program Overview

Biotechnology – Advanced (fast-track)

Overview

This two-semester program provides students with existing academic credentials, hands-on experience, and theoretical knowledge to prepare them for the biotechnology field. Biotechnology touches a broad range of industries including health, environmental, textiles, mining, chemical and materials manufacturing, energy, cannabis, food processing, and agriculture.

Program Details

• Credential: Ontario College Advanced Diploma
• Location: Oshawa
• OCAS Code: BTYF
• Next Intake: September 2025
• Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering Technology (SET)
• Length: Two semesters
• Delivery: In person

Admission Requirements

• Degree or diploma in a directly related field of study or comparable credential completed within the last five years.
• Two post-secondary chemistry courses with a minimum grade of C/60 per cent (one must have a lab component).
• One post-secondary biochemistry course with a minimum grade of C/60 per cent.
• Proof of English Language Proficiency.
• Additional information may be requested to demonstrate practical lab experience.

Tuition

• Year one domestic: $3,063 (CAD)
• Year one international: $15,649 (CAD)

Semester 1 Courses

• Introductory Microbiology (BIOL 2100)
• Protein Techniques (BIOT 4133)
• Cell Biology (BIOT 5131)
• Fundamentals Of Analytical and Organic Chemistry (CHEM 1133)
• Spectroscopy 1 (CHEM 3105)
• Chromatography 1 (CHEM 3106)

Career Options

• Microbiology analyst
• Quality assurance analyst
• Quality control technologist
• Research technologist
• Tissue processing specialist
• Associate scientist
• Instrumentation technologist
• Clinical study technician
• Food technologist
• Research technologist

Experiential Learning

• 80-hour field placement

Meet Your Faculty Experts

• Laura Benninger
• Christine Hand
• Dimitri Stathopoulos
• Bruce Trieselmann

See Your Space

• Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory
• Biotechnology Laboratory
• Microbiology lab

Land Acknowledgement

Durham College is situated on the traditional lands of the First Peoples of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. These lands are covered under the Williams Treaties and rest within the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. We offer our gratitude to the Indigenous Peoples who care for and, through the treaty process, share the lands on which we live, learn, teach and prosper today.