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Program Overview
Biotechnology Certificate
The Biotechnology Certificate program provides students with the skills employers are looking for to develop today's products, including biochemical process engineering principles, molecular biology practices, and state-of-the-art cloning and expression techniques. This program is designed to equip students with the fundamentals and practical considerations in the field, including construction of recombinant DNA and the production of enzymes, therapeutic proteins, vaccines, and small-molecule primary and secondary metabolites.
Who Should Apply?
The program is open to students with a bachelor's degree and a background in biology, chemistry, or engineering. Students who lack the necessary biology or engineering background can take primer courses during the summer.
Program of Study
The four-course, graduate-level Biotechnology Certificate program features modern techniques for separation and purification of small and large biomolecules. In addition, production and separation case studies emphasize process economics, GMP, and QA/QC. Two certificate program tracks are available, both requiring four courses.
- Science Track: emphasizes molecular biology practices, and state-of-the-art cloning and expression techniques
- Two core courses from the following:
- CHBE 161: Biochemical Separations (3 credits)
- CHBE 162: Molecular Biotechnology (3 credits)
- CHBE 166: Principles of Cell and Microbe Cultivation (3 credits)
- CHEM 171/172: Biochemistry (4 credits)
- BIO 105: Molecular Biology (3 credits)
- BIO 152: Biochemistry and Cellular Metabolism (3 credits)
- BME/CHBE 153: Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine (3 credits)
- BME/CHBE 154: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 credits)
- One laboratory course:
- BME 175: Tissue Engineering Research Laboratory (3 credits)
- CHBE 163: Recombinant DNA Techniques (3 credits)
- CHBE 168: Biotechnology Projects Laboratory (3 credits)
- One approved elective course in biology, chemistry, or chemical and biological engineering.
- Two core courses from the following:
- Engineering Track: emphasizes biochemical process, engineering principles, and state-of-the-art biotechnology production techniques
- Two core courses:
- CHBE 161: Biochemical Separations (3 credits)
- CHBE 166: Principles of Cell and Microbe Cultivation (3 credits)
- One laboratory course from the following:
- CHBE 163: Recombinant DNA Techniques (3 credits)
- CHBE 168: Biotechnology Processing Projects Laboratory (3 credits)
- BME 175: Tissue Engineering Laboratory (3 credits)
- One approved elective course in biology, chemistry, or chemical and biological engineering.
- Two core courses:
This certificate is offered in collaboration with the Tufts Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Tufts Tissue Engineering Resource Center. Course numbers and titles are subject to change.
Degree Programs
- BS in Chemical Engineering
- MS in Bioengineering
- MS in Chemical Engineering
- PhD in Biotechnology Engineering
- PhD in Chemical Engineering
- Certificate in Biotechnology