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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.


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Biotechnologie ist in der Schweiz als Bachelorstudiengang ausschliesslich an einer Fachhochschule (FH) möglich. An drei Fachhochschulen im Land können Sie sich zum Biotechnologen FH / zur Biotechnologin FH ausbilden lassen. An einer Universität kann nur ein Masterabschluss nach einem Bachelorabschluss in Biochemie oder Biologie begonnen werden, an einer Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH) sind hingegen Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge möglich.

Biotechnologen und Biotechnologinnen mit einem Bachelor of Science Abschluss sind gefragte Fachkräfte in Biotechnologie Schweiz Unternehmen, in der Pharmaindustrie, in Unternehmen der Umwelt-, Chemie- oder Kosmetik-Branche, der Biomedizin und Lebensmittelindustrie. Auch in immer mehr KMus und Start-ups sowie in der Forschung finden sie eine Anstellung.

Ein berufsbegleitendes Biotechnologie Schweiz Studium ist nicht möglich, jedoch ein Teilzeitstudium, das sich bis zu zehn Semester, also fünf Jahre erstreckt, allerdings ausschliesslich an der ZHAW in Wädenswil.

Die Studienangebote in Biotechnologie in der Schweiz bieten vielfältige Vertiefungsrichtungen an, so kann je nach Fachhochschule zwischen Bio-Technologie und Pharmazeutischer Technologie, Mikro- und Molekularbiologie, Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Molekularer Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Analytischer Chemie, sowie Lebensmitteltechnologie gewählt werden.


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Stefan Schmidlin, Bildungsberatung, Content-Team Modula AG

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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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Address:
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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