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Biotechnology - MSc Study

 

Admission

Students who have completed an undergraduate degree in life sciences, natural sciences, agriculture, food engineering, or engineering with a final grade of 80 or above may be admitted to graduate studies in biotechnology. All students will pass an admission committee which, as necessary, may require them to take supplementary courses during their master's degree studies. Students should choose one of the faculty members as their thesis advisor.

Students wishing to register for studies in the biotechnology track must have basic knowledge in the different fields of life sciences - biochemistry, microbiology, genetics and immunology.  Completion of these basic studies, if required, will be during the first year.

 

Preliminary requirements

One of the five laboratories: immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, cellular biology, genetics (not a particular laboratory)

 

Program of studies

The study program as detailed here is intended for students whose undergraduate degree is in life sciences or a similar subject (such as agriculture). Students from other fields (such as chemistry or engineering) will have a personal program put together according to their previous studies and taking into account their areas of interest.

 

Studies for a master's degree - 30 semester hours

 

Required faculty courses - 10 s/h


Safety in the Laboratory course (during the first year of studies) – no credit

Guided reading and discussion in research groups – 2 s/h

Departmental seminar for MSc students – each student will participate in the seminar given by the Department in which he performs his research – 2 s/h each year

 

One of the courses:

 

1. Required track courses

 

s/h

Course name

Course no.

3 s/h

Separation Processes for biological products - not given in 2015/16

0453.3391

2 s/h

Antibody engineering

0453.3388

 

 

2. At least 9 semester hours must be selected from the following courses:

s/h

Course name

Course no.

3 s/h

Bioethics and biotechnology

0411.3129

3 s/h

Principles and use of physical methods in biology

0453.4105

 4 s/h [?]

Molecular genetics and plant biotechnology

0455.3804

2 s/h

Nano biotechnology

0455.3045

2 s/h

Biotechnological principles in tissue engineering

0455.3834

3 s/h

Methods in structural biology 

0421.3804

2 s/h

Enzyme technology

0453.3114

 

Foundations of entrepreneurship

1221.9000

 

New horizons in systems for the controlled release of drugs and materials

0116.5942

 

 

 

 

3. Basket of required supplementary courses from undergraduate and graduate programs 

  • 1  Does not apply to students from the undergraduate biotechnology track at Tel Aviv University.
  • 2  No more than 2 supplementary courses will be required (in coordination with the head of the track and/or the advisor).  
     

(Up to 4 s/h)

s/h

Course name

.Course no

4 s/h

General immunology

0455.2688

4 s/h

Genetics of microorganisms and control of genetic expression

0455.3682

4 s/h

Chapters in biotechnology

0455.3779

 

 

4. To make up the total hours for the degree (30 semester hours) it is possible to take third year courses (undergraduate degree), courses from other faculties, or courses from other tracks in the Graduate School.

 

5. For students with an undergraduate degree in biology in a dual-department track -

Undergraduate courses that the track views as an essential condition for admission:

a.  Biochemistry of nucleic acids and molecular biology

b. Genetics

c. Microbiology.

 

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