Biotechnology is a rapidly developing field that combines several adjacent specialties as biological, chemical and engineering in the field of pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetology, environmental and other industries.
Biotechnology allows people to synthesize various useful substances with desired properties. To do this, first, the cells or tissues of microorganisms, plants or animals are cultured; and then the target products are isolated and purified.
In the process of mastering the program, students study the main principles of obtaining the following biotechnological products:
medical and veterinary supplies (enzymes, vaccines, antibodies, antibiotics, steroids, vitamins, medical materials, diagnostic tests, etc.);
food products and starter cultures for their production (bread, wine, kvass, beer, fermented milk products, cheeses and sour cream, some sausages); ethanol; food protein; food additives (acids, flavor enhancers, dyes, preservatives, flavors, sweeteners) and etc.;
biological plant protection products and fertilizers, animal feed, new recombinant plant and animal species;
cleaning and disposal of solid, liquid and gaseous waste;
production of biofuels.
Bachelor's
Degree
Russian
Language
4 years
Duration
About the program
Learning outcomes
- Obtaining, enhancing, culturing, maintaining cell and/or tissue cultures of microorganisms, animals and plants, as well as affecting biochemical processes in them;
- Production of biotechnological products using microbial synthesis and biotransformation, biocatalysis, genetic and cellular engineering;
- Control of condition, quality and safety of biotechnological raw materials, biotechnological objects and products, as well as biotechnological process options;
- Skills in managing the process of biotechnological production in accordance with the requirements of national and international regulations;
- Design of biotechnology industry enterprises;
- Development of new technologies and process schemes for biotechnology factories;
- Knowledge of improving the efficiency of the biotechnology industry through the implementation of modern low-waste and non-waste technologies.
Career opportunities
A graduate is a general specialist who is able:
to work as a biochemist, microbiologist, engineer, technologist in industries where the product is obtained with the help of biological objects: in the pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, environmental, cosmetological, processing and extractive industries;
to create new types of microorganisms–super-producers; or to create new varieties of agricultural crops of plants and animals resistant to the infections and harmful environmental influences;
to design treatment facilities and biological reactors at pharmaceutical, chemical, food and agricultural-industrial enterprises;
to labor in the certification centers, in the control and analytical and agricultural laboratories for quality and safety control of industrial output; in the research institutes; at any biotechnological companies.
to work as a biochemist, microbiologist, engineer, technologist in industries where the product is obtained with the help of biological objects: in the pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, environmental, cosmetological, processing and extractive industries;
to create new types of microorganisms–super-producers; or to create new varieties of agricultural crops of plants and animals resistant to the infections and harmful environmental influences;
to design treatment facilities and biological reactors at pharmaceutical, chemical, food and agricultural-industrial enterprises;
to labor in the certification centers, in the control and analytical and agricultural laboratories for quality and safety control of industrial output; in the research institutes; at any biotechnological companies.
Curriculum
1 semester
1 year
2 semester
1 year
3 semester
2 year
4 semester
2 year
General physical preparationForeign languageApplied mechanicsPhysical and colloidal chemistryBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyScientific research in biotechnologyCritical and systems thinkingElectrical engineering and ElectronicsProcesses and devices of biotechnologyIndustrial practice: research workHeat and cold technologyGeneral microbiology
5 semester
3 year
6 semester
3 year
Isolation and purification of target productsProject activityLife safetyFundamentals of Biotechnology Plant DesignCultivation of producersComputer modeling of biotechnological processesModeling in biotechnologyGenetic and Cellular EngineeringEngineering enzymologyEducational foresightIndustrial practice: technological practice
7 semester
4 year
8 semester
4 year
Program academic supervisor
Phone
Mail
Teaching staff
Phone
Associate Professor:
Department of Industrial Ecology and Life Safety
Phone
Senior Teacher:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Phone
Associate Professor, Head of the Laboratory:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Deputy Director for Foreign Affairs:
School of High Technologies
Phone
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Head of the Department:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Head of the Laboratory:
Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Research Lab
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Teacher:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology named after V.V. Tuturina
Phone
Mail
Associate Professor:
Department of Chemical Technology named after N.I. Yaropolov
Phone
Mail
Fees and funding
Entrance exams
Applicants take a computer entrance exam in Russian or provide CEFR level B1, TORFL level 1 or equivalent to the Russian-taught program.
Contact us
Phone
+7 (395) 240-52-15
Mail
admission@istu.edu
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