General information

Academic year: 2022/2023

Level: Bachelor

Type: Bachelor's Degree

ECTS Credits: 240

Length of programme (full time): 4 YEARS

Mode of delivery: Face-to-face

Level of qualification: Graduado(a) (MECES level 2 - EQF level 6)

Model of study: Full-time (42-60 ECTS per school year)

Work-based learning (Practicum): Yes

Language(s) of instruction Spanish


More info:


Programme coordinator

Name: ANA ISABEL, AZUAGA FORTES / aiazuaga@uDsWdPwAQvpsgr.es


Faculty of Science / Granada campus

Main focus

Graduates in Biotechnology at the University of Granada are professionals who will be able to apply scientific and technological knowledge to modify, improve, and use biological systems at the structural levels of the organism, cell, and molecule. This knowledge will be applied by means of innovation and the development of research processes to generate new products and services of social and economic interest in areas such as health, food, agriculture, environment, conservation, and chemistry, among others. Graduates in Biotechnology will thus have multidisciplinary training that integrates knowledge of the functioning, potential, and transformation of biological systems, their scientific and technical foundations as well as expertise in industrial production along with new technologies. Graduates will be able to carry out their professional activity in different fields of research, innovation, higher education, health, and business.

Competences

1. Model simulate, and optimise biotechnological processes and products.
2. Analyse the stability, monitoring, and instrumentation of biotechnological processes
3. Design the basic structure of a biotechnological plant, and organise and manage it.
4. Have knowledge of the basic structure and functional principles of biological systems.
5. Understand the mechanisms of the modification of biological systems and propose ways to improve them and their use.
6. Correlate the modification of organisms with benefits for health, environment and/or quality of life.
7. Design new products from modified organisms and the modelling of biological phenomena

Programme qualification

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Biotecnología

Qualification requirements

‘- The student must prove the level B2, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (63 ECTS)
Obligatory (111 ECTS)
Optional (60 ECTS)
Final degree project (6 ECTS)
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (108 ECTS)
Obligatory (264 ECTS)
Practicum (6 ECTS)
Final degree project (18 ECTS)

Programme courses

Course Name Year Period
ADJUVANTED VACCINES 4th Year 1st Semester
ANALYSIS OF THERAPEUTIC BIOMACROMOLECULES 4th Year 2nd Semester
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3rd Year 1st Semester
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 2nd Year 2nd Semester
BACTERIAL MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS 4th Year 2nd Semester
BASIC INDUSTRIAL OPERATION 3rd Year 2nd Semester
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2nd Year 1st Semester
BIOCONJUGATION TECHNIQUES 4th Year 1st Semester
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY 4th Year 2nd Semester
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY 2nd Semester
BIOREACTORS 3rd Year 1st Semester
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LABORATORY OPERATIONS 1st Year 1st Semester
CELL AND ORGANISM CULTIVATION 3rd Year 2nd Semester
CELLULAR BIOLOGY 1st Year 2nd Semester
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTS 2nd Year 1st Semester
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTS 1st Semester
CHEMISTRY 1st Year 1st Semester
DESIGN OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 4th Year 2nd Semester
DEVELOPMENT AND FORMULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL MEDICINES 4th Year 1st Semester
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2nd Year 2nd Semester
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOCOMPUTING 1st Year 1st Semester
GENETIC ENGINEERING 3rd Year 1st Semester
GENETICS 2nd Year 2nd Semester
GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS 3rd Year 2nd Semester
IMMUNOLOGY 3rd Year 1st Semester
IMMUNOLOGY 1st Semester
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2nd Year 1st Semester
INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY 1st Year 2nd Semester
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS 1st Year 1st Semester
METABOLIC REGULATION 4th Year 1st Semester
MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3rd Year 2nd Semester
MICROBIOLOGY 2nd Year 2nd Semester
MONITORING AND INSTRUMENTATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES 4th Year 1st Semester
MONITORING AND INSTRUMENTATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES 1st Semester
NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 4th Year 2nd Semester
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1st Year 2nd Semester
PARASITE BIOTECHNOLOGY 4th Year 1st Semester
PHYSICS 1st Year 1st Semester
PHYTOPATHOLOGY 4th Year 1st Semester
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY 3rd Year 1st Semester
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2nd Year 2nd Semester
PROCESS MODELLING AND SIMULATION 3rd Year 2nd Semester
PROTEIN ENGINEERING 4th Year 1st Semester
SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS 4th Year 2nd Semester
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OPERATIONS 3rd Year 2nd Semester
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 4th Year 1st Semester
STATISTICS 1st Year 2nd Semester
STRUCTURE OF BIOMACROMOLECULES 2nd Year 1st Semester
THERMODYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL KINETICS 1st Year 2nd Semester
TISSUE BIOLOGY 2nd Year 1st Semester
TISSUE ENGINEERING 4th Year 2nd Semester
UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION 4th Year
VIROLOGY 3rd Year 2nd Semester
WORK PLACEMENT 4th Year

Specialisations

Specialisation name

‘- Specialisation In Biohealth Biotechnology
– Specialisation In Industrial Biotechnology

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

General regulations

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

 

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

 

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations

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