Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology

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

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)

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.

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