The world is facing enormous challenges, which our biotechnology courses are preparing the next generation of experts to tackle. From the decline in fossil fuels to rapid population growth, biotechnology has the potential to provide new and critical solutions.
The prospect of running out of oil requires new energy sources to be found, and biotechnology is leading efforts to convert biological waste into clean energy. Continued advances in genetic sequencing will also be essential for effective drug development for diseases such as cancer.
One of the most important problems focussed on in our biotechnology courses is the changing make-up of the world's population. Our communities are growing older and the global population is increasing dramatically, creating challenges for managing the increase in degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and creating new ways of producing food.
With the world's population expected to increase by almost a third in the next 50 years, to over 9 billion people, new systems of food production will be desperately important – and biotechnology is developing new ways of growing crops. This is made even more challenging by increasing water scarcity in many parts of the world, particularly in the most at-risk developing nations.
Graduates of the biotechnology courses at Abertay are well placed to secure employment in this rapidly growing sector, where both private companies and governments across the world are investing huge amounts of money.
Our strong focus on biotechnological techniques gives Abertay graduates more practical knowledge than many other universities, making them even more competitive for these jobs – which will be crucial to the future of our planet.
The biotechnology courses at Abertay are:
BSc (Hons) Biotechnology
BSc (Hons) Medical Biotechnology
MSc/PGDip Biotechnology
MSc/PGDip Biotechnology and Renewable Energy
MTech or MSc/PGDip Environmental Biotechnology
MSc/PGDip Food Biotechnology
MSc/PGDip Medical Biotechnology
