Biotechnology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW is a full-time engineering programme taught in English, lasting three and a half years. It is for you if you want to combine the natural sciences with engineering and help people and the planet through an understanding of natural biological mechanisms.
The programme is multidisciplinary and puts practical laboratory skills first. In the first year you study cell biology, general and physical chemistry, physics, mathematics, ecology, information technologies and engineering graphics, and the design of experiments in the biological sciences. Then come the propaedeutics of biotechnology, organic chemistry, botany, animal anatomy and histology, and bioinformatics.
Later you move on to molecular biology, general microbiology, biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, enzymology, general virology and the engineering of biotechnological processes. In the senior years the focus shifts to genetic engineering, immunology, cell and tissue cultures, industrial biotechnology, food technology and biotechnology project management. Beyond the core subjects you can focus on plants, animals or microorganisms, and choose optional courses such as carnivorous plants in biotechnology.
The programme includes professional practice, which you can complete either as experimental research or in applied biotechnology, depending on whether you lean towards science or industry.
Graduates can find work in:
Did you know? Among the optional courses you will find “Carnivorous plants in biotechnology” and “Gasotransmitters”.
Based on the programme pages at sggw.edu.pl and the SGGW syllabus.
