Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Leiden University

Overview

This specialisation integrates genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology into an attractive programme, with excellent career perspectives.
Through courses and research projects, students are trained by experts in the areas of molecular biology, microbiology, plant genetics, cellular imaging, animal disease models, and various -omics technologies and the corresponding bioinformatics. Attention is paid to the application of these techniques to biotechnology, i.e. how studies on model organisms can be translated to improve crops or human health.

The master's specialisation Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology is a good match if you interested in subjects as genetics, molecular- and microbiology, cellular imaging, and biotechnology. More in general, this master specialisation is ideally suited as a basis for starting a research career at a university or research institute and for a position in a bioscience-based company.

Career prospects

Approximately half of the graduates choose a career in scientific research, many as PhD students. Universities, research institutes and Medical Centers are the major employers. Others work at consultancies or in the public domain as policy-makers, science communicators or teachers. Graduates also occupy management positions or have project responsibility in a wide variety of (non-)commercial sectors, from biotechnological and pharmaceutical companies to software development.

Accreditation

Accredited by NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.