Overview

Key facts

The curriculum of this Plant Biotechnology programme covers all aspects of modern plant biotechnology related to state of the art technologies, plant growth and development, abiotic stress and biotic interactions, intellectual property and safety regulation. Moreover, through elective courses and a substantial master's dissertation, students can specialise in their field of interest.

Career perspectives

Ghent University in collaboration with the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) has a long standing tradition of converting basic plant science into successful industrial entities: Plant Genetics Systems (now Bayer Cropsciences), CropDesign (now BASF Plant Sciences), Devgen and more recently Solucel. Today, these companies together with our plant research center form the largest European Plant Biotechnology campus. Both our companies and research labs are continuously recruiting talented people for research positions.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Plant Research Technologies

Functional Plant Genomics

Plant Biotechnology: Biosafety, IP and society

Molecular Plant Breeding

Plant Environment Interactions

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Gent, Belgium
Gent, Belgium

Disciplines

Biotechnology Botany View 8 other Masters in Biotechnology in Belgium

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Master of Bioscience Engineering: Cell and Gene Biotechnology
Master of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

6929 EUR / year

≈ 6929 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

1157 EUR / year

≈ 1157 EUR / year

Living costs

Gent

Belgium

754 - 1205 EUR / month

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Funding

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