Overview

This 12-credit Biotechnology Certificate program at Temple University can be completed in one or two semesters. The condensed time frame serves students who want increased knowledge and career mobility, but do not have the capacity to commit to a longer degree program.

Key feature

The Biotechnology Certificate (Graduate) program is designed to expand your technical knowledge, help you gain familiarity with up-to-date biotechnology compliance and regulation, and develop leadership and managerial abilities. Courses explore new technologies related to nucleic acid sequencing and sequence analysis, the manipulation of microbes to solve biotechnology problems, and issues surrounding advances in genetics and genomics. You’ll also examine ethical and policy issues related to rapidly evolving biotechnology product development and commercialization.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Analytical Biotechnology

Biotechnology Laboratory I & II

Environmental Biotechnology

Ethics Regulation and Policy in Biotechnology

Microbial Biotechnology

Nucleic Acid Technologies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 6 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

12 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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

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Other requirements

General requirements

College of Science and Technology graduate candidates must have a bachelor’s degree
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Goals Statement: your statement should be 500 to 1,000 words in length. Include your specific interest in Temple's program as well as your research and future career goals and your previous academic and research achievements.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

21180 USD / full

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Out-of-State

21180 USD / full

≈ 21180 USD / full
Domestic

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In-State

16236 USD / full

≈ 16236 USD / full

Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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Key information

Duration

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Financing

Funding

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