Overview

This 12-credit 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.

About this Program

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.

Future Career

Programme Structure

Courses include

Analytical Biotechnology,

Biotechnology Laboratory I & II,

Environmental Biotechnology,

Ethics Regulation and Policy in Biotechnology,

Microbial Biotechnology, and

Nucleic Acid Technologies.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-01-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2024-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

12 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Bio & Biomedical Engineering Biotechnology View 387 other Masters in Bio & Biomedical Engineering in United States

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Student insurance

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Accidents
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Other requirements

General requirements

Transcripts

Coursework & Research

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.

Résumé

Tuition Fee

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International

19536 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1628 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

19536 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1628 USD per credit during 12 months.
In-State

15024 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1252 USD per credit during 12 months.

Living costs for Philadelphia

1313 - 2284 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Financing

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Funding

Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

Studyportals Scholarship Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and win up to €10000 to cover your tuition fees.

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Scholarships Information

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