Overview

Biotech is not a single area of study, but a multidisciplinary field concerned with manipulating living organisms (or their components) to design or enhance vaccines, medicines, energy efficiency, or food safety. Common applications can be found in drug development, human and animal nutrition, agricultural improvements, and environmental protection.Adjunct faculty from the Marshall Space Flight Center and Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology and companies are involved in the Biotechnology Science and Engineering program.BSE from University of Alabama Huntsville provides broad training in sciences and engineering dealing with the handling and the processing of macromolecules and living systems.

Specializations

Students receive advanced training in one of three specializations:

Structural Biology,
Biomolecular Sciences
Bioprocess Engineering.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Molecular biology
Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression
NMR spectroscopy
Molecular patterning
Nanotechnology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00 , National

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Huntsville, United States

Disciplines

Bio & Biomedical Engineering Biotechnology View 335 other Masters in Bio & Biomedical Engineering in United States

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree in science or engineering from an approved college or university;
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 overall or 2.75 overall and 3.0 over the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate and graduate credit;
A Graduate Record Examination (GRE) quantitative and verbal combined score of 300 and a 3.0 in writing. No subject area tests are required.
For international students, a language score meeting the following minimums:
TOEFL: all sub-scores greater than or equal to 18 OR
IELTS: all sub-scores greater than or equal to 6.0

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

28000 USD / year

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Out-of-State

28000 USD / year

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In-State

11670 USD / year

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Living costs

Huntsville

United States

834 - 1331 USD / month

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