| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Master of Biotechnology (Professional) at Deakin University equips students with advanced technical skills in biotechnology, complemented by expertise in data analysis, coding, and commercial understanding. Graduates are prepared for careers in research, industry, or advanced coursework, with potential roles in various fields such as bioinformatics, medical science, and agriculture. The program emphasizes practical laboratory and fieldwork experience, fostering industry connections and preparing students for a successful career in the booming biotechnology industry.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Become an in-demand biotechnology expert and create innovative solutions to global issues when you study a Master of Biotechnology (Professional) at Deakin. From pioneering medical advancements to cutting-edge solutions to food, agricultural and environmental problems, you’ll gain advanced technical skills to build a global career effecting positive change. Graduate with the high-level biotechnology knowledge, practical laboratory and fieldwork experience, and professional networks you need to succeed in a booming industry. Learn under internationally recognised researchers and discover how to take your specialist knowledge of biotechnology from the lab and apply it across genetic, chemical, industrial and agricultural settings. Your biotechnology expertise will be complemented by skills in statistical data analysis, computer coding, research and a well-developed understanding of the commercial biotechnology environment – giving you the confidence to thrive across a range of industries when you graduate. In your first year, you’ll gain in-depth biotechnology knowledge before pursuing a pathway in research, industry placement or advanced coursework.
Outline:
Year 1:
- Professional research practice
- Molecular biotechnology
- Biostatistics
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Nanobiotechnology
- Industrial biotechnology
- Applied bioinformatics
Year 2:
Research pathway:
- Research Project Planning
- Research Project
- Research Project (Advanced)
Industry practice pathway:
- Industry Practice Planning
- Synthetic Biology
- Green Chemistry and Industrial Bioprocessing
- Industry Practice
Advanced discipline coursework pathway:
- Industry Practice Planning
- Synthetic Biology
- Green Chemistry and Industrial Bioprocessing
- Object-Oriented Development
- Real World Analytics
Careers:
Graduate with the in-depth scientific knowledge and transferrable technical and commercial skills to build a rewarding career in a rapidly growing industry. With a highly relevant and extremely versatile biotechnology qualification, you’ll be uniquely positioned to pursue a wide range of exciting roles in industry, education, government, policy development and teaching. Depending on your chosen area/s of expertise, you can make an impact across a wide range of careers, including as a:
- Bioinformatics
- Animal scientist
- Botanist
- Chemist
- Food scientist
- Material scientist
- Metallurgist
- Molecular biologist
- Medical scientist
- Trainee patent attorney
- Agriculture technologist
- Researcher With the potential to work globally in a broad range of industries, your potential employers might include:
- CSIRO
- Government research institutes and departments
- Private research institutes
- Health sector
- Private commercial companies
- Industrial research companies
- Universities
- Agriculture and food sector
- Local councils and public service A biotechnology qualification is also highly relevant and extremely versatile in research and development roles within both public and private sector research institutes. Many biotech companies engaged in manufacturing employ qualified biotechnologists as manufacturing associates in a supervisory and management capacity. Graduates also can become biotech product specialists and play a valuable role in marketing and selling a variety of biotechnological products, from biotech instruments to reagents related to genomics or proteomics. Many biotechnologists are also engaged in the rapidly expanding field of bioinformatics and contribute towards drafting biotech patent applications under the supervision of a patent lawyer.
