Whether new active ingredients, diagnostic methods in medicine or more efficient processes to produce sustainable products for everyday life: In your studies, you will deal with the fundamentals of chemistry and life and learn how to use biological and chemical principles to develop new products, processes or technical applications. These can be novel medicines, biodegradable plastics, environmentally friendly chemicals and much more. In this way, you can contribute to advances in medicine or help make our future more sustainable.
In experimental lectures, seminars and practical courses in modern chemistry and biology, we teach you the necessary specialist knowledge and key skills for this. In addition, you will learn the basics of mathematics, physics, engineering and biotechnology.
In this way, you will learn at an early stage to work independently in practice and as part of a team using scientific methods. Up to three days a week you will work side by side with your fellow students in the laboratory. You analyze chemical and biochemical reactions, prepare substances under supervision and carry out syntheses. This is how compounds or new substances are created that are also used in industry or in everyday life. Through physical investigations and experiments, you develop model concepts that help you to understand the properties of these substances and processes in organisms.
In the 6th semester, you will also learn about professional practice during a three-month industrial or research internship. This is another reason why your career prospects after graduation are excellent. Whether in the life sciences, in nanotechnology, in pharmacy or in environmental protection, you are guaranteed to find a job in a research institution, a university, a government agency or in industry where you can contribute your knowledge and enthusiasm for biotechnical chemistry.
