Master's Programme in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering
300 credits
Outline, TMB2Y
A revised version of the outline is available.
- Code
- TMB2Y
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 7 March 2017
- Registration number
- TEKNAT 2016/123
Semester 1
Period 1
- Basic Course in Mathematics, 5 credits (1MA010)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1N
- Basic Chemistry, 5 of 10 credits (1KB007)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1N
- Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology, 5 credits (1MB111)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1N, Technology G1N
Period 2
- Basic Chemistry, 5 of 10 credits (1KB007)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1N
- Linear Algebra and Geometry I, 5 credits (1MA025)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Single Variable Calculus, 5 of 10 credits (1MA013)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
Semester 2
Period 3
- Single Variable Calculus, 5 of 10 credits (1MA013)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Introductory Organic Chemistry, 10 credits (1KB472)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1F, Technology G1F
Period 4
- Cell Biology, 15 credits (1MB102)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1F, Technology G1F
Semester 3
Period 1
- Linear Algebra II, 5 credits (1MA024)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Methods in Biotechnology, 5 credits (1KB426)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1F, Chemistry G1F, Technology G1F
- Several Variable Calculus, 5 of 10 credits (1MA016)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
Period 2
- Several Variable Calculus, 5 of 10 credits (1MA016)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Transform Methods, 5 credits (1MA034)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Scientific Computing I, 5 credits (1TD393)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G1F, Mathematics G1F, Technology G1F
Semester 4
Period 3
- Mechanics, 5 credits (1FA104)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Physics G1F, Technology G1F
- Computer Programming I, 5 credits (1TD433)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G1N, Technology G1N
- Biological Diversity: Patterns and Processes, 5 credits (1MB203)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1F
Period 4
- Structural Bioinformatics, 5 credits (1MB204)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F, Technology G2F
- Probability and Statistics, 5 credits (1MS005)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Mathematics G1F
- Chemical Thermodynamics, 5 credits (1KB300)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1F, Technology G1F
Semester 5
Period 1
- Electromagnetism and Wave Physics, 5 of 10 credits (1FA528)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Physics G1F, Technology G1F
- Computer Programming II, 5 credits (1TD722)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G1F, Technology G1F
- Microbiology, 5 credits (1MB311)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F, Technology G2F
Period 2
- Quantum Mechanics and Chemical Bonding I, 5 credits (1KB501)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1F, Technology G1F
- Electromagnetism and Wave Physics, 5 of 10 credits (1FA528)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Physics G1F, Technology G1F
- Database Design I, 5 credits (1DL301)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G2F, Sociotechnical Systems G2F, Technology G2F
Semester 6
Period 3
- Methods in Bioinformatics, 5 credits (1MB331)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F, Chemistry G2F, Technology G2F
- Genomics: Experimental Methods, 5 credits (1MB321)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F, Technology G2F
- Multivariate Data Analysis and Experimental Design, 5 credits (1MB344)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G2F, Technology G2F
Period 4
- Independent Project in Molecular Biotechnology, 15 credits (1MB332)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology G2E
Semester 7
Period 1
- Scientific Computing II, 5 credits (1TD395)Compulsory Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G1F, Technology G1F
- Experimental Methods in Structural Biology, 10 credits (1MB447) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1N
- Proteomics and Metabolomics, 5 credits (1MB448) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1N
- Script Programming, 5 credits (1TD328) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science A1N
- Automatic Control I, 5 credits (1RT490) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociotechnical Systems G2F, Technology G2F
Period 2
- Macromolecular Machines, 5 credits (1MB429) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Molecular Biotechnology A1N, Technology A1N
- Physical Molecular Biology, 5 credits (1MB449) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biophysics A1N, Technology A1N
- Molecular and Statistical Mechanics, 5 credits (1MB412) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Chemistry A1N, Technology A1N
- Technology of Process Modelling, 5 credits (1KB756) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry A1N, Technology A1N
- Computer-Assisted Image Analysis I, 5 credits (1TD396) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science A1N, Technology A1N
- Knowledge-Based Systems in Bioinformatics, 5 credits (1MB416) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Technology A1N
- Statistical Inference for Bioinformatics, 5 credits (1MB459) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Technology A1N
Semester 8
Period 3
- Microbial Regulatory Mechanisms, 5 credits (1MB431) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Molecular Biotechnology A1F, Technology A1F
- Synthetic Biology, 10 credits (1MB433) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1F, Molecular Biotechnology A1F, Technology A1F
- Immunotechnology, 10 credits (1MB463) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1N, Technology A1N
- Molecular Evolution, 5 credits (1MB461) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Technology A1N
- Information Management Systems, 10 credits (1DL471) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Computer Science A1N, Technology A1N
Period 4
- Protein Biotechnology, 10 credits (1KB768) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1N, Chemistry A1N, Technology A1N
- Large Datasets for Scientific Applications, 5 credits (1TD268) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computational Science A1N, Computer Science A1N, Technology A1N
- Genome Analysis, 10 credits (1MB462) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1F, Technology A1F
- Nanotechnology for Industrial Applications in Life Science, 5 credits (1TE698) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Materials Engineering A1N, Technology A1N
- Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and IPR, 10 credits (1TE012) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1F, Technology A1F
Semester 9
Specialisation Bioinformatics
Period 1
- Applied Bioinformatics, 10 credits (1MB513) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1F, Technology A1F
- Population Genetic Analysis, 5 credits (1MB514) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1F, Biology A1F, Technology A1F
Period 2
- Complex Data: Analysis and Visualisation, 15 credits (1MB525) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Technology A1N
Specialisation Molecular Biotechnology
Period 1
- Protein Engineering, 15 credits (1BG301) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1F, Biology A1F, Chemistry A1F, Technology A1F
- Biosensors, 5 credits (1KB446) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry A1N, Technology A1N
- Nanobiotechnology, 10 credits (1KB457) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry A1N, Technology A1N
Period 2
- Molecular Biotechnology for Renewable Energy, 15 credits (1KB764) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry A1F, Molecular Biotechnology A1F, Technology A1F
- Complex Data: Analysis and Visualisation, 15 credits (1MB525) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1N, Technology A1N
- Algorithms and Data Structures I, 5 credits (1DL210) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science G1F, Technology G1F
- Industrial Management, 5 credits (1TE743) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Industrial Engineering and Management G1F
- Industrial Project Management, 5 credits (1TE061) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Industrial Engineering and Management G1F, Technology G1F
- Industrial Management, 5 credits (1TE743) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Industrial Engineering and Management G1F
- Optimisation, 5 credits (1TD184) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computational Science A1N, Computer Science A1N, Data Science A1N, Technology A1N
Semester 10
Specialisation Bioinformatics
- Degree Project in Bioinformatics Engineering, 30 credits (1MB931) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A2E
Specialisation Molecular Biotechnology
- Degree Project in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering, 30 credits (1MB930) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A2E
- Industrial Management, 5 credits (1TE743) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Industrial Engineering and Management G1F
- Industrial Project Management, 5 credits (1TE061) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Industrial Engineering and Management G1F, Technology G1F
- Management, 5 credits (2FE030) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Business Studies GXX
- Molecular Recognition in Biological Systems, 15 credits (1KB425) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry A1F
- Literature Project, 5 credits (1MB785) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology G2F
- Literature Project, 10 credits (1MB786) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology G2F
- Research Training, 10 credits (1MB773) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1N
- Research Training, 15 credits (1MB774) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1N
- Research Training, 20 credits (1MB775) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology A1N
- Project in Laboratory Synthetic Biology I, 15 credits (1MB205) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1F
- Project in Laboratory Synthetic Biology II, 15 credits (1MB405) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
- Specialised Course in Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics I, 10 credits (1MB381) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
* Compulsory
Programme syllabus
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2025, version 2
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2025, version 1
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2024
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2023
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2022
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2021, version 2
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2021, version 1
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2020
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2019
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2018, version 2
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2018, version 1
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2017
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2016
- Programme syllabus valid from Autumn 2015