Study

The Biotechnology study programme is part of the study field 4. biotechnology. It focuses on the laws of behaviour of biological systems under the influence of exogenous and endogenous factors. It is based on knowledge that can be used in the management of biotechnological processes in the specific conditions of individual production in the chemical and food industries, environmental technologies and agriculture. Knowledge of computer science enables further professional growth and access to world databases in the field of biotechnology.

At the time of graduation, students of the biotechnology study programme have the theoretical knowledge, practical skills and abilities in the basic natural science disciplines, especially biotechnology, biology and chemistry, as well as their border areas.

Due to the fact that the program belongs to the study field of Biotechnology, these are mainly subjects emphasizing biotechnological aspects. An important part of the study, in addition to classical chemical and biological subjects, is emphasis biotechnological disciplines such as industrial biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, molecular biotechnology, but also modern biological disciplines, which are the basis for modern biotechnologies, such as molecular biology techniques, instrumental methods of analysis, basics of genomics and biofuels, renewables, novel and functional foods and others.

Due to the broader applicability of the graduate in practice, the natural science and technical basis of the study is supplemented by selected legal, ethical and managerial disciplines. Studying at the second level also creates prerequisites for continuing at the third level.

At the time of graduation, students of the Biotechnology study programme have theoretical knowledge, practical skills and abilities in the basics of chemistry (general, inorganic, organic, analytical, physical, biochemistry), biology (microbiology and molecular), genetics, biotechnology (microbial, agricultural, enzymatic and environmental), ecology, as well as mathematics, physics and statistical analysis.

• They acquire or improve their knowledge and practice in scientific English. They acquire habits for defining scientific hypotheses, preparation of projects (experimental) for their verification, experimental solution, definition of outputs and their characterization, presentation, advocacy and implementation (even in practice).
• Graduates of the master's study have theoretical knowledge about the structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic biological systems and the nature of the processes (physico-chemical, biochemical and physiological) taking place in them, as well as the mechanisms of their regulation.
• They gain an overview of them and know how to apply them in practice.
• They know the basics of methods of interventions in the genome of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, the principles of genetic modification of organisms, basic methods of characterizing genetic changes and gain an overview of the use of genetically modified organisms in various areas of practice.
• They are able to prepare biological systems for their practical use and independently solve (manage) partial operations related to their targeted use in the agri-food, pharmaceutical-medical and chemical-environmental areas.