The Institute of Biotechnology guarantees the study programme Biotechnology in all three levels of the study. The Institute also provides teaching of Principles of Biotechnology for all other study programmes. The accredited programme Biotechnology integrates theoretical and practical skills of the fields chemistry, biology,
biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, enzymology and enzyme engineering, gene engineering and bioengineering, biosynthesis and transformation of metabolites, bioanalytical methods, xeno-biochemistry,
pharmaceutical, food and beverage biotechnology as well as pharmaceutical and medicine engineering.
The integral part of the study programmes is the laboratory and scientific praxis on the selected theme of applied biocatalysis, exploitation of degrading abilities of microorganisms in the bioremediation in the frame of the environmental biotechnologies, the study of production of bioactive compounds, organic acids, lipids, pigments production by fermentation, saccharides transformations, metabolites production with pharmaceutical and medical utilisation. Production of traditional fermented beverages (beer, wine).
Students and PhD students of the Institute of Biotechnology participate in the scientific and research projects. A number of students realised their projects at foreign universities and research institutes in the frame of the ERASMUS, CEEPUS, and The National Scholar programmes.
