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Biotechnology is of national and international importance. It considers and develops knowledge about biochemical, molecular, ecological, and evolutionary processes. Biotechnology tools are applied in research underpinning biodiversity and biosecurity throughout Aotearoa NewZealand.

Biotechnology research is directed towards developing technology with both economic and environmental outcomes. The OECD has predicted that, by 2030, biotechnology will assume a major role in the global economy with the advances from research in the tertiary sector.

The School of Biological Sciences | Te Kura Ptaiao Koiora offers the Bachelor of Science endorsed in Biotechnology to students majoring in Biological Sciences. Students follow one of two pathways:

Year 13 biology, statistics, and chemistry is strongly recommended.

For certain disciplines, some knowledge of physics is helpful.

All students should have adequate English skills.

As an emerging field with both national and international importance, biotechnology provides many career opportunities in universities, business, government agencies, Crown Research Institutes, and in ministries concerned with the environment, agriculture, and forestry.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Biotechnology.

'Biology at Canterbury is great, and Biotechnology is a very employable, fast-growing and lucrative ...

Anish Shah

Biological Sciences, Biotechnology

'My dream is to be involved in as many ventures as I can, specialising in clean energies...'

Steve Rowe

Biotechnology, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

School of Biological Sciences | Te Kura Ptaiao Koiora

Phone +64 3 369 5200 Email biological-sciences@canterbury.ac.nz

Location See the School's website for up-to-date location details.

Postal address College of Science | Te Rngai PtaiaoUniversity of Canterbury | Te Whare Wnanga o Waitaha Private Bag 4800 Christchurch 8140 New Zealand

Choose an area that you are interested in and learn how UC's extensive range of study options can let you study what you want to.

Biology means the study of living things. Biologists investigate animals, plants, and microbes in many different ways and on a huge range of scales from ...

Chemistry is the central science. It deals with the composition, structure, and behaviour of the atoms and molecules that make up all forms of matter. ...

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