What educational institutions provide majors of bioengineering or biotechnology?
Such majors as biotechnology and bioengineering advance in popularity among school leavers every year. The increase in research in these areas is a strategic direction for the improvement of both the Russian and world economies. Let's find out what graduates of these programs do and what universities offer such majors.
Let's start with the Biotechnology major. This major is based on interdisciplinary knowledge – biological (genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, etc.), chemical, technical (processes and equipment, instrumentation and control systems, automated complexes, simulation and process optimization, etc.). Biotechnologists are involved in scientific and research centers, laboratories, clinics and pharmaceutical companies. They are developing technologies for building new structures, eventual options for their use in the chemical, food and biological industries.
Bioengineering combines knowledge of physical and chemical biology, biophysics, genetic engineering and computer technology. Bioengineers deal with living systems and apply advanced technologies to cope with medical issues. They are involved in the development of instruments and equipment, in the development of new procedures based on interdisciplinary knowledge, in research aimed at obtaining new information to deal with new challenges.