Full-Time mode: 13 months (taught courses & research/library project).
Part-Time mode: 24 months (with minimum of one course per semester, among those offered in the referred semester)

The Biotechnology programme offers 3 stimulating mandatory courses on Molecular Virology and Immunology, Microbial Biochemistry, and Fundamentals of Biotechnology.  As part of these courses you will familiarize yourself with the wide range of biotechnology tools that are currently used in different industrial settings. 

The course on Molecular Virology and Immunology covers extensively the area of Medical Biotechnology, including lectures on the production of vaccines, antibodies and drugs for therapeutic purposes. 

The course in Microbial Biochemistry is enriched with lectures from experts specialized in the food and wine industry. 

Equally important, the use of cutting-edge biotechnology tools for medical purposes is explored during the course in Fundamentals of Biotechnology, covering also lectures related to agricultural biotechnology, waste-water management and bioethics. 

A number of elective courses such as Methodologies and Technologies Applied in Medical Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Basis of Monogenic Diseases Gene and Cell Therapy, Biochemical Basis of Genetic Diseases, and Bioinformatics are also available, enabling students to broaden their knowledge. As a student you will also carry out a research or library project within the CING state-of-the art facilities or collaborators in industry and other academic/research institutions in Cyprus. The CING and our collaborators conduct internationally renowned pioneering research work, therefore providing its postgraduate students with the knowledge and tools to complete a competitive and advanced research or library project.