Master of Biotechnology

The Program Director ensures that the published program information on this website is accurate and helpful for students' enrolment and progress. The Program Director provides students with guidance on program-related matters including making decisions on specific aspects of a student's study program, enrolment, progress, credit and eligibility to graduate.

Program options

• Standard pathway
• Dissertation pathway
   

Pathways

Dissertation

The Research proposal must be approved by the Program Director (and include the nomination and consent of a supervisor) prior to commencing the Dissertation pathway.
 

Year 1

Students must complete the following courses:

• Advanced Protein Engineering - 7101ESC
• Advanced Applied Bioinformatics - 7104ESC
• Knowledge Management for Product Innovation - 7009IBA (not offered from 2021)
• The Digital Economy - 7124IBA
• Topics in Biotechnology - 7102ESC
• Innovation for Impact - 7123IBA
• Research Design and Planning - 7161ENV (see Note 1) OR FutureLearn Program: Research Methods (not offered from 2021)
• Research Design and Methods - 7161ESC (offered from 2021)
• Listed elective
   

Year 2
 

Students must complete the following courses:

• Research Project - 8001ESC_P1
• Research Project - 8001ESC_P2
• Research Project - 8001ESC_P3
• Research Project - 8001ESC_P4
• Research Project - 8001ESC_P5
• Research Project - 8001ESC_P6
• Listed electives

To be eligible for admission to the Master of Biotechnology, an applicant must have:

• a related Bachelor or Bachelor (Honours) degree with a GPA of 4.5 or higher.
   

Language requirements
 

English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
 

• A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
• OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
• OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
• OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
• OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
• OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.

$35,500 (80 CP)
 

Tuition fees

• An International student pays tuition fees.
• Students are liable for tuition fees for the courses they are enrolled in as at the census date.
• The tuition fee for students who commence their program prior to 2014 is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student commenced the program.

Graduates will be highly employable, obtaining a broad and in-depth understanding of current biotechnologies, business and innovation trends, marketing and business planning as well as obtaining knowledge on how to manage research in an industry environment.