Bachelor in Biotechnology

Bachelor's study program in Biotechnology is designed for those who want to connect their lives with biotechnology. The goal of the program is to train professionals who understand the fundamental biotechnology processes that take place at various levels of the biological systems organization, from molecules to multicellular organisms, cell function, and regulatory processes.

During studies, students acquire fundamental knowledge about natural phenomena and their quantification, materials, and elements used in engineering and biotechnology, and their properties. Students learn to work with test and measurement equipment, apply modern research methods, evaluate and interpret information and data; acquire skills in the use of information technology.

Why a Biotechnology programme?

• Biotechnology combines the disciplines of biology and chemistry and utilizes mathematics and physics to provide the tools for modern biology and biomedical research.
• Biotechnology utilizes living cells and cellular materials to create pharmaceutical, diagnostic, agricultural, environmental, and other products to benefit society. It is also used to study and alter genetic information in animals so that human diseases can be modeled and studied.
• Biotechnology is both a basic and applied science. These technologies are applied in agriculture, health care, forensics, industrial processing, and environmental management in many useful ways.
• Modern technologies are evolving rapidly, so new information has to be absorbed while working. The ability to quickly understand it and learn is highly valued by employers. And that ability depends on a solid foundation in the natural and technical sciences provided by biotechnology studies.

Feedback of Lecturer

The biotechnology programme gives a very broad choice of career opportunities in a variety of science and industry fields.

Prof. Gintautas Saulis

Professors

Professors of the field of biotechnology collaborate with researchers of the same field from other countries and take part in international organizations, networks, and editorial boards of scientific journals as well as participate in international projects. All of these activities also encourage academic mobility, especially that at international conferences.

Professors are members of international and national associations and organizations; they work as experts for different institutions. They are also members of the editorial boards of international journals – Biologija (Biology), Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis, Food Chemistry, and Technology.

• Prof. R. Daugelavičius. President of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society, council member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences VMU, and expert council member of the Agency for Science.
• Prof.habil.dr. A.Maruška is president of the Nordic Separation Society and a member of the Lithuanian Humbolthians Society.
• Prof. G.Saulis is a member of the Bioelectrochemical Society, European Bioelectromagnetics Association, International Society on Pulsed Power Applications, European Federation of Biotechnology, members of Lithuanian Biophysical Society.
• Prof. habil. dr. V. Mildažienė is a member of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society.