About the program

This Biotechnology and Food Engineering degree from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is intended for candidates who completed a four year Bachelor’s degree with satisfactory grades and fulfill the Technion’s general requirements for graduate studies.

Key Features

Acceptance is subject to an interview in which the candidate’s level of knowledge will be assessed. In addition, the committee for advanced degrees reserves the right to take the candidate’s ranking into account.

With the development of the biotechnology industry in Israel and worldwide, the faculty is one of the few to incorporate areas of biotechnology and food engineering under one combined degree.

The Biotechnology and Food Engineering degree from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology embodies diverse enterprises which uniquely merge research in engineering and areas of life science and nanotechnology.

Courses Included

• Biotechnological methods to produce pharmaceuticals and food additives
• Controlled release systems used in cancer therapy and cellular therapy
• Development of optical sensors to identify pathogenic bacteria
• Growth of blood vessels and heart tissue as treatment for blocked arteries or a post cardiac event
• Development of food-enriching-systems with essential nutrients
• Development of biotechnological methods to efficiently utilize cellulose as a renewable energy source
• Development of antibiotic peptide-based substitutes
• Development of novel “green” disinfectant methods to increase safety in food consumption
• Research on bacterial resistance to antimicrobial therapies (antibiotics, disinfectants and preservatives)