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| School | The University of British Columbia - Vancouver | | |
| Location | Vancouver, BC, Canada | | |
| School Type | University | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 47,400
Full-time Graduate: 11,368 | | |
| Degree | Bachelor | | |
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| Co-op | | | |
| Length | 5 Year(s) | | |
| Entry Grade (%)* | | | |
| Prerequisites | - Grade12 English
- Grade12 Precalculus
- Grade11 Biology or Grade11 Chemistry or Grade11 Physics
- 2 of Grade11 Chemistry or Grade11 Physics
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| Prerequisites Notes |
- Graduation from high school
- Minimum of 70% in Grade 11 or Grade 12 English (or their equivalents)
- At least six academic/non-academic Grade 12 courses (recommended, but not required)
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| Cost |
This estimate represents the tuition for the first year. | | |
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| Description | Enjoy hands-on laboratory training and high-calibre foundational courses as you learn about scientific manipulation of living organisms. This program equips you with current scientific and technical expertise and the business and communication skills to start your biotechnology career as soon as you graduate.
Biotechnology harnesses our scientific understanding of biology and chemistry to create products, processes, or services relevant to areas such as health, energy, agriculture, and the environment. Biotechnology applications include the design and production of vaccines, the discovery of new antibiotics, genetic engineering of tissues, the design of disease and drought resistant crops, and clean-up of environmental pollutants. The discipline uses computers to model biological structures and processes as well as analyze and compare DNA and RNA sequences. Some of the cutting-edge technologies employed in biotechnology include CRISPR Cas9 gene editing systems, mass spectrometry, and Next Generation DNA sequencing. | | |
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