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In our Biotechnology degree programme, you will learn about the biotechnological processes used to develop targeted personalised medicines, vaccines and therapies for the treatment of diseases. The biotechnological production of precisely fitting complex molecules such as antibodies, hormones or vaccines in genetically modified cells plays a major role, especially in immunological diseases and cancer.
Typical subjects that can be assigned to the field of Medical Biotechnology of our degree programme are:

• Immunology
• Virology
• Cell Culture Technology
• Molecular Cell Biology

In addition to a long tradition in fermentative processes in the food industry, biotechnological applications are of great importance in our everyday lives. You will learn that many products, such as detergents, cleaning agents and cosmetics, are produced more efficiently and in a more environmentally friendly way by using enzymes as biocatalysts. In the future, biotechnology can contribute to society's growing demand for sustainability, for example with industrially produced green hydrogen. Two goals are at the centre of the research activities of industrial biotechnology at FH Aachen: Conventional industrial processes are to be converted to sustainable and resource-saving biotechnological production with environmentally compatible biomaterials. Our expertise in energy production in the form of biogas and hydrogen from biotechnological utilisation of renewable raw materials and residues is to be further developed for industrial applications. In the Biotechnology degree programme, the following subjects will provide you with a more in-depth introduction to the subject of Industrial Biotechnology:

• Enzyme Technology
• Bioprocess Engineering

In the sub-field of Environmental Biotechnology, you will learn how the processes of biological wastewater treatment, waste treatment, remediation of contaminated sites, exhaust air purification and biogas production work on the basis of microbiological processes. The Plant Biotechnology module of our Biotechnology degree programme introduces you to the methods of plant cultivation, breeding and genetic modification of plants. You will learn how plants can be used as renewable raw materials or how transgenic plants are used to produce pharmaceutical proteins.

Typical subjects you will encounter here are:

• Environmental Biotechnology
• Plant Biotechnology