Biotechnology minor 2025-26

Minor : Biotechnology

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Biochemical engineering
ChE-311 / Section CGC
Crelier, Zinn
EN
Summer session
Written
3
Bioimage informatics
BIO-410 / Section SV
Sage, Seitz
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Bioprocesses and downstream processing
ChE-437 / Section CGC
Crelier, Eyer, Zinn
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Bioreactor modeling and simulation
ChE-320 / Section CGC
Hatzimanikatis
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Biotechnology lab (for CGC)
ChE-433 / Section CGC
Pick
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Chemistry of food processes
ENG-435 / Section CGC
Blank
EN
Summer session
Written
2
Experimental biochemistry and biophysics
CH-319 / Section CGC
Hovius
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Fate and behaviour of environmental contaminants
ENV-507 / Section SIE
Aeppli
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Fluid mechanics and transport phenomena
ChE-330 / Section CGC
Sivula
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Food biotechnology
ENG-436 / Section CGC
Sybesma
EN
Summer session
Written
2
Food chemistry
ENG-433 / Section CGC
Richard
FR
Winter session
Written
2
Immunoengineering
BIOENG-399 / Section SV
Tang
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Introduction to chemical engineering
ChE-201 / Section CGC
Hatzimanikatis
EN
Winter session
Written
3
Introduction to chemical engineering Laboratory Works
ChE-203 / Section CGC
Buonsanti
FR
Summer session
During the semester
2
Introduction to transport phenomena
ChE-204 / Section CGC
Buonsanti
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Microbiology for engineers
ENV-202 / Section SIE
Bernier-Latmani
EN
Summer session
Written
5
Nanobiotechnology
CH-413 / Section CGC
Steinauer
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
New tools & research strategies in personalized health
BIO-491 / Section SV
Fellay, Friedli
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Next-generation biomaterials
BIOENG-458 / Section SV
Persat, Tang
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Nutrition: from molecules to health (For MSc students only)
BIO-441 / Section SV
Descombes, Hager, Rezzi
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Opération unitaire et technologie des procédés
CH-334 / Section CGC
Meyer
FR
Summer session
Oral
3
Pharmaceutical biotechnology
ChE-436 / Section CGC
Pick
EN
Winter session
Written
3
Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
BIO-478 / Section SV
Firsov, Kellenberger
EN
Summer session
Written
2
Principles and applications of systems biology
ChE-411 / Section CGC
Hatzimanikatis
EN
Winter session
During the semester
3
Process development
ChE-459 / Section CGC
Gouveia Braz, Maréchal, Ribeiro Domingos
EN
Summer session
Oral
8
Project in biotechnology (Uniquement pour le mineur en Biotechnologie)
ChE-460 / Section CGC
Profs divers
EN
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
10
Risk management
ENG-430 / Section CGC
Meyer
EN
Summer session
During the semester
2
Selected topics in life sciences
BIOENG-430 / Section SV
Mahul Mellier
EN
Winter session
During the semester
3
Synthetic biology
BIOENG-320 / Section SV
Barth
EN
Summer session
Written
4