Biotechnology Industries
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Início / Indústrias Biotecnológicas
Presentation
The Higher Professional Technical Course (Level 5) in Biotechnology Industries aims to provide graduates with the skills to perform intermediate level roles in biotechnological industries or in settings where biological products or cultures are handled or monitored.
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Reasons to attend the course
Exemption from national exams for entry into higher education and leading to a Higher Professional Technical Diploma.
Guaranteed internship in a real work environment (1 semester).
High employability courses.
Opportunity to continue your studies to Bachelor’s degrees (with credit transfers/equivalencies.
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Access conditions
Who can apply:
- Candidates with a secondary education qualification or a legally equivalent qualification
- Holders of a Technological Specialisation Diploma or a Higher Professional Technical Diploma
- Holders of a higher education degree who wish to seek professional requalification
Candidates over the age of 23 who have passed the exams designed to assess their capacity for higher education attendance can also apply.
Special access contest
National Applicants or equivalent
International applicants (applicants who do not hold Portuguese citizenship, are not citizens of a EU member state and are not family members of Portuguese or citizens of a EU member state, have not lived in Portugal continuously for more than two years as of 1 January of the application year, are not beneficiaries of equal rights and duties status granted under an international treaty as of 1 January of the application year and who are not applying for higher education admission through special admissions and special entry routes).
All foreign applicants must request the equivalence of their secondary education qualifications from their home country from a Portuguese secondary school. The equivalence of your certificate to Portuguese secondary education is a mandatory requirement for the application.
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Goals
Aims
– Training graduates for roles in bio-industries, primarily linked to food and pharmaceutical biotechnology.
Graduate profile
Graduates will be skilled in taking part in, managing and overseeing manufacturing operations and quality control of food, biotechnological and related products, organising the operation, start-up and shutdown of processes, facilities and equipment, while complying with safety standards, risk prevention and environmental protection guidelines.
Professional outcomes
Middle management in food, pharmaceutical and other biotechnological-based industries or where biological products or cultures are handled or monitored.
Study Plan
| Curricular Unit | Area | Type | Contact hours | ECTS | PUC Tonco Comum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biologia e Bioquimica | CB | S1 | TP:32.00 | 3.00 | |
| Química | FEQ | S1 | TP:32.00 | 3.00 | |
| Técnicas de Comunicação Oral e Escrita | EFP | S1 | TP:32.00 | 3.00 | |
| Sistemas de Gestão da Qualidade | OLM | S1 | TP:20.00 | P:12.00 | 3.00 | |
| Documentos da Qualidade | OLM | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Ferramentas da Qualidade | OLM | S1 | TP:20.00 | P:12.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Química | FEQ | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Microbiologia I | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Microbiologia II | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Bioquímica | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Comunicação e Relações Interpessoais | CPS | S2 | TP:32.00 | 3.00 | |
| Seminário I | EA | S2 | TP:16.00 | P:48.00 | 6.00 | |
| Serviços auxiliares | EA | S2 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Manutenção e Higienização de Instalaçoes e Equipamentos | EA | S2 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Operações Unitárias no Bioprocessamento | EA | S2 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Seminário II | EA | S2 | TP:16.00 | P:48.00 | 6.00 | |
| Cultura de Células e Tecidos | CB | S2 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Química Orgânica | FEQ | S2 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 |
| Curricular Unit | Area | Type | Contact hours | ECTS | PUC Tonco Comum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlo de Processos Fabris e Laboratoriais | EA | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Sistemas de Embalagem e Armazenamento Agro-Alimentares e Farmacéuticas | EA | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Reactores Biológicos | CB | S1 | TP:16.00 | P:48.00 | 6.00 | |
| Monitorização Industrial | EMM | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Biotecnologia Farmaceutica | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Biotecnologia Alimentar | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Processos de Separação e Purificação | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Biologia Molecular | CB | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Laboratórios de Propriedades Físicas | EA | S1 | TP:8.00 | P:24.00 | 3.00 | |
| Estágio | CB | S2 | TP:10.00 | 30.00 |
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Partnerships and internships
(Português) O Curso Técnico Superior Profissional em Indústrias Biotecnológicas foi criado em colaboração com a Zendal, grupo farmacêutico de 6 empresas na área da biotecnologia. Este curso funciona na Escola Superior Agrária e na Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do IPVC.
O curso conta ainda com outras parcerias, designadamente:
- P-Bio – Associação Portuguesa de Bioindústrias
- FIPA – Federação das Indústrias Portuguesas Agroalimentares
- Câmara Municipal de Paredes de Coura
- CEVAL – Confederação Empresarial do Alto Minho
- COLAB4FOOD
- CIM Alto Minho – Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho
- APIC-Associação Portuguesa dos Industriais de Carnes
- Prados de Melgaço, Lda.
- Hydrumedical (Hydrustent, SA)
- AQUALGAE, SOC. LDA
- Adega Cooperativa de Ponte de Lima, CRL
- Adega Cooperativa de Ponte da Barca e Arcos de Valdevez, CRL
- Primor – Charcutaria Prima, SA
- Lacticínios Marinhas, Lda.
- Cervejaria Artesanal Bemdita
- WeProductise, Lda.
- Seara, SA