Master's Degree in Biotechnology (M38/56/1)

Access and admissions: requirements, procedure and deadlines
The Access and Admissions section of this website provides information on the general and specific requirements, as well as the enrolment procedure, for our master's degrees. This information varies depending on whether the programmes in question are:
Enrolment
Distrito Único Andaluz (DUA) Platform for University Admissions in Andalusia
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First-year students: If you have secured a place through the DUA Platform, you must complete the self-enrolment procedure via the UGR's website.
The office responsible for the self-enrolment procedure at the UGR is the Service for Official Master’s Degrees (Servicio de Másteres Oficiales). For further information, please visit Master's degrees: Standard enrolments.
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Second-year students and above: You must re-enrol via the UGR's "Oficina Virtual" Student and Staff Portal within the deadlines established in the academic and administrative calendar, which is approved annually by the UGR Governing Council.
The office responsible for re-enrolments at the UGR is the Service for Official Master's Degrees. For further information, please visit Master's degrees: Standard enrolments.
Arqus and Erasmus Mundus master’s degrees
The enrolment procedure varies depending on the master's degree in question:
Programme content
Module 1: Teaching
- Mandatory credits: 30
- Credits on offer: 101
| Course / Subject | Credits | Type | Type of teaching | Teachers | Course guide |
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| Anhydrobiosis: Life Without Water | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Molecular and Cellular Oxidative Stress | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Biodiversity of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Foods | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Biogenesis and Biotechnology of Terpenoids and Steroids | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Bioinformatics | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Biotechnology, Ethics and Society | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Plant Biotechnology | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Biotransformation of Degradation Resistant Molecules | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Biotransformation of Plant Residues: Applications | 3 | Optativa | Presencial |
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| Cooperativity, Allosterism: Multiple Equilibria in Biochemistry | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Setting Up Biotechnology Companies | 3 | Optativa | Presencial |
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| Macromolecular Crystallography | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Development and Foundations of Immunodiagnostic Systems | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Research Design and Techniques for Scientific Communication | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Mineral Formation by Microorganisms and Applications | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Organic Insecticides: Biotechnological Applications of Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxins | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Interactions of Heavy Metals with Microorganisms for Bioremediation Purposes | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Introduction to Biocatalysis | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Introduction to Structure Determination and Evaluation of Potential Drugs | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Mechanisms of Development and Degeneration in the Central Nervous System | 4 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Trans-Membrane Signal Transduction in Bacteria | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Metagenomics and Genomics of Rhizobacteria | 4 | Optativa | Presencial |
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| Microcalorimetry: Biotechnological Applications | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Genetically Modified (Gm) Plants and Foods | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Principles of Supramolecular Chemistry and Its Applications | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Natural Products and Their Application to the Synthesis of Products of Interest | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Proteins | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Simulation of Industrial Biotechnology Processes | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Molecular Analysis Techniques for Detection of Parasitic Protozoa | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Microalgae Culture Technology | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Bio-Immobilisation Technologies: Biochemical, Medicinal, Food and Environmental Applications | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Terpenoids of Biotechnological Relevance: Biosynthesis, Structural Elucidation and Synthesis | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide | |
| Transgenesis and Animal Cloning in Biotechnology Research | 3 | Optativa | Presencial | View guide |
Module 2: Masters Dissertationresearch
- Mandatory credits: 30
- Credits on offer: 30
| Course / Subject | Credits | Type | Type of teaching | Teachers | Course guide |
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| Master's Dissertation | 30 | Optativa | Presencial | No teaching staff assigned | View guide |