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Engineering

BUT Génie Biologique – Sciences de l’aliment et biotechnologie (Bourg-en-Bresse) at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

Programme overview

The BUT Biological Engineering, Food Science and Biotechnology pathway (Bourg-en-Bresse) is a three-year BUT (6 semesters) with a 22 to 26-week internship, 600 hours of projects, teaching organised in blocks, and bridges allowing entry at different stages.

Faculty: Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT Lyon 1)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; work-study (alternance) route  |  Location: Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

Five competences, starting with analysing: applying a standardised analysis technique, adapting protocols in a defined context, and managing stocks, purchases and waste of a laboratory.

Career pathways

Further study: specialised Master's in food science or biotechnology; engineering schools specialised in food science or biotechnology; other training giving a dual competence.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Technological baccalaureate, mainly STL (Biotechnology or Physics-Chemistry) and STAV; for other baccalaureates a university preparation year is desirable; professional baccalaureates are not suited.

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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