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BUT Génie biologique – Science de l'aliment et biotechnologie at Université de La Réunion

Université de La Réunion, France

Programme overview

The BUT Génie biologique, Science de l'aliment et biotechnologie (SAB) pathway, trains laboratory technicians, assistant engineers and team leaders in food science and biotechnology. It is a three-year 180 ECTS degree on the Terre-Sainte campus with 26 first-year places and a work-study option.

Faculty: Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT)  |  Duration: 3 years (180 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French; work-study (alternance) option  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Saint-Denis, Outre-mer, France

What you will study

Practical teaching and professional situations make up about half of the hours; the curriculum is organised in five competences developed over two or three years under a competence-based approach.

Career pathways

Laboratory analysis and control technician, assistant research engineer and quality-hygiene-safety facilitator.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry to the first year of the BUT is through Parcoursup after the baccalauréat; selection looks at scientific subject results, literary culture, French (including the early baccalauréat French test), English, specialisms according to the stream and progression. Open to the general baccalauréat and the STL and related technological baccalauréats.

Domestic applicants: EUR 178 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee set by the Ministry (applies to EU/EEA students and to non-EU students exempt from differentiated fees). Non-EU students not exempt pay differentiated fees (amount not stated on the page). Excludes the CVEC (105 euros for 2026-20 Source

Intake: September

Duration: 3 years (180 ECTS)

Apply through the official page: https://www.parcoursup.gouv.fr/

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