📖Introduction

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Norway with the main campus in Trondheim and smaller campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund. The largest university in Norway, NTNU has over 8,000 employees and thousands of students. NTNU is a young institution with a long history. The university, in its current form, was established in 1996 by the merger of six research and higher education institutions in Trondheim. The university's root goes back to 1760, with the foundation of Det Trondhiemske Selskab (Trondheim Academy), which in 1767 became the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.

NTNU has a main profile in science and technology, a variety of programmes of professional study, and great academic breadth that also includes the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational science, architecture, entrepreneurship, art disciplines and artistic activities.

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📚About the Program

Master’s in Biotechnology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Do you want to develop tomorrow’s vaccines, biofuel, and create sustainable solutions that’ll help change the world? Biotechnological knowledge will be essential in the coming years as focus moves to renewable raw materials, exploration of waste products, and sustainability. A Master in Biotechnology involves studies of molecules, cells, and organisms aiming to understand how biological processes work. MSc in Biotechnology will play an essential role in creating and developing methods of production for biomolecules such as vaccines, antibiotics, enzymes, biopolymers, biofuels, and many others. Show less
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📖Program Curriculum

Biotechnology (Master's Programme)
The study plan depends on the year you start the programme. Please select your initial study year in order to display the study plan pertaining to you. If you are uncertain which is your initial study year, you will find this marked as "Class" on Studentweb.

The tables below show compulsory and elective courses by year and semester. Some fields are marked with an ? which can be clicked to reveal supplementary information. SP (credits) are equivalent to ECTS credits.

Guidelines which provide detailed information about the programme can be found at the bottom of the page.

Initial study start
2022
1. Year
Autumn
Compulsory courses
Code Name SP Status
BIOTBI3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology Dep of Biology - part 1 of 4
M1A
BIOTBT3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology - part 1 of 4
M1A
BI3016
Molecular Cell Biology
7.5 O
BT3220
Biotechnology, Advanced
7.5 O
HMS0003
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course for master students
0 O
TBT4146
Molecular Genetics
7.5 O
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Elective courses ?
Code Name SP Status
BI2015
Molecular Biology, Laboratory Course
7.5 V
BI3013
Experimental Cell and Molecular Biology
7.5 V
BI3019
Systems Biology: Resources, Standards and Tools
7.5 V
TBT4135
Biopolymers
7.5 V
TBT4506
Biopolymeric Materials and Statistics and Research Planning, Specialization Course
7.5 V
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Spring
Experts in Teamwork - Longitudinal ?
Code Name SP Status
AM500118
Experts in Teamwork - Future jobs
7.5 V
AM500218
Experts in Teamwork - Creating Value from Waste
7.5 V
BEIT4010
Experts in Teamwork - Innovation skills - the core competency of the future
7.5 V
BEIT4014
Experts in Teamwork - Green Transition - without Green Washing
7.5 V
IDS4009
Experts i Teamwork - Helping manufacturing businesses in their digitalisation journey – safe, sustainable and social
7.5 V
TIØ4850
Experts in Teamwork - New campus NTNU
7.5 V
TIØ4852
Experts in Teamwork - Internet of Things - Smart businesses and cities
7.5 V
TIØ4853
Experts in Teamwork - How to create a circular society?
7.5 V
TIØ4855
Experts in Teamwork - Renewable Energy Management
7.5 V
TIØ4856
Experts in Teamwork - Building sustainable solutions for the Lithium ion battery value chain
7.5 V
TIØ4859
Experts in Teamwork - Innovation for a Better World
7.5 V
AAR4923
Experts in Teamwork - Ocean Justice
7.5 V
TPD4850
Experts in Teamwork - Service Innovation and Co-creation in the Health and Welfare Sector
7.5 V
TPD4852
Experts in Teamwork - Urban Natures of the Future
7.5 V
TPD4853
Experts in Teamwork - The fantastic four of the future oceans: human, technology, organization and the marine life
7.5 V
EIT3006
Experts in Teamwork - Consumption - Design - Lifestyle
7.5 V
EIT3014
Experts in Teamwork - Told Digitally
7.5 V
EIT3019
Experts in Teamwork – Artificial intelligence, consciousness and the self
7.5 V
IMT4016
Experts in Teamwork - Digital Communities and Welfare
7.5 V
TDT4856
Experts in Teamwork - Green Maritime Future: We create it
7.5 V
TDT4857
Experts in Teamwork - Smart and sustainable transformations in cities
7.5 V
TDT4858
Experts in Teamwork - Digitalising the Past for the Future
7.5 V
TDT4860
Experts in Teamwork - Digital Twins
7.5 V
TDT4863
Experts in Teamwork - Artificial Intelligence has an explanatory problem
7.5 V
TET4853
Experts in Teamwork - Solar in the Nordics - Possibilities, Design, Integration and Acceptance
7.5 V
TET4854
Experts in Teamwork - How to achieve clean aviation by 2050?
7.5 V
TFE4850
Experts in Teamwork - Space – Satellites, the future of space travel, or potatoes on Mars?
7.5 V
TFE4852
Experts in Teamwork - Sustainable IoT solutions for socially beneficial needs
7.5 V
TMA4850
Experts in Teamwork - Mathematics in Applications
7.5 V
TMA4851
Experts in Teamwork - Data deluge - what can we learn from an abundance of data?
7.5 V
TTK4850
Experts in Teamwork - Automation and Society
7.5 V
TTK4851
Experts in Teamwork - Nemo - How can Videogames Renew the Maritime Sector?
7.5 V
TTK4852
Experts in Teamwork - Small Satellites and the Detection of Pink Elephants
7.5 V
TTK4853
Experts in Teamwork - Virtual reality-based digital twin
7.5 V
TTK4854
Experts in teams - Robotic Ocean Waste Removal
7.5 V
TTM4850
Experts in Teamwork - Future User Experiences in the Digital Era
7.5 V
TTT4850
Experts in Teamwork - Sound, Human and Nature
7.5 V
TBA4851
Experts in Teamwork - Sports Technology
7.5 V
TBA4853
Experts in Teamwork - Punctual and Efficient Railway
7.5 V
TBA4856
Experts in Teamwork - Innovative Sports Facilities
7.5 V
TBA4859
Experts in Teamwork - SimsalaBIM
7.5 V
TBA4860
Experts in Teamwork - From users to creators, strengthens the inhabitants for developing smart and sustainable cities
7.5 V
TBA4861
Experts in Teamwork - Sustainable Urban Mobility
7.5 V
TEP4851
Experts in Teamwork - Smart Energy Use
7.5 V
TEP4854
Experts in Teamwork - Plastic Free Oceans
7.5 V
TGB4855
Experts in Teamwork - Energy storage in the ground - an important contribution to the green transition
7.5 V
TGB4856
Experts in Teamwork - Minerals in the green shift
7.5 V
TKT4851
Experts in Teamwork - Concrete Innovation
7.5 V
TKT4854
Experts in Teamwork - Nano Energy Giant Impact
7.5 V
TKT4855
Experts in Teamwork - Infrastructure in the Arctic
7.5 V
TKT4856
Experts in Teamwork - Surviving ice: the next generation anti-icing strategies and materials
7.5 V
TMR4850
Experts in Teamwork - The Ocean Space Technology
7.5 V
TMR4853
Experts in Teamwork - Aquaculture - Technology on the Premise of Biology
7.5 V
TMR4855
Experts in Teamwork - Aquaculture - The innovation industry that needs You
7.5 V
TPG4850
Experts in Teamwork - VR Village - Visualization of Petroleum-related Data
7.5 V
TPG4851
Experts in Teamwork - Haltenbanken CO2 Reduction Village
7.5 V
TPK4852
Experts in Teamwork - Hydrogen in Transportation for a Safe and Sustainable Future
7.5 V
TVM4850
Experts in Teamwork - Waterworld - Sustainable water supply in developing countries
7.5 V
TØL4025
Experts in Teamwork - Action for Sustainable Development
7.5 V
MFEL4854
Experts in Teamwork- Public health and equalization of social inequality
7.5 V
BI2097
Experts in Teamwork - Offshore wind farms: good for the environment?​​​​​​​
7.5 V
BI2098
Experts in Teamwork - Saving the World is not Rocket Science
7.5 V
KJ2095
Experts in Teamwork - Environmental Influences on Human Health
7.5 V
TFY4851
Experts in Teamwork - Aluminium - Sustainable and recycling
7.5 V
TFY4853
Experts in Teamwork - Nanotechnology: A small solution to big problems
7.5 V
TKP4850
Experts in Teamwork - Biofuels - a Solution or a Problem?
7.5 V
TKP4852
Experts in Teamwork - Sustainable Solutions for Process Industy
7.5 V
TMAT4850
Experts in Teamwork - The Future of Your Meal
7.5 V
TMT4850
Experts in Teamwork - A Bright, Strong and Light Future with Materials
7.5 V
TMT4852
Experts in Teamwork - Materials Surfaces – Surface Materials
7.5 V
TMT4853
Experts in Teamwork - Biomaterials and Healthcare
7.5 V
PED3802
Experts in Teamwork - Learning environments of the future
7.5 V
PSY3817
Experts in Teamwork - Job security in the academic profession
7.5 V
PSY3818
Experts in Teamwork - Life and death in avalanche terrain
7.5 V
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Compulsory courses
Code Name SP Status
BIOTBI3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology Dep of Biology - part 2 of 4
M1A
BIOTBT3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology - part 2 of 4
M1A
Elective courses ?
Code Name SP Status
BI3018
Patenting and Commercialization of Biotech and Medtech Inventions
7.5 V
BT3210
Recirculating Aquaculture Systems RAS
7.5 V
TBT4125
Food Chemistry
7.5 V
TBT4130
Environmental Biotechnology
7.5 V
TBT4165
System Biology and Biological Networks
7.5 V
BI2012
Cell Biology
7.5 VB
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2. Year
Autumn
Compulsory courses
Code Name SP Status
BIOTBI3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology Dep of Biology - part 3 of 4
M1A
BIOTBT3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology - part 3 of 4
M1A
Spring
Compulsory courses
Code Name SP Status
BIOTBI3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology Dep of Biology - part 4 of 4
60 M1A
BIOTBT3901
Master Thesis in Biotechnology - part 4 of 4
60 M1A
BI3091
Special Syllabus for Master Degree
7.5 M1B
BT3091
Special Syllabus for Master Thesis
7.5 M1B

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🏫About Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is a university with an international focus, with headquarters in Trondheim and campuses in Ålesund and Gjøvik. NTNU is consistently ranked in the top one percentage among the world's universities. NTNU has the main national responsibility for education and research in engineering and technology, and is the successor of Norway's preeminent engineering university, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), established by Parliament in 1910 as Norway's national engineering university. In addition to engineering and natural sciences, the university offers higher education in other academic disciplines ranging from medicine, psychology, social sciences, the arts, teacher education, architecture and fine art. NTNU is well known for its close collaboration with industry, and particularly with its R&D partner SINTEF, which provided it with the biggest industrial link among all the technical universities in the world.

 

Mission

Our mission covers both the expectations that society has of NTNU and the problems in society that we ourselves want to solve. We have a general mission, similar to other universities, and a specifi c mission, which makes us unique.

🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

$0 USD

Tuition fee:

19,000 EUR per year

38,000 EUR in total

📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter
  • 2 Recommendation letters

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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Here is some more information about the enrollment process after you have been accepted.

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