Biomedicine Biomedicine

The Biomedicine program offers you insight into biotechnology-based methods for treatment of disease; an understanding of the dynamics of drug discovery and development; and an interdisciplinary perspective on how biotech research and business work together. You acquire skills and knowledge that make you more qualified for a future in biotech research and/or biotech business development.

Student Profile

The program is designed for students of biology, biochemistry, health science, biotechnology, pharmacy and similar fields.

Core Course

You will explore biotech opportunities and challenges within medicine, including side effects, antibodies, vaccines, stem cells and the impact of genomics on drug discovery. Case studies highlight the Danish and European pharmaceutical and biotech research community.

Prerequisites: One year of biology and one year of chemistry at university level.

Study Tours

On this tour you will explore the research field of biomedicine and biotechnology in Denmark, while learning about the transfer of biomedical research to the business aspect of biotechnology.

The UK biotechnology sector is number one in Europe for research and development and second only to the US in the world. This tour provides you with insight into biotechnology research and industry and the problems researchers face both within industry and academia. The tour offers you a greater understanding of drug development and research methods through visits to research institutions, biotech and pharma companies, and innovation centers.

Elective Courses

In addition to the required core course, you are free to select any combination of courses from the DIS curriculum. Please click here to see the full course list. If you want to learn more about biology, biomedicine and biotechnology, check out courses listed under Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pre-Medicine, and Public Health.

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The core class, Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development, has opened my eyes to various career options relevant to a degree in biology. Visiting the biomedical companies, pharmaceutical companies and research labs on the field studies and study tours has allowed me to see first-hand many of the opportunities within the field.

Hannah Brechka Skidmore College

The Science & Communication Project

In this semester-long, core course group project, you will be assigned a specific Scandinavian biomedical company to research. You will visit the company in a small group, meet with representatives and discuss the company’s products in more detail. This gives you the opportunity to see biomedical labs and to gain more practical exposure to the biomedical field.

After the company visits, you will work together to either edit or write a new Wikipedia article about the technology or products discussed during the field study. This scientific writing exercise is actually published on Wikipedia, so your work is seen and used by thousands long after the class has ended.

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