Degree	Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Course language(s)	English
	Courses are held in English; participants can choose to write their Master's thesis in English or German. Lab language is partly German. Students who do not have a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology or Biochemical Engineering will have to take additional courses in Biotechnology. These courses are in German.
Admission semester	Summer and winter semester
Beginning	Winter semester - September Summer semester - March
Programme duration	Three semesters (one and a half years)
Application deadline	Application periods: 1 June - 15 July for the following winter semester 1 December - 15 January for the following summer semester Online application on the university website during the application periods only: http://www.haw-hamburg.de/international-master
Course content	The following modules are offered: 1. Biopharmaceutical Engineering, with the course Pharmaceutical Engineering including labs 2. Purification Techniques, with lectures and a special course on this subject as well as a lecture on Good Manufacturing Practice 3. Pharmaceutical Technology, with the courses Pharmacology and Drug Development & Formulation 4. Cell Culture Systems, with lectures in Cell Culture Techniques and Hosts & Expression Systems as well as a special course in Cell Culture Techniques 5. Bioanalytics, with courses in Off-line and At-line Analytics, Biochemical Analytics and Bioassays 6. Bioprocess Automation, with lectures and a special course on this subject 7. Process Simulation, with lectures and practice in Analysis, Modelling & Simulation of Bioprocesses 8. Biopharmaceutical Research, with Laboratory Projects in Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Bioprocess Engineering and the research seminar 9. Master's thesis Soft skills are trained in the various modules and particularly in the seminar.