Course content

You will be taught by experts from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in addition to a range of Sheffield's other world-class departments that include Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Engineering Materials and Biomedical Science.

Teaching

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical classes and coursework assignments. You will also undertake an extended laboratory-based research project which will be assessed via a dissertation and oral presentation. During the programme you will gain a number of opportunities for personal development, including the interaction with leading people from industry during invited seminars and workshop sessions.

Research

A key component of this course is the research project. It is designed to give the student hands-on experience working at the cutting edge of biological engineering in areas such as systems biology, production of recombinant monoclonal antibodies and biopharmaceutical reactor design.

Conversion and core modules

Principles in Biochemical Engineering conversion module is designed for science graduates to learn the core Chemical engineering principles including material and energy balances, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, and reaction engineering. Similarly the Principles in Biomolecular Sciences conversion module is designed for engineering graduates to learn the concepts of biomolecular structure and function, cell biology, metabolism and systems biology.

The conversion modules are supplemented with the core modules, Biosystems Engineering & Computational Biology, Research Methods in Biological & Bioprocess Engineering, Bioanalytical Technologies and Biopharmaceutical Bioprocessing to provide a rounded education in Biological Engineering.

Optional modules

In the second semester a range of options are available so the student can customise their education to meet their personal interests whether in synthetic biology, stem cells engineering, nanomaterials, biofuel manufacturing and tissue engineering.

Further details on individual modules are available here and from the file in the download box at the top right. The overall course structure can also be accessed from the download box at the top right.