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Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science
BTEC is excited to offer a Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science. Whatever your background, BTEC’s certificate program will enhance your knowledge and give you hands-on experience with both upstream and downstream biopharmaceutical manufacturing and biopharmaceutical analysis.
Complete two of the courses listed below and receive an 80% discount on the registration fee for the third course!
In addition, BTEC’s Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science can:
- Be customized based on your learning needs
- Fill information and skills gaps to broaden your knowledge of the biomanufacturing industry
- Accommodate your schedule with multiple course offerings
- Be completed quickly (each course is typically 2–4 days)
Design your Professional Certificate now!
Enhance your expertise and earn your certificate by completing three courses focused on the upstream, downstream, and analytical technologies common to biomanufacturing. To qualify for the certificate, select one course in each content area.
Upstream
- Cell Culture Engineering
- Fermentation Engineering
- Fundamentals of Mammalian Cell Line Development
- Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy**
- Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing Operations*
- Hands-On Single-Use Processing for Biopharmaceuticals*
- PAT for Real-time Culture Monitoring and Closed-Loop Process Control
- Upstream Process Development for Biopharmaceutical Production
Downstream
- Applied Principles and Techniques of Depth Flow Filtration (DFF) and Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) for BioPharm Downstream Purification***
- Downstream Biopharmaceutical Processes: Fundamentals and Design
- Chromatography Column Packing: Foundations and Applications
- Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy**
- Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing Operations*
- Hands-On Single-Use Processing for Biopharmaceuticals*
- Introduction to Chemical Modification of Protein Therapeutics
- Trends and Emerging Technologies in Downstream Biopharmaceutical Processing
- Protein Precipitation and Crystallization
Analytical
- Analytical Methods for Gene Therapy Vector Characterization and Testing
- Biopharmaceutical Assay Essentials
- Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy**
- Microbial Contamination Control in Bioprocessing Operations
* These courses count as either Upstream or Downstream courses.
** These courses count as either Upstream, Downstream, or Analytical courses.
*** Not eligible for the 80% discount
Courses eligible for the Professional Certificate are listed above and on the schedule of short courses with one of the following symbols:
Upstream
Downstream
Analytical
Getting started
Earn your certificate by completing three courses (as outlined above) within two years.
New to BTEC?
If you have never taken a course at BTEC and are ready to start working on your certificate, please register for your first course(s) through the online registration system. When registering, check the box indicating you wish to apply the course(s) toward your Professional Certificate.
Recently complete an open enrollment course at BTEC?
If you have attended an open enrollment course in the past year, check to see if this course counts toward the certificate and what content area this course falls under. When registering for your second course, be sure to check the box indicating you wish to apply the course toward your Professional Certificate. Prior to registering for your third and final course, please contact Serena Hodge, Industry Training Coordinator, at shodge@ncsu.edu to determine how to apply the 80% discount.
Policies and guidelines
For general information on payment, additional discounts, and travel, please review this information for participants. Please note our additional policies regarding:
- Course timing. All courses must be completed within two calendar years. For example, if you completed one course in 2023, you will need to complete the remaining two courses in 2024 in order to receive the 80% discount on your third course.
- Substitutions. No substitutions are allowed for the discounted third course. That is, if an individual has completed two courses, the 80% discount for the third course is available only to this same individual.
- Discounts. No other discount may be applied to courses counted toward the Professional Development certificate. To qualify for the 80% discount on the third course, the full registration fee must be paid for the first two courses.