Medical Biotechnology (Hons) Sunway University

Overview

The development of medical biotechnologies is one of the major success stories of the last 20 years, and continues to revolutionise the world of medicine. Exciting new developments have led the way to new treatments to combat previously life-threatening diseases and to improve the quality of life. Graduates of the Medical Biotechnology (Hons) degree delivered at Sunway University will find rewarding careers in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as in the health sector and in public policy, as society grapples with the complex issues that the rapidly changing world of medical biotechnology brings with it.

Key facts

With a focus on developing research skills, this programme equips you for further studies at Masters or even PhD level, that can lead to cutting edge medical biotechnology discovery.

On successful completion of the programme, the graduates will also be awarded with a degree from Lancaster University. They will be awarded two certificates, making them graduates of both Sunway University and Lancaster University.

Career Prospects

• Academia (specialist educators)

• Patent law (intellectual property consultants, regulatory affairs specialists)

• Pharmaceutical industries (quality assurance personnel, product specialists, bioprocessing and biomanufacturing executives)

• Food industries (new food manufacturing processes, probiotics formulation)

• Healthcare research (research officer in CRO, therapeutic medicines, innovation of diagnostic detection kits)

• Entrepreneurs and marketing professionals

• Forensics (DNA fingerprinting, paternity identification)

• Insurance industry (insurance product development)