Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum:
  • Employability
  • Global Reach
  • Inter-and Transdisciplinary
  • Research Based Teaching
  • Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Quality Education
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • Responsible Consumption and Production

Graduate Attributes:
  • Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
  • Digitally Fluent
  • Independent and creative thinker
  • Socially Responsible


Exit Award only

Students on the MSc Biotechnology who attain a pass (40%) across the taught modules, but do not reach the 50% threshold required to progress to the research dissertation will be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology. Similarly, students who pass the taught modules and do not wish to complete the investigative work related to the theory and/or practice of biotechnology research dissertation may opt to be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements