Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology (Enterprise)

Sharpen your business skills and examine the commercial and technical realities of your sector - 100% online.

Whether via enhancing global food production or pursuing advances in cancer prophylactics, therapeutics or diagnostics, biotechnology professionals can deliver huge opportunities for the wellbeing of our global population. But to accelerate commercial success within the industry, scientific expertise must be matched with comprehensive business understanding.

The University of Melbourne's Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology (Enterprise will help you leverage your existing knowledge to sharpen your business skills and examine the intersection of the commercial and technical realities of your sector. You will learn from experts drawn from across the University and external organisations, who bring a wealth of real-world, international experience in disciplines as diverse as business, law, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering and agriculture.

In four subjects of your choosing, you will explore relevant ethical, political and legal challenges, and understand some of the common stumbling blocks encountered when taking a product into market. By gaining a comprehensive understanding of key non-technical areas such as finance, return on investment, regulatory affairs, risk management and marketing, you will develop a clear competitive advantage in your sector.

As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of recent developments in the management of biotechnology enterprises, from a multidisciplinary and global perspective.
• Manage the use of quality systems and regulatory requirements in biotechnology organisations.
• Develop and manage clinical, prototyping and field trial programs to deliver products meeting market need.
• Critically analyse management of biotechnology enterprise through world-leading best practice techniques.
• Evaluate various options for appropriate approaches to the management of biotechnology enterprises.

Your assessment is an integral part of the learning process in this course and features workplace tasks based on real-life scenarios and case studies. This includes an industry project in which you may propose real-life examples from your past or current employment.

This program is ideal for professionals working within the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biomedical and biomedical engineering, and agricultural and food biotechnology sectors. You may already be working in biotechnology enterprises and looking to assume wider management or leadership responsibilities, or you may be working in the life sciences sectors and seeking to broaden your understanding and move into a biotechnology-related role.

It takes about 20 minutes to complete the form using the online application system. You can save your work in progress and complete the application at a later date.