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Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science
BTEC offers a Professional Certificate in Biomanufacturing Science that will enhance your knowledge and provide hands-on experience in both upstream and downstream biopharmaceutical manufacturing, along with an additional topic of your choice.
To earn the certificate, complete three in-person courses listed below. After completing two courses, you will receive a 50% discount for the third course!
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 professional development courses. To qualify for the certificate, select one course in each content area.
Upstream
- Applied Principles and Techniques of Depth Flow Filtration (DFF) and Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) for BioPharm Purification* **
- Cell Culture Engineering
- Fermentation Engineering
- Fundamentals of Mammalian Cell Line Development
- Hands-On Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy*
- Hands-On CGMP Biomanufacturing Operations*
Downstream
- Applied Principles and Techniques of Depth Flow Filtration (DFF) and Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) for BioPharm Purification* **
- Downstream Biopharmaceutical Processes: Fundamentals and Design
- Hands-On Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy*
- Hands-On CGMP Biomanufacturing Operations*
- Preparative Chromatography Column Packing: Lab to Process Scale
Special Topics
- AAV Quality Attributes: Theory and Practice
- Applied Cleaning Validation Practices: A STERIS Master Class
- Biopharmaceutical Assay Essentials
- Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing
- Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Lyophilization
- Microbial Contamination Control in Bioprocessing Operations
- PAT for Real-time Culture Monitoring and Closed-Loop Process Control
* These courses count as either Upstream or Downstream courses.
** Not eligible for the 50% discount
Courses eligible for the Professional Certificate are listed above and on the schedule of in-person courses with one of the following symbols:
Upstream
Downstream
Special Topics
Getting started
Earn your certificate by completing three courses (as outlined above) within 24 months.
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.
Recently complete an open enrollment course at BTEC?
- If you have attended an open enrollment course in the past, check to see if this course counts toward the certificate, what content area this course falls under, and if two additional courses could be completed within the total 24-month period (this period starts upon the first day when your first course was held).
- Prior to registering for your third and final course, please contact Serena Hodge, Industry Training Coordinator, at shodge@ncsu.edu to receive the 50% discount code.
Policies and guidelines
For general policy information please review this information for participants. Please note our additional policies regarding:
Course timing
All courses must be completed within 24 months. For example, if you completed one course on July 1, 2025, you will need to complete the remaining two courses by July 1, 2027 in order to receive the 50% 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 50% 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 50% discount on the third course, the full registration fee must be paid for the first two courses.