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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 and in biopharmaceutical analysis or automation.
To earn the certificate, complete three in-person courses listed below. After completing two courses, you will receive a 50% discount on the registration fee of 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 courses focused on the upstream, downstream, and analytical or automation 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*
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*
- Protein Precipitation and Crystallization
Analytical or Automation
- AAV Quality Attributes: Theory and Practice (formerly titled “Analytical Methods for Gene Therapy Vector Characterization and Testing”)
- Biomanufacturing Automation Fundamentals
- Biopharmaceutical Assay Essentials
- Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing
- Microbial Contamination Control in Bioprocessing Operations (will no longer count as an analytical course starting in 2025)
- 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
Analytical or Automation
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. 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, 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).
- 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 50% 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 24 months. For example, if you completed one course on July 1, 2023, you will need to complete the remaining two courses by July 1, 2025 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.