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Biotechnologist Engineer

CES Resolution

RPC-SE-09-NO.086-2020

DURATION

4.5 years

MODALITY

On-campus

Academic Identity

Learn about the foundations of the program

To train engineers in biotechnology, as professionals of excellence, researchers, critics, leaders, humanists and with high citizen awareness capable of innovating and undertaking, generating and applying the knowledge acquired for the resolution of biotechnological problems and THEIR transfer to all fields of action for the benefit of society and the Armed Forces at the national level.

Leader in comprehensive biotechnology training, complying with national and international standards, through the practice of values and offering professional services to society.

To train software engineers with technical, scientific and ethical competencies that enable them to design, develop and implement innovative technological solutions to solve complex problems of society and industry.

Characterize the different biological systems to recognize their structures and possibilities of transformation to strengthen industry and environmental conservation.

To meet the requirements of the productive matrix through the transformation of biological systems that potentiate it and allow its strengthening.

Use different biotechnological tools that allow the transformation of biological systems according to their optimization or usefulness to industry and science.

Promote food security and public health through the different bioproducts that are required to strengthen the development of citizenship.

Program video

Live the experience of studying Biotechnology

Discover daily life in our classrooms, laboratories, and academic spaces. Students, faculty, and researchers share their stories.

Learn about the foundations of the program

Profiles and outcomes

The professional we train and the competencies you will develop

The biotechnologist is a professional who designs and applies biotechnological systems, aimed at solving health, environment, biodiversity and industry problems, at the level of research and production, with social awareness and respect for human and environmental rights.

Their professional skills are:

  • Interprets and solves Basic Science problems on universal principles and applies laboratory techniques as a practical foundation of biotechnology.
  • It interprets and solves problems for the management and preservation of biodiversity and applies laboratory techniques, basic statistics and computer science as a practical foundation of biotechnology, with social responsibility focused on the needs and reality of our country.
  • It applies and standardizes existing biotechnological protocols, innovates biotechnological instruments for production and health purposes, using computer and statistical tools, with scientific bases, practical vision and business application in accordance with national and international standards
  • It plans, designs and executes biotechnological processes with engineering bases applied to the conservation of biodiversity and productivity, with scientific bases, practical vision and business application appropriate to the current needs of our country.

Interpret the physical, chemical, mathematical and biological phenomena related to the problems solved by the profession.

It distinguishes the components of plant and fauna biological systems, respecting their origin and contributing to their conservation

It characterizes microbiological systems for the sustainable management of ecosystems.

It implements a microbial germplasm bank, to safeguard the genetic diversity of the flora, and identifies possible applications in the field of food security.

It implements a plant germplasm bank, to safeguard the genetic diversity of the flora, and identifies possible applications in the field of food security.

Contributes to genetic improvement and the diagnosis of diseases in the livestock sector, as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Improve and innovate the synthesis of bioproducts and bioprocesses

It generates processes of bioremediation, sanitation, prevention and optimization of environmental resources.

Generates fast, efficient, and cost-effective diagnostic tests or kits

It generates biomolecules that can be used to improve the quality of life of the population

She is an active part of multidisciplinary teams in the area of human health

It generates bioproducts and bioprocesses, at the laboratory and prototype level.

Curriculum Structure

Academic structure of the program

Current Curriculum

Curriculum 2019 (No Longer in Force)

Gallery Gallery

Spaces, moments, and experiences that bring the program to life

Admissions and costs

Spaces, moments, and experiences that bring the program to life

CES Resolution

RPC-SO-15-No 309-2020

Program Code

ISOF-SQ-2023

Accreditation

In process

Application Dates

March – April 2025 / August – September 2025

Program cost:

Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.

Begin your path in

Biotechnology

Join Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE and become part of an

academic community of excellence with international reach.

DEGREE

Biotechnologist Engineer

CES Resolution

RPC-SO-13-No.204-2016

DURATION

4.5 years

MODALITY

On-campus

Academic Identity

Learn about the foundations of the program

To train engineers in biotechnology, as professionals of excellence, researchers, critics, leaders, humanists and with a high citizen awareness, capable of innovating and undertaking, generating and applying the knowledge acquired for the resolution of biotechnological problems and its transfer to all fields of action for the benefit of society and the Armed Forces at the national level.

Leader in comprehensive biotechnology training, complying with national and international standards, through the practice of values and offering professional services to society.

To train software engineers with technical, scientific and ethical competencies that enable them to design, develop and implement innovative technological solutions to solve complex problems of society and industry.

Characterize the different biological systems to recognize their structures and possibilities of transformation to strengthen industry and environmental conservation.

To meet the requirements of the productive matrix through the transformation of biological systems that potentiate it and allow its strengthening.

Use different biotechnological tools that allow the transformation of biological systems according to their optimization or usefulness to industry and science.

Promote food security and public health through the different bioproducts that are required to strengthen the development of citizenship.

Program video

Live the experience of studying Biotechnology

Discover daily life in our classrooms, laboratories, and academic spaces. Students, faculty, and researchers share their stories.

Learn about the foundations of the program

Profiles and outcomes

The professional we train and the competencies you will develop

The biotechnologist is a professional who designs and applies biotechnological systems, aimed at solving health, environment, biodiversity and industry problems, at the level of research and production, with social awareness and respect for human and environmental rights.

Their professional skills are:

  • Interprets and solves Basic Science problems on universal principles and applies laboratory techniques as a practical foundation of biotechnology.
  • It interprets and solves problems for the management and preservation of biodiversity and applies laboratory techniques, basic statistics and computer science as a practical foundation of biotechnology, with social responsibility focused on the needs and reality of our country.
  • It applies and standardizes existing biotechnological protocols, innovates biotechnological instruments for production and health purposes, using computer and statistical tools, with scientific bases, practical vision and business application in accordance with national and international standards
  • It plans, designs and executes biotechnological processes with engineering bases applied to the conservation of biodiversity and productivity, with scientific bases, practical vision and business application appropriate to the current needs of our country.

Interpret the physical, chemical, mathematical and biological phenomena related to the problems solved by the profession.

It distinguishes the components of plant and fauna biological systems, respecting their origin and contributing to their conservation

It characterizes microbiological systems for the sustainable management of ecosystems.

It implements a microbial germplasm bank, to safeguard the genetic diversity of the flora, and identifies possible applications in the field of food security.

It implements a plant germplasm bank, to safeguard the genetic diversity of the flora, and identifies possible applications in the field of food security.

Contributes to genetic improvement and the diagnosis of diseases in the livestock sector, as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Improve and innovate the synthesis of bioproducts and bioprocesses

It generates processes of bioremediation, sanitation, prevention and optimization of environmental resources.

Generates fast, efficient, and cost-effective diagnostic tests or kits

It generates biomolecules that can be used to improve the quality of life of the population

She is an active part of multidisciplinary teams in the area of human health

It generates bioproducts and bioprocesses, at the laboratory and prototype level.

Curriculum Structure

Academic structure of the program

Current Curriculum

Curriculum 2019 (No Longer in Force)

Gallery Gallery

Spaces, moments, and experiences that bring the program to life

Admissions and costs

Spaces, moments, and experiences that bring the program to life

CES Resolution

RPC-SO-15-No 309-2020

Program Code

ISOF-SQ-2023

Accreditation

In process

Application Dates

March – April 2025 / August – September 2025

Program cost:

Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.

Begin your path in

Biotechnology

Join Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE and become part of an

academic community of excellence with international reach.