One of the key technologies to make industrial processes more ecological and cost-effective and to develop renewable raw materials for industrial use is industrial biotechnology, more appropriately referred to as chemical biotechnology. It uses biochemical , chemical , microbiological and proceduralMethods to produce organic bulk and fine chemicals using optimized enzymes, cells or microorganisms. By replacing conventional industrial processes with biotechnological processes and using biological starting materials instead of fossil starting materials, both the energy requirement and the use of raw materials can be minimized or placed on a bio-based basis. In process development in biotechnology, the interplay of biology, chemistry and process engineering is required. This complex topic calls for new scientists and technologists who can work in an interdisciplinary manner and who, with their expertise in the area of ​​scientific fundamentals, can master the challenges of process engineering, but also the economic and ecological aspects. The aim of the course is to obtain comprehensive knowledge in the field of biotechnological chemical-material conversion processes (focus: enzyme engineering / metabolic engineering) through the appropriate combination of topics from chemistry, engineering and life sciences. Due to the possibility of being able to choose modules from the field of economics, among other things, the specialist knowledge can be classified in a larger, economic context.

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