The M.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Engineering is a two-year graduate program with a workload of 120 ECTS points. ECTS points are credit points acquired under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System. To obtain one ECTS credit point, a student has to complete an estimated 30 hours of work.

The program consists of five components:

• General Competence Courses corresponding to 30 ECTS credits
• Program-specific Specialization Courses corresponding to 28 ECTS credits
• Technical Specialization Courses corresponding to 10 ECTS credits
• Elective Courses corresponding to 22 ECTS credits
• A Master’s Thesis corresponding to 30 ECTS credits

The lectures, exercises and seminars in the first semester of this master’s program are entirely offered as hybrid courses to facilitate a participation of international students who are waiting for their visas.