Biotechnology SPRING

Exchange courses in Biotechnology 

An English taught programme for international exchange students who have obtained at least 120 ECTS in the study field of biotechnology, on bachelor level.

For an Individual project approval and allocation is based on a CV with relevant experience and a transcript of records.

Programme Spring 2026

Course content 

For official course catalogue information check the Course Catalogue (available from june). Below you can find a description of the course contents.

Global engagement  

PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts has a mission to deliver excellent professionals that have empassion, are innovative and entrepreneurial, are multi- and disciplinary and can work in team in an international context. To enhance students skills towards this goal, students are encouraged to participate in activities in five distinct domains: sustainability, internationalization, professional identity, lifetime learning and social engagement.

In this course, you will participate in activities* like attending seminars, workshops, doing voluntary work, … The course is completed when you have gathered enough activities (as agreed with the mentor at the start of the course) and you have summarized your activities and reflected on them in a portfolio.

The student can enroll in a course called ‘North-South’ (3 ECTS). This course seeks to provide a rigorous interdisciplinary theoretical and applied education in sustainable development. Its aim is to encourage in-depth scientific debates on cultures, their knowledge systems and various ethical orientations. At the end of this course the student has to make an essay concerning a topic which has been dealt with during the seminars. Students situate this topic within a broader perspective, formulate their own opinion and involve – if possible – current affairs. In case the student is following ‘North-South’, he/she will gain a score for his essay and the oral examination in front of an internal jury. On top of this the student needs to do 25 hours of extra activities to be able to get a final score for this Global Engagement course (4ECTS).

Individual project in molecular biology  

Students make a bachelor thesis or carry out an individual project in the field of their choice: nature- and wildlife management, landscape management, or sustainable green urban spacemolecular biology.

The project is taking place in the real working field: the student is assigned a realistic case in an organisation, a researchn institutiongroup, an industrial company, …

An important objective is to learn to work individually in solving a problem. The student has to analyse the problem, search for different solutions and work out a plan to test or implement the solutions. The student needs to collect knowledge in different ways, and combine this with the results of their practical work to produce a report/paper in which they will describe the whole project and its results. Practical work is always combined with a theoretical background on the subject.

Project: Food Technology  

Students participate in a group project in the field of food technology. The students will apply and enhance their project management and research skills. Students work together in group so they learn to delegate and divide tasks among each-other. Also, communication and teamwork are important goals in this project.

The project itself involves a literature study related to the case, and then students have to plan, organize and execute the practical work of the project. Finally, students make a project report and a presentation.

Typically, the case of the project is related to food quality and safety.

Project: Molecular Biology

Students participate in a group project in the field of molecular biology. The students will apply and enhance their project management and research skills. Students work together in group so they learn to delegate and divide tasks among each-other. Also, communication and teamwork are important goals in this project.

The project itself involves a literature study related to the case, and then students have to plan, organize and execute the practical work of the project. Finally, students make a project report and a presentation.

Typically, the case of the project is related to DNA, RNA or protein extraction from a variety of matrices (food, plant, soil, animal,… ) and/or downstream analysis (PCR, q-PCR, sequencing, ELISA,…).