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Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship, BS

Study biology. Use your knowledge to develop new technology. Then learn how to build a business around it and change the world for the better.

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Christina Tzagarakis-Foster

Program Director

Why Study Biotech & Bioentrepreneurship at USF?

Gain the technical expertise needed for biotech innovation and the entrepreneurial skills required to bring new products and ideas to market.”

Christina Tzagarakis-Foster

Program Director

Land an Internship in the San Francisco Bay Area

Complete your internship requirement by landing a role in the world's biotech hub. Gain support from faculty, career services, and industry connections.

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How Will You Gain Hands-on Biotechnology Experience?

Learn science by doing it. In USF’s biotechnology laboratory, you’ll work with technologies used by Bay Area life science and biotech companies and apply them to real-world projects — from developing treatments for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s to using CRISPR to better understand disease.

See Cells in Action

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Students in biotech lab

Get hands-on experience with IncuCyte — technology many biotech professionals first encounter on the job. In USF’s biotechnology lab, you’ll use this live-cell imaging system to observe and measure how living cells develop, mature, and respond to different conditions in health and disease.