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.
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.
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
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.