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MS Biological Engineering

3 Years On Campus Masters Program

University of Hawaii Manoa

Program Overview

The research areas in biological engineering open to MS students include management of wastes and wastewater; engineering for cell culture, fermentation, micropropagation, and bioconversion; engineering-intensive horticultural and aquatic biosystems; modeling and optimization of bioresource production and processing systems; water management and irrigation system design; spatial decision support systems for environmental protection and resource development; bioremediation; biological and thermochemical conversion; control, automation and mechanization of biological systems.

Program Key Stats

$37670 (Annual cost)



72.8 %

Eligibility Criteria


100
539
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100

Additional Information & Requirements

One transcript for each post-secondary institution attended, Official TOEFL or IELTS exam scores, Statement of objective, Letters of recommendation, Official GRE scores

Career Options

  • This is an extraordinary time to be involved in biomedical research
  • New technologies are rapidly changing our understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of life
  • with dramatic implications for how we treat human disease
  • The Department of Molecular
  • Cell and Developmental Biology
  • along with Biomolecular Engineering
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
  • and Physics
  • are participating in a revolution in biomedical science
  • A broad spectrum of cutting-edge research tools are being employed to tackle problems in key areas that include: the structural and functional role of RNA in regulation of gene expression; chromatin biology and epigenetic control of genes; the cell biology of the cytoskeleton and the cell cycle; decisions controlling embryogenesis and organ development; and developmental neurobiology
  • The insights generated by this research enable new strategies for treatments of aging disorders
  • birth defects
  • neurological diseases
  • cancer
  • and other human ailments

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