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STG

Bio-manufacturing Master's Degree

  • New offer
Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Science
Ambit of knowledge
Interdisciplinar.
School(s)
Faculty of Pharmacy
Avenida de Vigo, s/n, 15782
Santiago de Compostela
881814993 (Conserxaría)
881814906 (Decanato)
farmacia.decanato@usc.es
Campus
Santiago de Compostela
Coordinator
Carlos Alberto Garcia Gonzalez
Contact
carlos.garcia@usc.es

The implementation of the master’s degree in Bio-manufacturing responds to a strategic need of the Autonomous Community of Galicia to train professionals in incipient fields of knowledge with an important future projection, and in economic sectors with relevant growth potential and growing labour demand.
As stated in the catalogue ‘Proposals of New Degrees for the SUG’, elaborated by the Xunta de Galicia and FEUGA, the role of organ and tissue designer has been identified as one of the professional profiles of the future that is not covered by the current map of SUG degrees, nor are there any national references, which justifies the creation of the degree.
This master’s degree has the participation of the three Galician public universities and will be made up of an interdisciplinary group of teaching and research staff from different fields of knowledge (engineering, biology, pharmacy, medicine, etc.), associated with reference research groups in Galicia and linked to the three Health Research Institutes and Singular Research Centres in Galicia.
In this way, this joint master’s degree will provide excellent and interdisciplinary training, which takes advantage of the full potential of the most cutting-edge infrastructures in Galicia working in the field of biofabrication, bioprinting, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
The demand for the degree extends to the entire Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion as there are close collaborations in R&D (http://iberos.uvigo.es), business and institutional activities that seek to boost the Iberian biotechnology hub.

  • Duration: 1 academic year
    RUCT code: 3500262
    ECTS Number: 60
    Seats number: 7

    Dean or center director:
    Mª de los Reyes Laguna Francia

    Title coordinator:
    Carlos Alberto Garcia Gonzalez
    carlos.garcia@usc.es

    Use languages:
    Spanish, Galician

    Coordinator university:
    University of Vigo

    Partaker universities:
    University of Santiago de Compostela University of A Coruña University of Vigo

    Xunta de Galicia title implantation authorization date:
    15/07/2024

    BOE publication date:
    28/11/2024

    Last accreditation date:
    09/07/2024

  • • Compulsory: 24
    • Optional: 12
    • Compulsory external internships: 12
    • Master's final dissertation: 12
    o Total: 60

    The structure of the degree consists of basic training (24 credits) of seven compulsory subjects,taught in the first four-month period, and specific training (24 credits), which includes 12 credits of optional subjects and external practices (12 credits) that will take place during the second four-month period.The total number of credits is completed with the completion of a Master's Final Project of 12 credits.

  • The main objective of the Master's degree is to provide students with theoretical and practical skills in the field of biofabrication, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; in particular, in the design of scaffolds or structures that serve as a basis for the regeneration or generation of human organs and tissues, pre-organs that are useful for medical practice or drug testing. Customised medical devices that reduce the risk of infection, improve usability and offer superior clinical performance are also addressed.
    The training objectives include:
    a) To develop competences and skills for interdisciplinary work given the specific nature of the field of bio-manufacturing, which integrates knowledge from engineering, materials science, biology and medicine, among others.
    b) To foster the development of research, innovation and entrepreneurial skills in response to the rapid and constant evolution of this discipline and its commercial potential.

  • Mobility

    The participating universities publish in the following links the information about the mobility programmes for students, teaching and research staff (PDI) and administrative and service staff (PAS):
    UVIGO https://www.uvigo.gal/en/international/mobility-programmes
    USC https://www.usc.gal/en/services/area/international
    UDC https://www.udc.es/en/ori/

    Internships

    El título contempla la realización de prácticas académicas externas que se desarrollarían en centros de investigación, hospitales o empresas con actividad investigadora o profesional en el ámbito de la Biofabricación. Se han identificado un importante número de grupos de investigación y empresas que pueden acoger al estudiantado por lo que se garantiza la posibilidad de que todo el alumnado pueda realizar un periodo de prácticas de dos meses a tiempo completo.
    De conformidad con el RD 592/2014, las universidades disponen de un mecanismo de organización para la realización de prácticas académicas externas, donde se publicita la oferta de prácticas, la normativa vigente, los convenios y las convocatorias:
    UVIGO https://www.uvigo.gal/es/estudiar/empleabilidad/practicas
    USC https://minerva.usc.es/xmlui/handle/10347/13514
    UDC https://www.udc.es/es/emprego/practicas/
    Las Universidades disponen ya de convenios de cooperación educativa con empresas y centros de investigación (por ejemplo, Beta Implants, Cinbio, Cintecx,..) que sirven de acuerdo marco para la realización de prácticas externas del alumnado del título. Además, se formalizan nuevos convenios de cooperación educativa y acuerdos internos específicos que recogen el proyecto formativo a desarrollar y las condiciones de implementación de dichas prácticas. A continuación, se indica el enlace de la universidad coordinadora donde se encuentra disponible toda la documentación referida a:
    a) Modelos y documentos de formalización (convenios y acuerdos específicos)
    b) Documentación de gestión de las prácticas académicas externas (condiciones, declaración responsable, compromiso del alumno/a, informes de tutor/a, certificados de realización de prácticas)
    https://www.uvigo.gal/es/estudiar/empleabilidad/practicas-academicas-ex…

  • The student must carry out a Master's Thesis (TFM) related to one of the aspects covered in the Master's Degree. It is a work of synthesis of the knowledge acquired and also favours the planning and structuring of a project. The student must organise, under the supervision of the specific tutor, the structure and organisation of the contents and results obtained. The completion of this TFM will be governed by the regulations: "realización do traballo de fin de máster".
    G.C. 15/06/16 amended No G.C. 13/11/18
    https://secretaria.uvigo.gal/uv/web/normativa/public/index
    The defence of the TFM will be done in a public act following the regulations established in article 17.4 of RD 822/2021.

The contents of this page were updated on 09.18.2024.