Main focus of the Programme

This programme will provide you with extensive QM expertise, with an emphasis in Good Manufacturing Practice, and expand your technological knowledge of the biopharmaceutical industry. Legal knowledge and project management competence will round out your education. All courses will be conducted in English, as this is the technical language of applied life sciences.

• In the field of quality management you will learn about a wide variety of norms and regulations: ISO 9001, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). You will acquire know-how in company hygiene, risk and safety in microbiology, process analysis and validation, quality control, and products and their production.
• You will expand your knowledge of bioprocess technology, pharmacology and toxicology.
• You will study the legal foundations that set the essential standards for quality management. This will also include international guidance documents, documentation and patent law.
• You will acquire the principles of planning and development including project management and corporate management as well as methods for scientific work.

Study in Vienna – In the Heart of Europe

Vienna is an internationally recognized location for schools of higher education where contacts are made and networks are built. The expansion of our campus to the Vienna Institute of Biotechnology (VIBT) by autumn 2009 will strengthen our network connections, both in Austria and abroad.  Internationalisation is a lively process, towards which the faculty and staff at the FH Campus Wien are extremely dedicated: Internships, study abroad, or participation in cross-border projects. It is up to you to take advantage of these opportunities.

Practical Orientation

Within the framework of your Master’s disseration, you will have the opportunity to participate in research and development projects (R&D) that are part of the programme, thus allowing you to take part in an active exchange between the scientific and practical fields while still attending FH Campus Wien. Companies from the private sector as well as universities are involved in these R&D projects in the fields of red and white biotechnology.