AB - Applied Biosciences

The training programme offered by the School of Engineering of the HES-SO Valais-Wallis features a well-balanced combination of lectures and laboratory applications. Students are trained to develop a broad vision of industrial projects: from market research to the regulatory aspects through technical developments.

The Applied Biosciences major covers the following subjects:

• Step into the booming domain of sustainable biotechnology and explore the strategies and technologies that are paving the way to an oil-free, cleaner and more ethical future.
• Develop novel analytical tools for the diagnostic industry. Discover advanced ways of running processes using the most recent developments in Process Analytical Technologies (PAT).
• Gain a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical industry process from the discovery to the manufacturing of drugs.
• Acquire knowledge into the rapidly developing field of genome analysis and understand how gene functions and dysfunctions are related to diseases.
• Discuss real-world cases of Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs and get expertise in these crucial fields for industry.

The schedule is available here and the modules with their descriptions can all be found here. Modules are organized according the following structure:

First year*

Second year*

Additional information about the Master thesis are available on the main page of the Master.

* Part-time students split the program of the first year across two year and complete the Master thesis full-time during the third year.

From the academic year 2024-2025, the MLS offers the module "Interdisciplinary project". Its goal is to bring together the students from all three majors to work on a shared project. Each group is supervised by a teacher from each major. The projects will take place in part in presential in Lausanne (mainy for the kick-off meeting and the final presentations, see schedule). For the rest of the project, each group can organise its tasks, and the work can be done individually, in sub-groups or in groups, online or in presential if needed.

Students take this compulsory module during the Autumn Semester, during the first year for full-time studies, during the second year for part-time studies. Each student needs to mention a first and a second choice, and a repartition will be done to ensure a balanced distribution in terms of numbers and of majors.

The description of the module and of the three projects offered in Autumn 2024 are available below:

• Interdisciplinary Project (PI01)
• Project 1: Diagnostic tools for Brettanomyces detection
• Project 2: Transformation of a process step to continuous operation
• Project 3: Valorization of wine by-product wastes

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