About Faculty
The Faculty of Biotechnology was founded in 2006 based on a decision of the senate of the University of Wrocław by a separation of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as several research teams of the Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, from the Faculty of Life Sciences.The Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has its roots in the Department of Biochemistry founded in 1959 at the Faculty of Life Sciences. The Faculty is localized in a new building at 14a Joliot-Curie Street in Wrocław. The Faculty is composed of 13 departments and 2 laboratories. It employs about 100 people, including 56 researchers. The Faculty is headed by dr hab. Dorota Nowak, prof. UWr (Dean), in collaboration with dr hab. Daniel Krowarsch (Vice-Dean) and prof. dr hab Dagmara Jakimowicz (Vice-Dean for Students Affairs).
The Faculty holds the right to confer the degrees of Doctor and Habilitated Doctor in the disciplines of medical sciences, biomedical engineering and biotechnology.
Faculty staff conduct research in biotechnology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, microbiology, immunology, virology, cell biology, and plant physiology. We collaborate with numerous scientific centers in Poland and abroad, and in recent years with companies in the biotechnology industry.
Since 2013 the Faculty has, in successive evaluations, received the prestigious Category A rating awarded by the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Units. This highest scientific category comes with increased statutory research funding and enhanced eligibility to apply for EU grants. Between 2014 and 2018 the Faculty was a member the consortium Wrocław Centre for Biotechnology, whose interdisciplinary character enabled a comprehensive and wide-ranging spectrum of conducting and implementing scientific research. Close cooperation among consortium partners ensured synergistic action and high efficiency in translating basic research findings into new technologies and transferring knowledge to industry. The consortium was granted the status of KNOW (National Leading Scientific Center). The Faculty hosts the editorial office of the journal Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters (CMBL), which for several years has ranked among the most prestigious periodicals in molecular biology.
Studies at the Faculty of Biotechnology follow a three-cycle system: bachelor’s (3 years), master’s (2 years, as well as a uniform 5-year master’s program), and doctoral (4 years). We also offer English-language programs at all levels. Currently, around 500 students are enrolled.
We enable students to participate in faculty research projects as well as in foreign internships and placements. Students can also join the Student Scientific Society of Biotechnologists “Przybysz.”
Our graduates are very well prepared for work in research, clinical, and industrial laboratories. A faculty tradition is organizing lectures and workshops as part of the Lower Silesian Science Festival. The Faculty’s educational offerings also include a series of lectures and hands-on workshops designed for middle and high school students.
