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MSBTM Curriculum

Unlike other universities, which host their biotechnology programs and degrees in schools of engineering or science, the MSBTM is the only truly interdisciplinary program that ensures an equally balanced yet in-depth emphasis on business and science.

Our program, a partnership among the Tepper School of Business, the Mellon College of Science, and Heinz College, trains you to simultaneously balance regulatory, scientific, and business issues as you provide advice and facilitate communication between the company's chief executive officer and chief scientist.

Learn more about the degree requirements of the MSBTM program.

MSBTM Core Courses 

There are three required core curriculums that you'll need to complete to receive the MSBTM degree:

General Policy & Management Core

  • Finance Accounting
  • Finance
  • Marketing Management
  • Managerial Economics OR Economic Analysis
  • Optimization & Decision-Making and Production & Operation Management OR Management Science I and Management Science II
  • Managing Organizations OR Organizational Management
  • Policy and Politics in American Institutions 

Biotechnology Industry Core

  • Biotechnology Industry, Structure and Strategy
  • Biotechnology Regulation, Policy and Compliance
  • Risk Analysis (choice of one course)
    • Behavioral Decision Making
    • Environmental Decision Making
    • Regulation, Theory and Policy
  • Biotechnology Project Course (Summer Internship) 

Biotechnology Science Core

  • Principles of Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing and Lab Practices
  • Ethics (choice of one course)
    • Environmental Management and Ethics
    • Medical Ethics
    • Science, Technology and Ethics
    • Ethics in Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology (choice of one dependent on major)
    • Molecular Biology
    • Applied Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Upper level Biology or Chemistry lab 

Elective Course Distribution

Tepper, Heinz and Mellon elective courses to be approved by a Program Director. Distribution must include a minimum of 12 units from each school and a
maximum of 12 units from the Tepper School.


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One of America's Best Graduate Schools

Heinz College's graduate programs in public affairs once again rank among the nation's elite, according to U.S. News & World Report's qualitative and quantitative analysis of "America's Best Graduate Schools, 2009 edition."

Heinz was ranked in the top 10 among schools of public affairs. Of the 269 schools of public affairs across the nation that were surveyed, Heinz College is ranked in the top 10 in the following specialties:

  • Information and Technology Management.
  • Public Policy Analysis.
  • Environmental Policy and Management.
  • Health Policy and Management.

Scholarships Available

We offer several scholarship opportunities for those who qualify. See what's available.