Biotechnology and environmental technology

Are microorganisms our future?
How can they be combined with environmental engineering?

These are the questions addressed by the new “Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering” degree program at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, which will launch in the winter semester of 2025/26.

Biotechnology is a combination of biology and technology aimed at understanding living organisms and their products and utilizing them for:

• the production of cheese, sauerkraut, and dairy and meat alternatives•
the development of medications (antibiotics, insulin),
• the production of basic chemical compounds derived from microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, or fungi (enzymes, organic acids, ethanol, ...)

Environmental engineering combines technology and science to protect the environment, e.g., for wastewater treatment and water protection, the removal of pollutants from the air, and the development of systems that generate energy from renewable sources such as the sun, wind, or water.

With this Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), excellent career opportunities in biotechnology and environmental engineering await students.

More information: Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering (BIU) – Faculty II