Biological Engineering

We are interested in the entire production line and so an engineer in this field must be capable of selecting and modifying living material, and of mastering tools necessary for building and managing a process of production, purification, formulation and packaging. He must also take into consideration environmental norms and quality assurance.

An engineer trained in the Biological Engineering department is a general purpose engineer capable of analyzing, inventing, developing and managing production systems for industries related to the use of living matter. To this end, (s)he possesses a sound background in the subject areas of the Engineering Sciences (process engineering, biochemical engineering, industrial microbiology) and of the Life Sciences (biochemistry, genetics, microbiology) as well as good skills in experimental techniques and in data and information processing. The engineer who has graduated from the BE department has a solid technical and scientific background and has, therefore, a multidisciplinary approach to tasks in a wide range of sectors of activity such as fermentation, pharmaceuticals,cosmetics or the food industr

Collaboration between Biological Engineering and the other departments of Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, via the common core program, group projects, common 3rd Year options and modules, enables our engineers to work rapidly and efficiently with engineers from other fields. This is one of the great strengths of the Polytech Clermont-Ferrand.