The Masters programme takes an interdisciplinary approach a merging of management, chemistry, and biology. The graduate departments of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry will be academically responsible for executing the programme, which promises to combine the talents of various faculty members across the campus. From my perspective, the major interdisciplinary interaction will be between chemistry and biology, said Saville. The program has been well received locally and provincially. The initiative received strong support and financial assistance from the Ontario government, from the University itself, and from Mississauga s biotechnology companies.
Biotechnology is a new, vibrant discipline.
These companies tend to hire university graduates in science and train them themselves, said biology graduate student Martin Hyrcza. Graduate students will be placed within Mississauga Biotech companies for practical training during the internship portion of the program. The full-time program requires 24 months to complete eight full graduate courses.