Cell and Molecular Biology

Education objectives

The Undergraduate Programme on Cell and Molecular Biology aims at explaining the basic structures and fundamental processes of life at molecular and cellular level, providing an in-depth study of concepts together with the development of advanced technological and scientific skills in Cell and Molecular Biology.

At the end of the course, it is expected that students:

  • understand the major concepts in cell and molecular biology and are able to apply the acquired knowledge;

  • have an active attitude towards problem solving and experimental design;

  • use acquired skills in a professional atmosphere (e.g. research or industry);

  • demonstrate effective use of transferable skills in oral presentation, report writing and the use of information technology


Career opportunities 

  • Further academic development - Continuation towards 2nd cycle

  • Research/Academia (Portugal and abroad)

  • Teaching and Research (Universities and High Schools)

  • Pharmaceutical, Food and Biotechnology companies

  • Health Professions (e.g. Genetics and Microbiology clinical laboratories)

  • Forensics

  • Insurance Companies

  • Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation

  • Biotechnology/Biomedical Consultants

General characterization

DGES code

984

Cicle

Bachelor (1st Cycle)

Degree

Licenciado

Access to other programs

Access to 2nd cycle.

Coordinator

Luís Jaime Gomes Ferreira da Silva Mota

Opening date

September

Vacancies

Available soon

Fees

Portuguese students: 697 €/year

Foreign students: 7000 €/year

(Students from CPLP countries may apply for a reduction of up to 50% of tuition fees, subject to the following conditions:

  1. 1st Registration: students must demonstrate through their academic certificates that their academic performance is in the first quartile of the evaluation scale used in the system of their country or school of origin;

  2. Subsequent enrollments (regardless of the year of entry): exclusively for academic merit, that is, approval in all UCs in which the student enrolled in the previous year, totaling 60 ECTS each year.


Schedule

Daytime.

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 3 years
Credits: 
180 ECTS

Scientific Area
Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional
Biology B 99 15
Transferable Skills CC 3  0
Social Sciences and Humanities CHS 3  0
Physics F 12  0
Informatics I 6  0
Mathematics M 12  0
Chemistry Q 24  0
Any Scientific Area QAC  0 6 (a)
TOTAL 159 21

(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT NOVAwhich includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT NOVA.

Conditions of admittance

Available soon

Evaluation rules

The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.

The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of three elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.

All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).

All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.

For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.

Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)

Structure

1.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10352 Soft Skills for Science and Technology 3.0
10647 General Biology 6.0
3737 Chemistry of Life 6.0
10692 General Mathematics 6.0
10713 General Chemistry 6.0
10649 Biology Laboratory Techniques I 3.0
2.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10650 General Biochemistry A 6.0
11146 Informatics for Science and Engineering B 6.0
11823 Introduction to Biophysics A 6.0
12658 Probability and Statistics D 6.0
11194 General Organic Chemistry A 6.0
3.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
7933 Animal Biology 6.0
11010 Cell Biology A 6.0
10651 Fundamentals of Ecology 6.0
10652 Metabolism and Regulation 6.0
11821 Thermodynamics B 6.0
4.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10654 Molecular Biology A 6.0
3466 Plant Biology 6.0
10653 Biosafety and Bioethics 3.0
10358 Science, Technology and Society 3.0
3804 Microbiology B 6.0
8143 Laboratory Techniques in Biology II 6.0
5.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10655 Molecular Genetics A 6.0
12028 Introduction to Bioinformatics 6.0
5.º Semester - Opção 1
Code Name ECTS
Options
10656 Immunology 6.0
10657 Applied Microbiology 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
5.º Semester - Opção 2
Code Name ECTS
Options
11822 Cellular and Molecular Toxicology 6.0
10659 Virology 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
5.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre
Code Name ECTS
Options
11066 Unrestricted Electives 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
6.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
12030 Biotechnology 3.0
7112 Genetic Engineering 6.0
10661 Physiology 6.0
12029 Project in Cell and Molecular Biology 12.0
6.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP
Code Name ECTS
Options
11012 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program 3.0
11013 Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program 3.0
O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção.