Your future and career opportunities
As a Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology you acquire a wide range of career opportunities in the global job market - in Denmark and abroad. The programme also prepares you to relevant master's degree programmes, now also available in the Biotech City at DTU an KU.
You will obtain competences within production and development involving biotechnological processes. It could be solving tasks within the fields of chemical engineering, pharmaceutical science, food technology, quality assurance and control, environmental chemistry, and energy optimization. All areas covering scopes of food, feed and pharmaceutical production as well as the environmental and energy sectors.
You will qualify for a position as e.g., operational, production or quality engineer working with process control and regulation based on chemical, physical and biological data and analysis. Development and optimization of production processes could also be one of your areas of responsibility.
Moreover, you can also work within research and development, as a consultant or within public administration handling e.g. environmental or regulatory affairs.
Matchmaking with the companies
Every autumn, Centre for Engineering and Science organizes an internship and student job fair along with Kalundborg municipality, Kalundborg Business Council and local companies. This event aims to provide an effective and safe environment for bothe students and companies to meet each other in well known surroundings and having interviews for possible internships or study relevant student jobs.
Indicative salary
Did you know that the recommended minimum salary for recent graduates in 2025 according to IDA is: 45,100 DKK per month (incl. pension and before Danish tax).
Want to continue to a Master's programme?
With the degree Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology, you have the opportunity to continue your studies at a Master's programme within engineering in biotechnology.
In Denmark, this could e.g. be at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), University of Copenhagen (KU), Roskilde University (RUC), University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Aalborg University (AAU) or Aarhus University (AU).
Continue your studies in Kalundborg, the Biotech City
In Kalundborg, you can continue your studies with a master's degree at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) or University of Copenhagen (KU) right on campus.
KU offers a two year Master of Science in Biosolutions in Kalundborg. Most of the courses are taught in close collaboration with the biotech industry, and you will have many opportunities to write your Master’s thesis together with a company, e.g. as a fellow in Helix Lab right next to campus.
DTU offers an Industry Master of Science in Engineering in Kalundborg.
To enrol, you must be employed in a biochemical or chemical production company and work at least 25 hours weekly on average. It takes four years to complete an industry master of science in engineering, and during this time you are both a part-time engineer and a part-time student, keeping the combination between theory and practice, you will also experience at the Bachelor of Engineering programme at University College Absalon.
Write your master thesis as a Helix Lab Fellow
Right next to campus Helix Lab opened in 2022 facilitating master thesis projects in collaboration with the biotech industry in Kalundborg and all Danish Universities and in brand new state of the art facilities. When being accepted as a fellow, you also get accomodation paid throughout the time you write the Master's Thesis when living in Kalundborg during the studies.
