Biochemistry
Cycle
Primeiro ciclo
Degree
Licenciado
Coordinator
Maria Cristina Oliveira Costa
Opening date
September
Fees
1063,47 Euros/year or 7000,00 Euros/year (for foreign students).
Schedule
Daytime.
Education objectives
The Programme prepares the students to immediately integrate the European biochemistry / chemistry-related market, or to access a 2nd cycle of studies if their option is a major specialization.
All teaching activities of the BBP take place at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, mainly at the Chemistry Department (http://www.dq.fct.unl.pt).
The BBP curriculum organization and contents provide the following general objectives: a) A solid background in Biochemistry and Chemistry; b) a recognised equivalence with other Cycles from European institutions that offer the same degree; c) an immediate access to other training degrees from National or European institutions; d) acquisition of the generic competences and basic knowledge in Biochemistry/Chemistry that enables the new bachelor graduate to enter the European biochemistry/chemistry-related market, including industrial and government laboratories.
Specific Goals of the Programme
- To develop capacities for independent learning and generic competences that allow the new bachelor graduate to have access to a 2nd cycle of studies.
- To provide a broad university-level education in biochemistry / chemistry, with a good background in mathematics, statistics, physics and genetics.
- To acquire familiarity with the scientific method and develop the capacity to apply it and innovate, to have the capacity to do a previous evaluation, analysis and to solve biochemical/chemical problems, to achieve the competence for the treatment of experimental data, and to learn how to present reports.
- To acquire competences for the use of equipment and laboratory material, individually or in team work, planning and performing tasks with deadlines.
- To acquire competences in the utilization of informatics software in general, as well as in specific bioinformatic applications.
- To acquire competences in science communication, both orally and in a written form.
- To acquire competences to autonomously obtain documentation, bibliographic information about laboratory sessions and lectures, and specific information in key-areas of biochemistry/chemistry.
Access conditions
A) National higher education application system, at the end of secondary education (12 years of schooling):
Minimum average mark 9.5/20 in one of the following exams:
- Mathematics plus Physics and Chemistry (12th year)
- Biology and Geology plus Physics and Chemistry (12th year),
- Physics and Chemistry (12th year).
Minimum application global score:
9.5/20 calculated from the marks of the above-mentioned 12th year exams (40%) and the global secondary school score (60%).
B) Special Access Applications for Admission to Higher Education:
- Tests specially designed to assess the capacity for Higher Education of applicants aged over 23;
- Special application for holders of higher education degrees, intermediate courses or holders of a technological specialization diploma.
C) Applications for Change or Transfer of Degree Program
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years
Credits: 180 ECTS
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Biology | B | 18 | 0-12 |
| Biology / Biochemistry / Genetics / Chemistry / Chemical Engineering |
B/Bq/G/Q/EQ | 6 | |
| Biochemistry | Bq | 42 | 0-21 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | CHS | 3 | 0-3 |
| Chemical Engineering | EQ | 0-6 | |
| Physics | F | 6 | |
| Genetics | G | 6 | 0-3 |
| Mathematics | M | 12 | |
| Chemistry | Q | 54 | 0-24 |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | 6 (a) | |
| TOTAL | 150 | 30 | |
(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT /UNL
Access to other courses
Access to 2nd cycle
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 7122 | Cell Biology C | 6.0 |
| 10352 | Soft Skills for Science and Technology | 3.0 |
| 10693 | Introduction to Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10692 | General Mathematics | 6.0 |
| 10713 | General Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10824 | Laboratory Techniques | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10694 | Bioinorganic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10697 | Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 11832 | Introduction to Biophysics B | 6.0 |
| 10695 | Organic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10696 | Physical Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10714 | Enzymology | 6.0 |
| 8792 | Statistics | 6.0 |
| 10699 | Mechanisms of Organic and Biological Reactions | 6.0 |
| 8791 | Metabolism and Regulation | 6.0 |
| 10698 | Analytical Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 4.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 1116 | Molecular Biology B | 6.0 |
| 10358 | Science, Technology and Society | 3.0 |
| 10661 | Physiology | 6.0 |
| 7102 | Separation Methods | 6.0 |
| 3804 | Microbiology B | 6.0 |
| 4.º Semester - Opção A | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10719 | Environmental Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| 10720 | Nutritional Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| 10716 | Chemoinformatics | 3.0 |
| 11324 | Qualitative Analytical Chemistry | 3.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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| 5.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 7300 | Analytical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10721 | Spectroscopy in Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7104 | Molecular Genetics B | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester - Opção B | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10718 | Pharmaceutical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10701 | Biosynthesis of Natural Products | 6.0 |
| 11822 | Cellular and Molecular Toxicology | 6.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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| 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. |
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| 6.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10702 | Fundamentals of Structural Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10874 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program | 3.0 |
| 10700 | Biochemistry Project | 12.0 |
| 6.º Semester - Opção C | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10703 | Bioelectrochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7112 | Genetic Engineering | 6.0 |
| 7916 | Forensic Chemistry | 6.0 |
| 10704 | Organic Synthesis | 6.0 |
| 10688 | Enzyme Technology | 6.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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| 6.º Semester - Opção D | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10717 | Genomics and Molecular Evolution | 3.0 |
| 10423 | Business Management | 3.0 |
| 10748 | Processes, Development and Monitoring | 3.0 |
| 10705 | Computational Chemistry | 3.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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