Graduate of the study program Biotechnology: • has extensive professional and methodological knowledge from several areas of the study field of biotechnology with a focus on their application use corresponding to the current state of knowledge • uses relevant knowledge from scientific fields such as biology, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics and genetic engineering, biocatalysis, enzymology and enzymatic engineering, fermentation technologies, environmental, pharmaceutical and agricultural biotechnology, bioanalytical methods, chemical engineering, chemistry and microbiology of wine, malting and brewing. • can draw conclusions and connections in the context of major topics such as physico-chemical and biological nature of biochemical processes of living organisms, including their regulation • has knowledge of the applications of microbial, plant and animal biotechnology, can use the cultivation of microorganisms for the purpose of preparing economically important products with higher performance parameters for their special applications • masters the techniques of utilization of microorganisms necessary for the treatment and processing of raw materials and the subsequent preparation of products usable in various industries • can apply knowledge of biotechnology and its related disciplines and use techniques for isolation, separation, purification and analysis of biologically active substances • has knowledge of industrial, agricultural, food, medical, pharmaceutical and environmental biotechnologies • is able to participate in research activities, management of biotechnological processes and evaluation of the quality of their production using modern physico-chemical, microbiological, genetic and analytical methods
Graduate of the study program Biotechnology: • is able to obtain information on biotechnological production and regulation of metabolite production from primary and secondary information sources as well as electronic databases and evaluate them to solve the given problem • masters methods and techniques of cultivation and identification of microorganisms, tissue and tissue cultures, preparation of biologically important substances and transformation of various substrates into usable products • can use methods of biological material analysis, including genome mapping of living organisms, methods and procedures of its modification and genetic modification • is able to independently analyze, design and implement biotechnological processes and productions at a high professional level • is able to independently manage some technological operations and processes, evaluate the obtained analytical data and draw appropriate conclusions • masters the modeling and simulation of biotechnological processes in terms of optimizing the production process • can independently solve specific problems in a changing environment • is characterized by the ability to appropriately and professionally present their own views and knowledge in the field of biotechnology, both to the general professional and lay public and based on their suggestions to propose solutions • is able to work effectively as a team member and manage the team at an appropriate level of management
Graduate of the study program Biotechnology: • is independent in solving professional tasks, projects and coordination of partial activities • demonstrates a high degree of independence in solving problems and projects in the field of biotechnology study in a known and unknown environment • is able to evaluate the raw material base in terms of possible biotechnological processing into the required products and economically assess the technology • is able to develop proposals for technological solutions for bioprocesses • knows the ethical, social, legal and economic contexts of the study field of biotechnology • is able to plan their own education, organize their work and acquire new knowledge independently • is ready to work effectively in a team, cooperate and motivate people, take responsibility for team results • is able to independently and creatively solve complex projects, with regard to his professional focus he can think analytically, present his own opinions and solutions to new and non-standard situations and understand the current state of technology • can coordinate and ensure activities related to biochemical and biotechnological production • is able to coordinate and ensure activities related to the production, isolation, separation and purification of biotechnological production products • is characterized by the ability to identify, quantify and evaluate the impact of problem solving on the social and environmental field • has an innovative mindset and is ready to professionally present the results of its own analysis and study to a professional audience, even in a foreign language
Graduates will be employed in biotechnology, food and pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes. They can also join consulting and construction companies as well as domestic and foreign commercial and technical organizations. The versatility of this study program allows the graduate to be employed in all countries of the European Union in the biotechnology, food and pharmaceutical industries in positions requiring a second degree. After additional training, they will find positions in other technical areas, thanks to the acquired technical way of thinking. Graduates have extensive knowledge of microbiology, fermentation technology, molecular biology, genetic engineering, biochemistry, enzymology, biocatalysis, environmental and pharmaceutical biotechnology, bioengineering, chemical and bioanalytical methods and techniques, chemistry and microbiology of wine, malting and brewing. An important part of graduates' education is also their independent laboratory and scientific work in the chosen biotechnological field. Graduates can apply this knowledge in the design of fermentation processes, their modeling and simulation in terms of optimization of the production process, targeted construction of new production biosystems and bioproducts. They can present the results of the research in the form of a report or a scientific publication in technical English. Thanks to language training, graduates can apply in all EU countries in the field of biotechnology industry, research and development.
Graduate of the study program Biotechnology: • is prepared for the study of the 3rd degree of university study and can, with the help of the acquired knowledge and skills, directly continue the study in the follow-up doctoral study programs in the fields of Biotechnology, Biology, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Food, and others • has the appropriate qualifications and knowledge to apply in a wide range of industries, research and marketing • enables employment in all countries of the European Union in a wide range of biotechnology industries focused on fermentation technologies, drug development, human and animal nutrition and decontamination of the environment by technologies using biological processes • will be used as (according to the System of Occupations at sustavapovolani.sk): Specialist in research and development as Biotechnologist, Biochemist, Geneticist, Analytical Chemist. In practice, e.g. as Chemical Specialist Biotechnologist, Manager in Biotechnological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Production, Quality Management Specialist in Biotechnological Production, Plant Operator in Chemical and Biotechnological Production, Specialist in Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Representative.
The Biotechnology degree program (formerly Biochemistry and Biotechnology, study branch Biotechnology; Fermentation Chemistry and Biological Engineering; Fermentation Chemistry and Technology) has educated a number of successful graduates in both commercial and academic fields. For the commercial sphere, it is possible to mention, for example, the following graduates: Ing. Ján Baráth (1999) – director and Ing. Valentína Kafková (2019) - specialist, Research and Development Center, s.r.o., Envien Group; Ing. Petra Ondrejíčková, PhD. (Ing. 2006, PhD. 2016) - Research & Development, ENVIRAL, a.s.; Ing. Dušan Bachár (2012) - quality manager, Zlatý bažant Brewery, Heineken Slovensko, a.s.; Ing. Andrea Cseriová (1999) - beer production manager, Zlatý bažant Brewery, Heineken Slovensko, a.s.; Ing. Peter Ruml (1983) - production manager, brewer, Urpiner Brewery; Ing. Jozef Macháč (1998) - Production Director at Lycos – Trnavské sladovne; Ing. Igor Richtárik (1995) - brewer, manager, Good Beer, s.r.o., Bratislava; Ing. Juraj Dřevojánek (1988) - long-term production manager (currently head of fermentation in Midwest Lysine, Blair, USA), Ing. Jozef Grego, PhD. (Ing. 1988, PhD. 1994) - senior technologist, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Jaroslav Sochor (1995) - head of fermentation, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Eduard Suchovský (1992) - senior technologist, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Miroslav Gdovin (2005) - production technologist, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Michal Hnojčík (2014) - process engineer, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Ivana Šatníková (2017), Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Ing. Nikola Homolová (2019) m Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Slovenská Ľupča; Ing. Marek Dlhoš (2004) - specialist technologist, Biotika, a.s. Slovenská Ľupča; Ing. Ľubica Mutňanová (née Mikulová, 2004) - production director, Ing. Zuzana Macúrová (nee Babiaková, 1982) - logistics manager, Old Herold, s.r.o .; Ing. Martin Tomáška, PhD. (Ing. 1990, PhD. 1995) - Deputy Director, VÚ Mliekarenský, Žilina; Ing. Miloš Ševčík (1982) - Production Director, Topoľčianky Winery; Ing. Jaroslava Kanuchova Patkova, PhD. (Ing. 1997, PhD. 2000) - Executive Director of the Union of Viticulture and Winemakers of the Slovak Republic; Ing. Ingrid Vajczikova, PhD. (Ing. 2000, PhD. 2007) - chief oenologist, Hubert J. E. Sereď; Klimko Juraj (2001) - Klimko Wine, Modra; Ing. Rastislav Šiška (2001) - production manager and Ing. Marek Sorát (2016) - technologist, Slovenské liehovary a likérky, a.s.; Ing. Erik Niszler (1995) - plant director, McCarter, a.s.; Ing. Silvia Hercegová, Ph.D. (Ing. 2003, PhD. 2008) - Saneca Pharma, Hlohovec; Ing. Radoslav Selecký, Ph.D. (Ing. 2003, PhD. 2008) - senior production technologist, Cloetta Slovakia, s.r.o.; Ing. Hana Horvathova, PhD. (Ing. 2016, PhD 2019) - Center for Environmental Services, s.r.o., Bratislava; Ing. Tomas Lobpreis, PhD. (Ing. 2006, PhD 2009) - Slovak Power Plants, Environmenm; Ing. Martin Minárik (1983) - director, Axxence Slovakia s.r.o.; Ing. Petra Bafrncová, Ph.D. (Ing. 1991, PhD. 2000) - Biomedica Slovakia; Ing. Marta Brlejová, Ph.D. (Ing. 2008, PhD. 2012) - manager, Henkel Slovakia, s.r.o., Bratislava, Ing. Ján Bujnovský (2017) - specialist, Ing. Marek Jašurek (2018) - international market analyst, Ing. Hana Gajdošíková (2019) - international market analyst, Henkel Slovakia. Many graduates have worked as recognized experts in customs and financial administration laboratories, but their names and functions cannot be given. The following have been successfully applied in foreign companies: Ing. Viktor Hornak, PhD. (Ing. 1993, PhD. 1998) - Associate Director at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Ing. Marian Navratil, PhD. (Ing. 1998, PhD. 2001) - SVS, Research and Development at HGH Molecular Diagnostics, Tucson, USA; Ing. Barbora Malecová (1998) - Associate Director at Avidity Biosciences, San Diego, USA; Ing. Juraj Svitel, PhD. (Ing. 1988, PhD. 1995) - Director at NGM Biopharmaceuticals, San Francisco, USA; Ing. Igor Voštiar, Ph.D. (Ing. 2000, PhD. 2004) - Senior Investigator, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; Ing. Jana Wenger, PhD. (Ing. 1995, PhD. 1998) - Lonza Cell Bank Administrator, Bern Switzerland; Ing. Igor Dolejš, Ph.D. (Ing. 2010, PhD. 2014), Ing. Michal Plž, Ph.D. (Ing. 2016, PhD. 2020) and Ing. Monika Líšková (2015) - Lonza AG, Visp, Switzerland; Ing. Tibor Czabany, PhD. (2005) - Scientist, BIOMIN, Herzogenburg, Austria; Ing. Alena Adamcová (1998) - Production Manager, Heineken Italia; Ing. Miroslava Spanova, PhD. (2007) - IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria; Ing. Petra Durkac, PhD. (Ing. 2010, PhD. 2015) - Lonza Kourim, Czech Republic and many others. Graduates in the academic and research spheres are very successful, such as Ing. Jan Tkáč, DrSc. (Ing. 1995, PhD. 2000) - head of the glycobiotechnology department and Ing. Vladimír Mastihuba, PhD. (1987) - Chairman of the Scientific Council, Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; prof. Ing. Štefan Janeček, DrSc. (1989) - UCM Trnava, head of the Protein Evolution Laboratory, IMB SAS and UCM Trnava; Ing. Marta Šoltésová, PhD. (Ing. 2011, PhD. 2015) - Center for Experimental Medicine SAS; Ing. Jana Štefaniková, PhD. (Ing. 2010, PhD. 2014) - Agrobiotech Research Center, SPU, Nitra; Ing. Hana Schusterová, PhD. (Ing 2008, PhD 2012) - Collection of Microorganisms, SAS; Ing. Zuzana Nouzovská (1987) - General Director, National Agricultural and Food Center; Ing. Zuzana Ciesarová, Ph.D. (Ing. 1987, PhD. 1996) - independent researcher of the NPPC, Food Research Institute. Abroad, our graduates are also successful in the academic sphere, e.g. Prof. Jarka Glassey, PhD. (1990) - School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK; Prof. Dr. Ľuboš Borsík (Ing. 1991) - Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich; Assoc. Prof. Ing. Roman Tandlich, PhD. (Ing. 1998, PhD. 2008) - Rhodes University, Grahamstown, JAR; doc. Ing. Branislav Vrana, Ph.D. (Ing. 1994, PhD. 1998) - head of PF Masaryk University, Brno; Prof. Ing. Josef Balík, Ph.D. (1991) - Head of the Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic. In addition to the above graduates, our former graduates Assc Prof. Erich Minárik, CSc., Prominent researcher in the field of microbiology and biochemistry of wine and yeast ecology, author of monographs on yeast, member of international commissions and the World Wine Organization OIV, long-time head of the technology department of the Research Institute of Viticulture and Enology in Bratislava; Ing. Gabriela Vojteková, CSc. a long-time oenologist at the Rača Winery, currently head of the Víno Matyšák oenological laboratory; Ing. Karol Tomašek, CSc. and Ing. Karol Svozil, deserved internationally recognized experts in the field of brewing; Prof. Fedor Malík, DSc., Oenologist and internationally recognized taster, today professor emeritus of FCHPT STU, as well as current professors and associate professors of the Institute of Biotechnology FCHPT STU in Bratislava.
Addressed employers positively assess the readiness of graduates of the study program to work in their companies. The application of theoretical knowledge in solving specific technical problems is also appreciated. The employers also stated the ability to work independently as well as to work in a team. In the case of research organizations, it was stated that graduates were not prepared to lead a research team, which is understandable, as doctoral studies are used for this purpose. However, according to employers, graduates manage the presentation of their ideas, solutions and results well and are able to supplement their knowledge to a sufficient extent within self-study. The ability of innovative ideas depends on the type of job. The quality of the study program is undoubtedly enhanced by close cooperation between the faculty and industrial partners and research institutions in order to ensure that students are already confronted with the challenges they will face in their future employment. In this regard, an important partner of the FCHPT, which regularly, usually twice a year, provides feedback from employers, is the Industrial Board of the FCHPT (https://www.fchpt.stuba.sk/sk/fakulta/priemyselna-rada.html?page_id=3070 ) and its individual members representing the most important industrial partners in the chemical and food industries. The mentioned study program represents: Ing. Ján Durec, PhD., Director of Research and Development, Mc Carter a.s., Bratislava; Ing. Dušan Janíček, Director for External Relations, Slovenské cukrovary s.r.o., Sereď; Ing. Peter Novoroľník, Production Director, RAJO a.s., Bratislava; Klaudia Sokolová, HR Manager, Mecom Group s.r.o .; Ing. Miroslav Havlík, Director, Evonik Fermas s.r.o., Slovenská Ľupča; Ing. Martin Minárik, Director, Axxence Slovakia s.r.o .; RNDr. Richard Hercek, Head of API Plant, Saneca Pharmaceuticals a.s., Hlohovec; Ing. Branislav Brežný, General Director, Research Institute of Chemical Technologies a.s., Bratislava; Alžbeta Grácová, Director of the Human Resources Department, Slovnaft a.s. and Ing. Peter, Plekanec, Executive Vice President, Association of Industrial Ecology in Slovakia, Trenčín. The employers emphasize the quality of training in the field of laboratory skills, the ability of graduates to be able to face various technical problems and find suitable solutions, the ability to work independently as well as as a team. The education of graduates in the field of soft skills is also welcome, the acquisition of which is a part of several compulsory and optional subjects.This is not the case with regulated professions
