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Graduate Programs for Current and Aspiring Bioscience Professionals
Northeastern University’s Roux Institute in Portland, Maine offers leading-edge graduate programs in two in-demand fields – Biotechnology and Bioinformatics – designed to provide students with the skills and experience necessary to solve complex problems. The Roux Institute is connecting academia with local industry to build a robust pipeline of talent for Life Science initiatives in Maine, the northeast, and across the country.
Master’s and certificate learners at the Roux Institute gain access to:
- Paid co-ops and experiential learning opportunities with leading Bioscience institutions in Maine, including The Jackson Laboratory, IDEXX, MDI Biological Laboratory, and others;
- Expert Northeastern faculty members in the College of Science who blend real-time case studies and data with academia;
- A thriving Roux Institute campus community of 700 graduate learners from around the world, plus on-site academic support services and a robust calendar of industry-specific professional development events.
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Master of Science in Biotechnology
Northeastern’s MS in Biotechnology combines advanced interdisciplinary training in biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, and pharmaceutical sciences with the development of high-value business skills critical to success in today’s dynamic workplace. (Graduate certificate option available)
Master of Science in Bioinformatics
The MS in Bioinformatics consists of core coursework in computational methods, programming, and statistics, enhanced by electives in molecular biology, biochemistry, molecular modeling, data mining, and other related topics. (Graduate certificate option available)
Launch your Bioscience career with a scholarship
Through the Alfond Scholars Initiative, Northeastern’s Roux Institute offers generous, needs-based scholarships to domestic and international graduate students. Connect with an enrollment counselor to learn your potential scholarship award prior to submitting an application.Earn your graduate degree with real-world experience in Portland, Maine.
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,500 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.