BIOTECnico is an interdisciplinary four-year’s Doctoral program, offered by IST and iBB, that provides PhD students with a world-class training in Biotechnology and Biosciences. It is designed to attract national and foreign highly talented and motivated students and to prepare a new breed of creative researchers to translate basic bioscience discoveries into technological innovations in Industrial, Agro-Food, Health and Environmental Biotechnology. The program is anchored in two tracks: Biological Sciences and Biochemical Engineering. The Biological Sciences track offers an in-depth understanding of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Molecular and Microbial Biotechnology, with emphasis on Functional and Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics and the exploitation of Integrative Microbiology and Systems and Synthetic Biology approaches. The Biochemical Engineering track offers education in areas like Biocatalysis, Molecular and Bioprocess Engineering, Downstream Processing, Nanobiotechnology with a focus on harnessing biomolecular and cellular processes, and mastering key enabling technologies in order to develop innovative products and more efficient/sustainable processes. The programme will also contribute to the development of the necessary skills for entrepreneurship in the Biotechnology field, including innovation, leadership, problem-solving and communication., BIOTECnico is an interdisciplinary four-year’s Doctoral program, offered by IST and iBB, that provides PhD students with a world-class training in Biotechnology and Biosciences. It is designed to attract national and foreign highly talented and motivated students and to prepare a new breed of creative researchers to translate basic bioscience discoveries into technological innovations in Industrial, Agro-Food, Health and Environmental Biotechnology. The program is anchored in two tracks: Biological Sciences and Biochemical Engineering. The Biological Sciences track offers an in-depth understanding of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Molecular and Microbial Biotechnology, with emphasis on Functional and Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics and the exploitation of Integrative Microbiology and Systems and Synthetic Biology approaches. The Biochemical Engineering track offers education in areas like Biocatalysis, Molecular and Bioprocess Engineering, Downstream Processing, Nanobiotechnology with a focus on harnessing biomolecular and cellular processes, and mastering key enabling technologies in order to develop innovative products and more efficient/sustainable processes. The programme will also contribute to the development of the necessary skills for entrepreneurship in the Biotechnology field, including innovation, leadership, problem-solving and communication.