MIT Professional Education is excited to introduce a new Professional Certificate Program in Biotechnology & Life Sciences. Building on the existing research and innovation taking place on the MIT campus and in Boston's biotechnology community, this certificate program aims to provide professionals in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields the opportunity to bring a more holistic approach to new and existing technologies back to their companies.

Get more from your bioprocess data. In this intensive, four-day course, designed specifically for scientists and engineers in the biopharma industry, you’ll explore best practices for translating biopharmaceutical manufacturing data into reliable models and better decisions. Working with academic and industry experts, you’ll acquire strategies for improving manufacturing accuracy, enhancing regulatory efficiency, and refining bioprocess operations.

Ready to turn your data and technical knowledge into meaningful insights that engage and persuade stakeholders? In this four-day course, you’ll hone your communication skills in four essential areas: public speaking, critical thinking, visual persuasion, and audience adaptation. A unique feature of this program is that all participants will meet one-on-one diagnostic meetings with the course instructor. Supplemented with these one-on-one sessions, and students participating in discussions and hands-on activities, you’ll master actionable strategies for quantifying your conversations and moving your projects and organization forward.

Explore the latest strategies for stabilizing biotherapeutics, with a focus on solving mechanisms of instability. Designed for scientists and engineers working in biopharmaceutical discovery, development, and manufacturing, this dynamic four-day course explores various strategies for overcoming challenges related to the stability, solubility, and viscosity of biotherapeutics. There is a focus on a fundamental mechanistic understanding of protein stability, providing the basis for formulating and stabilizing biopharmaceuticals. The course will also present advances in emerging areas, such as cell and gene therapy as well as machine learning.

Delve into the latest in biological and biochemical technology, with an emphasis on biological systems with industrial practices. The longest-running course in the MIT Professional Education catalog, this popular program reviews fundamentals and provides an up-to-date account of current industry knowledge. Alongside accomplished peers, you’ll acquire the tools you need to improve existing biological manufacturing systems or design new ones for downstream processes. 

Master the interpersonal, communication, and management strategies you need to increase your impact and become an effective leader in today’s technical environments. Over the course of five days, you’ll learn to lead and motivate teams that produce powerful results by mastering proven techniques for building effective technical teams, managing interpersonal conflict, and creating and communicating a shared vision that drives improved outcomes.

Explore the innovative biotechnology strategies that are improving processes in biological industries around the world. Over the course of five days, you’ll acquire the tools and frameworks you need to enhance your organization’s downstream process—and drive increased value. Through highly interactive lectures and activities, you’ll examine traditional unit operations, as well as new concepts and emerging technologies, which offer benefits to biochemical product recovery.