L3 - BIOproduction and BIOtechnologies for Health (BIO²S)

Professionally-oriented courses;
100% work-study;
Innovative teaching methods: project-based teaching, group work, learning lab, skills-based approach, company visits and presentations.

The aim of this program is to train senior technicians in biomanufacturing and biotechnology. This one-year course, following a BTS or L2, is a sandwich course, giving future technicians an insight into the professional world of biotherapy and biomanufacturing.
The BIO²S License 3 is designed to meet the need for technical manpower in the biomanufacturing and biotechnology sectors. Technicians are expected to account for a significant proportion of future recruitment. Students will receive technical training in bioprocess engineering, a biotechnology-based process for the industrial production of biomedicines. The apprentice will also receive theoretical training to build up a scientific knowledge base and understand the specific features of various therapeutic bioproducts.

Main skills and know-how:
Transmission of knowledge, dissemination of knowledge; Conception and animation of interventions within the framework of scientific popularization; Experimentation in the field and/or in the laboratory; Preparation of products and equipment for measurements and analyses; Realization of biological and biochemical measurements and analyses, data collection and dissemination; Collection, management and interpretation of experimental data to consider their modeling; Control of the application of procedures and rules of hygiene, safety, quality ; Mobilize the fundamental concepts and technologies of molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, physiology, immunology, classification of living organisms, developmental biology and evolution to address a problem in the field or analyze a research or presentation document; Express yourself in English to understand scientific and technical articles and notices.                             

Disciplinary skills:
Identify and independently carry out the various stages of an experimental approach;
Implement the manufacture of a biological product;
Mobilize bioproduction concepts and conduct a bioprocess;
Identify, select and apply a combination of analytical tools (current techniques, instrumentation) adapted to characterize organisms and their functioning at different levels of analysis;
Interpret experimental data to envisage their modeling, validate a model and appreciate its limits of validity, identify sources of error, calculate the uncertainty of an experimental result;
Manipulate fundamental mechanisms on a microscopic scale, model macroscopic phenomena, relate a macroscopic phenomenon to microscopic processes;
Use data acquisition and analysis software with a critical mind;
Mobilize concepts and tools from mathematics, chemistry and computer science;
Identify specific regulations and implement the main preventive measures in terms of health and safety.                           

Pre-professional skills:
Situate one's role and mission within an organization in order to adapt and take initiative.
Identify the process of producing, disseminating and promoting knowledge.
Respect the principles of ethics, deontology and environmental responsibility.
Work as part of a team as well as independently and responsibly in the service of a project.
Characterize and develop one's identity, skills and professional project in relation to a given context.
Step back from a situation, evaluate oneself and question oneself in order to learn.