What will you learn?

The professional activity of the biochemists of the School of Sciences is located in the biosanitary and biomedical field, an area of recognised prestige at the University of Navarra. Our School works closely with those of Medicine and Pharmacy, and other research centres of the University, such as the Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN) or the Centre for Applied Pharmacobiology (CIFA). This has made it possible to create a university campus specialising in Experimental and Health Sciences that is unique in Spain.

The Degree Biochemistry has a clear orientation towards biomedical research. It includes the molecular study of disease mechanisms, and molecular approaches to the screening, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of human diseases using knowledge derived from the molecular life sciences and their applications.

The professional activity of the biochemists of the School of Sciences is located in the biosanitary and biomedical field, an area of recognised prestige at the University of Navarra, where intense basic and applied research is carried out in this field, which is essential to face the new challenges of research in biomedicine, biotechnology and health.

The students of the Degree in Biochemistry (biomedical orientation) have the possibility to participate in a specific training programme in English which, under the supervision of a tutor, allows, for example, to carry out an experimental research in Biomedicine project within the Degree, which must be prepared and defended before a court entirely in English.

You will be able to work in...

research

Biomedicine: experimental and life scientists in research centres, Departments of research and development+i, universities and hospitals. Research in molecular physiology and pathology, molecular oncology, cell therapy and gene therapy. Teaching and health education, etc.

Biotechnology applied to health: diagnosis, development of vaccines, search for therapeutic targets and new drugs, bioengineering, nanotechnology. 

Research at the molecular level in fields such as biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, toxicology and pharmacology. 

Health

Hospital specialists in Clinical Biochemistry. Access to hospital specialist training through selective tests for residents biochemistry residency program or spanish chemistry residency program with access to the specialities of:

• Clinical analyses

• Clinical biochemistry

• Microbiology and Parasitology

• Immunology

• Radiopharmacy.

Industry

Professionals from the biotechnology, chemical and agri-food industries. 

Product analysis in industries and laboratories. Laboratories of research and development+i. design and production control in industrial biological processes; Quality control in the development, production and analysis of products in industries and laboratories. 

Biotechnology companies, in the production and improvement of biomolecules of industrial interest. Synthesis of new Materials, alternative energy sources, renewable energies, nanotechnology, etc.

Pharmaceutical companies; development of new drugs or treatments; biological trials and the search for new therapeutic targets. 

Chemical industry, in particular in the analysis and processing of polluting waste. Recycling and waste management, water treatment and management, design and new product development, pollutant detection, quality control, recycling plants, etc. 

Agri-food industry, production, processing and preservation of beverages and foodstuffs, dairy, meat and canning companies, oenology and fertilisers.