Strasbourg and NCS join forces on new bioindustry courses

France's Strasbourg University and North Carolina State University, USA, have entered into an agreement to collaborate on a unique set of  training capabilities for industry.

The Universitiy of Strasbourg and the Biomanufacturing Training and  Education Center of North Carolina State University began implementing  the agreement in May. It includes several types of cooperation,  including short courses to industry, shared certificates and exchange of  students, interns and faculty members.

To ensure training consistency, Strasbourg University will construct a  bioproduction training facility for initial and continuous training  similar to the BTEC facility in North Carolina. This will offer an  industrial environment in terms of equipment, ability to handle batches  of up to several hundred liters and industry-like processes.  Requalification training will also be offered to workers with a previous  industrial and manufacturing background from other industries.