Biotechnology with Business Enterprise (Taught)

When biotechnology meets business, you’ll learn how to translate your ideas beyond the lab and turn them into business impact.
This unique business-focused biotechnology Masters course has been specifically designed to tackle the business skills gap in the bioscience graduate jobs market. There is an emerging focus on biotechnology and the need for products to have a greater societal impact. With that in mind, this course will equip you with the knowledge, skills, experience and personal attributes to successfully translate biotechnology ideas into new commercial ventures.
Hosted by the Faculty of Biological Sciences and run jointly with Leeds University Business School, this MSc teaches you how to translate scientific research breakthroughs into exciting enterprise ventures with commercial applications. You’ll learn key theoretical knowledge and gain practical hands-on experience with our field-leading research labs and facilities, equipping you with the skills to turn lab-based inventions and knowledge into commercial enterprises and socially useful products.
You’ll also develop skills such as knowledge transfer, venture capital and business development, all highly desirable as a graduate in the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and molecular bioscience industries.
Skills in this area are highly sought after by employers because of the unique combination of science and business. You’ll graduate with an understanding of both disciplines, focusing on areas like knowledge transfer, venture capital and business development. This expertise is highly desired amongst graduates in the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and molecular bioscience industries.
Student profile: Yash Karade
"The cultural immersion and exposure to an international community at Leeds provides a unique and enriching experience not typically found in my home country's universities."
Yash Karade, MSc Biotechnology with Business Enterprise

Why study at Leeds

• A unique blend of science and business: Immerse yourself in interdisciplinary learning with business components taught by the renowned Leeds University Business School.

• Commercially focused Masters: Learn at a world top 100 university, developed to enhance transferable and entrepreneurial skills, highly sought-after by industry.

• Gain in demand business skills: Gain the intellectual property, translational and commercialisation skills to develop your own business ventures based on ideas created at the laboratory bench.

• Learn entrepreneurial skills: Solve problems and develop leadership skills to communicate and manage change.

• Skills to start up your own business: Access support from our award-winning business advice service, Spark, free to all University of Leeds students and graduates.

Rankings and awards
86th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

Where this degree could take you
Here’s an insight into the companies some of our Faculty of Biological Science graduates have obtained:

• GlaxoSmithKline

• Eli Lilly

• Johnson & Johnson

• Roche

• Procter and Gamble

• Warner Bros. Discovery

• West Ham United Football Club

• Microsearch Laboratories

• Labcorp

• Hurstpierpoint College

• Fortrea

• UPL

• Immunocore

• Abbott Laboratories

• Agilent Technologies

• Applied Insect Science

Career support
Top 10 most targeted for 10+ years by the UK's leading employers, The Graduate Market 2026, High Fliers Research
At Leeds, we help you to prepare for your future from day one.
Our Careers Service has the global expertise and sector-spanning industry partnerships that, combined, go way beyond simply helping you get a job. They provide you with the resources you need to upskill and achieve the future you aspire towards – even in the face of lightning-paced change.

Assessment will employ a range of approaches, varying by module, and will include: data analysis, essays, oral presentations (individual and group), peer assessment, reports, and end-of-module tests. Research projects and placements will be assessed by means of a written proposal, dissertation/thesis, and an oral presentation, poster or viva voce.