Welcome
Welcome to the Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington Biotechnology Education web site.
What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology is the use or manipulation of living organisms or their parts to make a useful product. In our region, this includes biomanufacturing as well as the production of medical devices.
Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington, in southwestern Indiana, provides technical training in Biotechnology.
Click on the link below to read more about the program.
Latest News
Ivy Tech - Bloomington Has New Tobacco-Free Policy
Starting August 4, 2009, Ivy Tech - Bloomington will be a tobacco-free campus. Tobacco use will be prohibited on campus except within privately owned automobiles. For more information, please consult the Tobacco-Free Facility Policy.
Indiana Center for the Life Sciences Building Opens
The Indiana Center for the Life Sciences building opened for classes on January 12, 2009. It is a 20,000 square foot facility with four science labs, three classrooms, a manufacturing training space, and several offices. Currently, the building is hosting classes in biotechnology, chemistry, and biology. In the future, it will also host manufacturing classes.
The facility is the result of collaboration between Ivy Tech Community College, Monroe County government and the Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership.
Fast Facts
- Ivy Tech - Bloomington's Biotechnology Department is centered in the new Indiana Center for the Life Sciences building.
- Dr. Senyong Lee is the program chair of Biotechnology at Ivy Tech - Bloomington.
- The Biotech degree program at Ivy Tech-Bloomington was launched in Fall 2004.
- According to the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation the top five employers in Bloomington are: Indiana University (Education), Bloomington Hospital (Medical Services), Cook Inc. (Medical Instruments), Monroe County Schools (Education), and Baxter (Pharmaceuticals).
