Cellular Agriculture at Tufts University

Certificate in Cellular Agriculture

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With the field of cellular agriculture swiftly growing worldwide, Tufts' Certificate in Cellular Agriculture program trains skilled workers to advance research and commercial products in fields as varied as food science, biotechnology, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, biomedical engineering, and more. The certificate program addresses the industry's need for highly trained professionals and prepares students to enact change in food sustainability, personalized nutrition, and food security.

Students learn to translate cellular agriculture research on sustainable alternatives to products like meat, eggs, dairy, and leather into food industry innovation and commercially-available products. Join a new generation of of researchers with an foundational education in the methodologies, context, and implications of cellular agriculture technology.

To apply for this program, apply for the Certificate in Biomedical Engineering and mark your interest in Cellular Agriculture on your application.

The interdisciplinary program is administered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering with collaboration from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

The four-course Certificate in Cellular Agriculture requires 2 core courses and 2 elective courses.

Core Courses

  • BME-0173 Cellular Agriculture & Biofabricated Foods – Lecture Course - Fall semesters
  • BME-0174 Cellular Agriculture & Cultured Meat Lab – Lab course - Spring semesters
  • BME-x Process Scale up for Cellular Agriculture and Alternative proteins – coming in 2023
  • BME-x Project Course – product design and implementation – coming in 2023

Elective Courses

Nutrition

  • NUTR-0238 Economic Food & Nutrition Policy (Spring semester)
  • NUTR-0246 Macronutrients (Spring semester)
  • NUTR-0248 Precision Nutrition (Spring semester)
  • NUTR-0280 Nutrition & Entrepreneurship (Spring semester)
  • NUTS-0331 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (Spring semester)
  • NUTR-0341 Economics of Agriculture and the Environment (various semesters)
  • NUTC-0262 Sustainable Food Systems & Markets (various semesters)
  • NUTC-0263 Sustainability and the Food Consumer (various semesters)
  • NUTR-0285 Food Justice
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Biomedical Engineering

  • BME-0184 BME Entrepreneurship & Strategy (Spring semester)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Biology

  • BIO-0185 Food4All: Ecology, Technology, & Sustainability (Fall semester)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Chemical & Biological Engineering

  • CHBE-0166 Cell & Microbe Cultivation (Fall semester)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Entrepreneurship

  • ENT-0107 Entrepreneurial Leadership (various semesters)

Environmental Studies

  • ENV-0190 Practicing in Food Systems (Spring semester)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Mechanical Engineering

  • ME-0125 Mechanics of Materials at the Micro & Nano Scale (various semesters)

Anthropology

  • ANTH-0142 American Meat (various semesters)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning

  • UEP-0267 Sustainability Metrics & Decision Tools (various semesters)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director

Infection Diseases & Global Health

  • IDGH-0548 Microbial Molecular Biology (Spring semester)
  • Other, at discretion of certificate program director