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Imagine inter-connected, inter-disciplinary study programs that engage industry and university partners, building bridges to a brighter economic future for Alamance County.
We imagined that future.
We saw synergies-and new possibilities.
Can you see what possibilities emerge when Biotechnology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Histotechnology, Mechatronics Engineering, Information Technology, Horticulture Technology, and Culinary Arts all come together?
How far off are new breakthroughs in bio-pharmaceuticals and virology? Exciting discoveries in diagnostic testing and bio-informatics? Bold advances in agri-science and food safety? And all of this enhanced by the promise of robotics and computer technology?
The Alamance Community College Biotechnology Center of Excellence will serve as a regional hub for innovative, industry-supported and technology-based workforce development and jobs in the rapidly expanding field of biotechnology that ultimately supports the economic vitality of Alamance County.
In leveraging a unique strength, the College will complement and support the teaching, learning and training mission of ACC, and will offer a unique composition of specialization within the institution.
Industry needs a highly-skilled workforce. Alamance Community College will deliver.
Why Alamance Community College?
We are strategically located between the Triad and Triangle and in one of the fastest-growing bio-science corridors on the East Coast. We have the longest-lived two-year Biotechnology program in the United States. And we have the most complete bio-manufacturing suite of any North Carolina community college and our cell culture program is second to none in content, equipment and facilities.
Why a Biotechnology Center of Excellence?
Burlington, N.C. is the nation’s #1 small metropolitan statistical area for research, testing and medical labs. The number of bioscience jobs in Alamance County has more than doubled since 2009. The total economic impact of the bioscience industry in North Carolina was $73 billion in 2014. It is projected to top $100 billion by 2025.
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