RTP Bio is a unique collaboration between Wake Tech and Durham Tech, offering increased biotechnology career opportunities for students and graduates of both institutions while strengthening the talent pipeline for life science companies in the Triangle region, which is the fifth-largest biotechnology hub in the U.S.

The RTP Bio program offers the following advantages:

• Transfer opportunities: Students can begin at either Wake Tech or Durham Tech and then transfer to the other institution to earn an associate degree in one of the following programs:
  • Biopharmaceutical Technology (Wake Tech)
  • Biotechnology (Wake Tech)
  • Clinical Trials Research Associate (Durham Tech)
  • Biomedical Equipment Technology (Durham Tech)
  • Bioprocess Technology (Durham Tech)


• Shared resources
• Customized training
• Apprenticeship programs
• Pathways for high school students
• Advisory committees

For more information on RTP Bio, contact Wake Tech Biotechnology Department Head Leslie Isenhour at [email protected] or 919-866-6898.