8-K

                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


     Date of Report (Date of earliest reported event):  November 18, 2002


                               TECHNE COROPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Minnesota                         0-17272              41-1427402
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File No.)     (IRS Employer
                                                    Identification No.)


    614 McKinley Place N.E., Minneapolis, MN             55413
    (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)

                   Registrant's telephone number: 612-379-8854







Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

On November 18, 2002, Techne Corporation (the "Registrant") dismissed
its independent auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP ("D&T") and engaged KPMG
LLP ("KPMG") to serve as its new independent auditors for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2003.  The dismissal of D&T and the engagement of
KPMG were pursuant to action taken by the Audit Committee of the
Registrant's Board of Directors.

D&T's reports on the Registrant's consolidated financial statements for
each of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 did not contain an
adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 and through
November, 18, 2002, there were no disagreements with D&T on any matter
of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure,
or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to D&T's
satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject
matter of the disagreements in connection with its report on the
Registrant's consolidated financial statements for such years; and there
were no "reportable events," as such term is defined in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Registrant provided D&T with a copy of the foregoing disclosures.
Attached as Exhibit 16 is a copy of D&T's letter, dated November 22,
2002 and addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, stating
its agreement with the statements contained in such disclosures.

During the years ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 and through the date of
the Board's decision to engage KPMG, the Registrant did not consult KPMG
with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified
transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion
that might be rendered on the Registrant's consolidated financial
statements, or any other matters or reportable events as set forth in
Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.



Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

     16  Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP to the Securities and Exchange
         Commission, dated November 22, 2002.



                             Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf hereunto
duly authorized.

                                            TECHNE CORPORATION

Date:  November 18, 2002                    /s/ Thomas E. Oland
                                            ------------------------
                                            Thomas E. Oland, President

EX-16

November 22, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 11-3
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read and agree with the comments in the second, third and fourth
paragraphs in Item 4 of TECHNE Corporation's Form 8-K dated November 18,
2002.  We have no basis for agreeing or disagreeing with the comments in the
first and fifth paragraphs.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP