Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes

Chemical engineering is a discipline that connects different areas of science and technology. Chemical engineers develop and design processes by applying mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering knowledge. Their main competence is to transform raw materials into products with high added value while respecting the environment and human health. The modern chemical engineer is often involved in the development of new materials and innovative processes, from the laboratory to the industrial scale.

The large number of companies, in which there is concern for the synthesis and processing of materials and chemicals, creates a constant demand for chemical engineers. In addition to traditional examples such as chemical, energy and petrochemical companies, job opportunities are multiplying in the world of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics and environmental engineering. The training of a chemical engineer and his transversality is strategically important whenever industrial processes involve chemical and physical transformations of matter.

Our course of study favors the development of multiscale approach skills to the description of the chemical and physical transformations of matter, starting from the microscopic aspects up to the macro-scale of the plants. The curriculum (Bachelor's and Master's) is focused on the acquisition of a broad-spectrum education, with a solid foundation in basic mathematical, physical, chemical and engineering disciplines, together with the core of specific disciplines such as thermodynamics, transport phenomena , chemical kinetics, reactor design, biochemistry and process design. This approach ensures the broad cultural latitude of chemical engineers as an essential condition for successful professional integration in rapidly changing occupational and technological scenarios.

Duration and activity

The Master's Degree Course in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes lasts two years. To graduate, students must take compulsory exams for 90 credits (four courses will be taught in English), activities of the student's choice for 9 credits, additional language skills for 3 credits, an internship for 6 credits and a final test for 12 credits. The number of credits required to obtain the degree is 120.

Goals and career opportunities

The aim of the course is to train the professional figure of Chemical Engineer, recognized at European and World level, as defined by the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE). The purpose of the Master's Degree Program in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes is therefore to provide graduates with a training path that allows them to:

• Use the greatest knowledge of chemical, physical and biological phenomena in order to develop advanced mathematical models for chemical and biotechnological processes and be able to solve them;
• Knowing how to analyze and compare different possibilities for developing experiments and technologies for the process industry, for the production of goods and services and for environmental protection and recovery;
• Be able to independently and critically study new topics;
• To develop the methodologies and technologies of the process industry and industries for the production of goods or services and for the recovery or protection of the environment.

Graduates will be able to access section A of the Register of Engineers - industrial sector after passing the state exam.

According to the ISTAT classification, the Master's Degree Course in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes prepares for the professions of:

• Chemical and petroleum engineers

Organization and method

The teaching of the Master's Degree Course in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes is organized on a six-monthly basis in order to optimize time, study methods and in order to achieve the educational objectives set out in the course.

The organization foresees:

• Obligation to attend each training activity;
• Provision of face-to-face training activities through lectures and frontal activities, individual and group exercises, assisted and laboratory activities and seminars;
• Verification of the skills acquired through written and / or oral tests; discussions of papers and / or projects carried out by the candidate and possible intermediate tests agreed with the teacher may be envisaged;
• Possibility to carry out internships and international training experiences.

Throughout his training, the student will be constantly supported by the teaching staff, the teaching tutors and the teaching coordinator. The release of the double degree with the Degree in "Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering" of the University of Prague is foreseen for some selected students, who, at the end of the course, will receive both the title of Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes from UniCA and in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering of the University of Prague.

Access requirements

To be admitted to the Master's Degree Course in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Processes it is necessary to have a Degree or other qualification obtained abroad and recognized as suitable. Enrollment in the course is also subject to possession of the curricular requirements and verification of the adequacy of personal preparation indicated in the Didactic Regulations of the Master's Degree Course in Chemical Engineering and biotechnological processes.