University Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Program description
University Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering
This master's degree aims to take graduates beyond their bachelor’s degree and acquire a higher level of expertise in chemical engineering. Graduates will be highly trained in designing products and processes related to chemical engineering. They will also have a strong professional grounding because their work placement and master's theses will be conducted primarily in the chemical industry (i.e. in companies and organisations outside the university).
Admission requirements
The Master's Degree is designed for graduates in Chemical Engineering or a similar field, or a university Degree that qualifies graduates to practice as Professional technical industrial engineers specialised in industrial chemistry or a similar field. It is also aimed to students who wishes to work as a project leader.
If there is a clear vocation about these studies you could also acces in this Master’s degree.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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First year: compulsory subjects
First Semester
- Advanced Transport Phenomena
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulation
- Product and Process Design I
- Management and Administration of Companies
- Industrial Leadership
- Optional subjects
Second semester
- Advanced Separation Processes
- Reactor Engineering
- Product and Process Design II
- Advanced Control
- Auditing and Industrial Certification
- Managing Change
- Optional subjects
Second Year: compulsory subjects
First Semester
- External Practicals
- Master's Thesis (**)
Optional Subjects
- Polymers
- Materials and Nanostructures
- Biomaterials
Bridging courses
- Thermodynamics
- Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
- Transport Phenomena
- Unitary Operations and Processes Laboratory
- Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
Scholarships & funding
The URV Master's Grants are aimed at exempting full-time students newly registered on a master's course from registration up to a maximum of 60 ECTS credits. For those master's degrees consisting of 90 and 120 ECTS credits, there is the possibility that students may receive the grant in the second year.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition fees
Students with degrees from other countries will be charged an academic tax of €218.15 the first time they enrol only (price for course 2020-21).
Qualification
Credits - 90 ECTS
Career opportunities
Students will be able to provide their leadership, management and entrepreneurial skills in:
- Industries such as petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and food processing.
- Engineering companies (advising on new projects).
- Auditing (energy, environmental, etc.).
- Wastewater treatment plants.
- Public administration.
- Service sector and commercial sector.
- R&D laboratories and institutes (public and private).
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About this institute
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
The Rovira i Virgili University (URV) is a young and dynamic university serving the needs of society, with an international outlook and a close relationship with our immediate socioeconomic environment. Located in Tarragona, approximately 100 kms south-west of Barcelona on...
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