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Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

On this bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering course you will train to be a multidisciplinary professional who can analyse, design, test and operate equipment and processes in which there are changes in the state, internal energy or composition of matter. You will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to design and control chemical plant production and to supervise quality control and environmental management projects. You will understand experimental, testing and process characterisation methods and monitoring, control and product optimisation systems and technologies.

Duration
4 years
Study load
240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.
Delivery
Face-to-face
Fees and grants
Approximate fees per academic year: €2,431 (€3,646 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).
Oficial degree
Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
Places
135
Registration and enrolment
What are the requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course?
Legalisation of foreign documents
All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
Regulated profession
  • Technical industrial engineer.
  • Industrial engineer (after obtaining the master's degree in Industrial Engineering).
  • Chemical engineer (after obtaining the master's degree in Chemical Engineering). This bachelor's degree and the master's degree in Chemical Engineering make up an integrated academic programme.

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Professional opportunities
  • Design, operation, management, commercial organisation and installation and equipment supervision in chemical, pharmaceutical, agrifood, biotechnology, energy, petrochemical and service industries.
  • Design and control of production and quality in chemical plants.
  • Energy auditing and environmental management.
  • Chemical analysis, testing and process and product characterisation in laboratories.
  • Development of research, development and innovation projects.
  • Drafting of technical, advisory and feasibility reports.
  • Public administration.
  • Teaching and research.
SubjectsECTSType
Q1 CALCULUS 6 Mandatory
GRAPHIC EXPRESSION 6 Mandatory
PHYSICS I: FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICS 6 Mandatory
INFORMATICS 6 Mandatory
CHEMISTRY 6 Mandatory
Q2
 ALGEBRA AND MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS 6 Mandatory
NUMERICAL CALCULUS. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 6 Mandatory
PHISICS II: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM 6 Mandatory
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6 Mandatory
ACQUEOUS SOLUTION CHEMISTRY 6 Mandatory
Q3
 STATISTICS 6 Mandatory
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 6 Mandatory
THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER 6 Mandatory
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 6 Mandatory
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 6 Mandatory
Q4
 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN 6 Mandatory
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS 6 Mandatory
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTATION 6 Mandatory
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 6 Mandatory
TRANSPORT PHENOMENA 6 Mandatory
Q5
 ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABILITY 6 Mandatory
INDUSTRIAL CONTROL AND AUTOMATION 6 Mandatory
FLUID MECHANICS 6 Mandatory
CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING 6 Mandatory
UNIT OPERATIONS I 6 Mandatory
Q6
 BUSINESS 6 Mandatory
ENGINEERING DESIGN 6 Mandatory
UNIT OPERATIONS II 6 Mandatory
EXPERIMENTATION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING I 6 Mandatory
SIMULATION AND OPTIMISATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES 6 Mandatory
Q7
 PRODUCTION ORGANISATION 6 Mandatory
CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING 6 Mandatory
EXPERIMENTATION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II 6 Mandatory
ADVANCED CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES 6 Mandatory
ELECTIVE 6 ELECTIVE
Q8
 ELECTIVE 6 ELECTIVE
BACHELOR'S THESIS 24 Project