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

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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.

	Subjects	ECTS	Type
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
Q8	BACHELOR'S THESIS	24	Project

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Location: Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)