You will be prepared to join the workforce as a professional, researcher, manager, or entrepreneur within the chemistry sector. You will gain knowledge to help develop, research, and prepare products, processes, and services, not to mention industrial management and cost optimization skills. The methodology is based on working on real projects in large companies.
Key information of the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
Duration
1 ½ years
Credits
90 ECTS credits
Start
September 2024
Timetable
Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Languages
English
Degree
Official degree
Hours of laboratory work
More than 50% of credit hours are dedicated to laboratory work
Why study the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at IQS?
Possibility of carrying out projects with leading companies in the sector such as Covestro, Repsol, and BASF.
Subjects such as Process Simulation and Optimization, Industrial Safety, and Process Control Systems are taught by leading industry professionals.
Possibility of completing your Master Thesis with international companies or universities.
More than 50% of the teaching content takes place in the laboratory.
Facilities
More than 8,700 m2 of laboratories and workshops
At IQS, students work in laboratories and workshops equipped with the latest technologies. We have specific laboratories for the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, where you can put into practice everything you learn during your studies.
Objectives and competences of the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
IQS has been educating chemists and chemical engineers who lead the top companies in the sector for more than 100 years. You will become a professional at the forefront of the chemical industry and gain access to the best job opportunities in the sector, both in industry and research.
You will be prepared as a professional, researcher, manager, and high-level entrepreneur for the chemistry and chemical-based industry.
You will gain knowledge about the development, research, and preparation of products, processes, and services, not to mention industrial management and cost optimization skills. The teaching methodology focuses on conducting a real project for a large company.
Completing the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering will enable you to acquire the following competences:
Advanced application of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and engineering for the professional practice of Chemical Engineering.
Identify and solve complex, unfamiliar, or uncertain problems within the field of Chemical Engineering by applying innovative techniques and current tools to the execution of engineering projects.
Lead and supervise all types of facilities, processes, systems, and services within the different industrial areas related to Chemical Engineering.
Master the technical and management tools for the research and development of processes, products, and services in the chemical and related industries, including skills in knowledge management and the ability to develop and apply original ideas and lead projects.
Ability to responsibly work in the profession, incorporating the ethical reasoning necessary to work in a professional environment in a responsible manner.
Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with both specialist and non-specialist audiences, including the use of English as a working language.
Understand all contemporary aspects related to the exercise of the profession, as well as the need to incorporate new knowledge throughout your professional life.
IQS Experiences
Meet our students
If you want to discover what university life is like at IQS and find out all the details about this master’s degree, who better to tell you about it than our students?
At IQS, each student is a story of motivation, dedication, and success. Through their experiences, you’ll be able to get a more accurate view on the master’s degree, the subjects taught, and the professional impact it has on students.
Corrosion Science for Industrial and Bioengineering Applications
3
Leadership & Power Skills
3
Practicum
12
Subject
ECTS
Master Thesis
30
Research lines
Study of biotechnological processes with microorganisms: obtaining corn transglutaminase in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris.
Adjustment of controllers.
Application of finite elements to the simulation of complex vascular and neurological environments.
Simulation of complex processes using object-oriented software.
Development of software for computer-assisted teaching.
Development of non-polluting industrial processes.
Minimization, recycling, and recovery of by-products and waste from the chemical industry.
Risk assessment in industrial processes: quantitative risk analysis.
Thermal analysis and calorimetry applications.
Intensification of processes for Fine Chemistry and Specialties: continuous reactors and continuous separation techniques based on absorption.
Numerical simulation of processes: simulation in steady state and dynamic mode; computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Waste recovery, with a special focus on the generation of energy from agro-industrial waste.
Your career starts here
At IQS your professional and career expectations are greater because you’ll be in contact with the most cutting-edge companies in the sector from the very first day. The Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering will enable you to choose from among a wide array of jobs.
Career opportunities of the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
Become a professional in the chemistry sector and related industries.
Become a professional in the chemistry sector and related industries.
Basic engineering, facilities maintenance, and up to general management, with R&D leadership, production management, and much more along the way.
You may also decide to form your own company or join academia as a professor or researcher.
You may also decide to form your own company or join academia as a professor or researcher.
Join a wide variety of industries.
Join a wide variety of industries.
Food and consumer products, coatings and paints, textiles, lubricants, paper, active pharmaceutical ingredients, polymers and transformations, environment, fuel and energy treatments, and many others.
Laboratory Manager.
Laboratory Manager.
Independent professional conducting audits and certifications.
Independent professional conducting audits and certifications.
Head of Operations.
Head of Operations.
In-company Internship of the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
With the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, if you want to expand your practical preparation during your studies at IQS, you can do optional internships with research centres or paid internships with companies in the sector between your second and third semesters.
IQS is committed to quality and has different processes in place to ensure continuous improvement through the IQS School of Engineering Quality Committee.
Since 1995, the IQS School of Engineering has featured a Quality Management Unit. Initially, the efforts were related to the Technical Services that IQS provides to industries, companies, and governmental entities.
Since 2000, many of its actions have been aimed at implementing a quality system in the field of teaching. The manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) for the IQS School of Engineering within Ramon Llull University (URL) was presented to the AQU for evaluation in the 2009 AUDIT call and holds a favourable review as of 22 April 2010. The Quality Assessment Committee of AQU Catalunya met on 11 December 2012 and ratified the extension of the SGIC design to consider the addition of the IQS School of Management AUDIT programme. The Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering has passed the accreditation process of AQU Catalunya, in accordance with the Framework, for the verification, monitoring, modification, and accreditation of official university degrees (2010). Ramon Llull University (URL) and its centres already boast a long history of developing policies, strategies, and actions focused on guaranteeing the quality of their degrees, teaching activity, and research and management.