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Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Terrassa School of Engineering (EET)

With the bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, which will qualify you to practice as a technical industrial engineer, you will be able to pursue careers in design, administration and management in the chemical, pharmaceutical, agri-food and biotech industries, as well as in service companies in the water, gas and fuel industries. You will be able to participate in projects related to the transformation of matter and energy, pollution management, and testing and quality control, applying your knowledge about current regulations to ensure sustainable management.

This bachelor’s degree will entitle you to enrol for any of the master’s degree courses offered in the area of Industrial Engineering, subject to admission by the institution responsible for the degree. Students seeking to pursue a career in research may enrol for a doctoral course.

Regulated profession

This bachelor’s degree will qualify you to practice as a technical industrial engineer.

Duration 4 years
Study load 240 credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.
Delivery Face-to-face
Prices Consult the new system of public prices based on income
Subject area This course is part of the subject area: Industrial Engineering. We present research projects in this field and the experiences of students who are taking courses in this subject area.
Other schools offering this degree
  • Manresa School of Engineering (EPSEM)
  • Barcelona College of Industrial Engineering (EUETIB)
  • Igualada School of Engineering (EEI)
  • Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB)
Subjects ECTS credits Type
First course Chemistry Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Economics and Business Administration Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Environmental Technologies and Sustainability Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Foundations of Computing Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Graphic Expression in Engineering Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Mathematics I Obre PDF 12 Compulsory
Physics Obre PDF 12 Compulsory
Science and Technology of Materials Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Second course Electric Systems Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Electronic Systems Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Fluid Mechanics Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Foundations of Chemical Engineering Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Industrial Automation and Control Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Mathematics II Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Mechanical Systems Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Probability Ans Statistics Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Production Organisation Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Thermal Engineering Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Third course Air Pollution and Treatment Technologies Obre PDF 6 Optional
Basic Operations Obre PDF 12 Compulsory
Chemical Analysis Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Chemical Reaction Engineering Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Environmental Risk, Safety and Technology Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Experimentation of Chemical Engineering Obre PDF 12 Compulsory
Organic Chemistry and Applied Biochemistry Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Simulation, Optimization and Control of Chemical Processes Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Technology, Society and Globalization: the Sustainability Challenge in the XXith Century Obre PDF 6 Optional
Fourth course Advanced Programming Obre PDF 6 Optional
Bachelor's Thesis 24 Project
Chemical and Biotechnological Process Engineering Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Internship 12 Optional
Numerical Methods for Engineers Obre PDF 6 Optional
Photonics. Optics Applied to Engineering Obre PDF 6 Optional
Project Oriented Methodology Obre PDF 6 Compulsory
Treatment and Reuse of Blackwater Obre PDF 6 Optional
Treatment and Waste Management Obre PDF 6 Optional

Entry places 270
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Terrassa School of Engineering (EET)

Director Francisco Javier Cañavate Avila
About us Directory Obre en finestra nova
Location UPCmaps Obre en finestra nova
Phone 93 739 82 00 /93 739 81 32
E-mail escola@eet.(upc.edu)
Website http://www.eet.upc.edu Obre en finestra nova
Terrassa School of Engineering
The Terrassa School of Engineering (EET) has been training professionals in the fields of electrical, electronic, mechanical, chemical and textile engineering for over 100 years. Since 2001, it has also offered training in telecommunications. The School, which occupies an Art Nouveau building of significant architectural value, is located on the UPC Campus in Terrassa, a city about 30 km from Barcelona that is easily accessed by public and private transport. The School offers the most modern communication technologies, including computer rooms with WiFi, a virtual campus, internet access, and fully equipped specialised teaching laboratories for all study areas.

The Student Office organises and encourages participation in university life at the School, which features a whole host of on-Campus facilities and services, including a hall of residence, a library, a Cultural Activities Service, a sports centre, study rooms, a photocopying centre and a cafeteria. The work placement programme allows students to gain work experience and engage with the professional world while they achieve free-elective credits and write their bachelor's thesis.

Students also have the opportunity to participate for a semester or longer in exchange programmes with prestigious foreign universities, where they can take subjects or write their bachelor's thesis. The School offers exchanges with over 40 European universities through the Socrates and Erasmus programmes, as well as with universities in Latin America and Japan. Graduates from the EET easily secure employment in the business and industrial world: 95% of our students find work within three months of graduating.

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