Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)

On the bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering 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.

General details

Duration

4 academic 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

Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject (and timetable) in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Fees and grants

Approximate fees per academic year: €1,107 (€2,553 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).

Location

Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 100
Pre-enrolment code: 31055
Places places via a change of degree: 5
Admission mark 2024-2025 academic year: 9,042. Admission mark
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Curriculum

First semester

Second semester

Third semester

Fourth semester

Fifth semester

Sixth semester

Seventh semester

Academic and Professional Communication for the Engineering 6
Additive Manufacturing 1 3
Additive Manufacturing 2 3
Advanced Chemical Thecnologies 6
Advanced Computer-Aided Design 6
Advanced Simulation of Materials for Engineering and Bioengineering 6
Advanced Statistics and Applications in Engineering 6
Applied Photonics 6
Applied Sustainability in Engineering 6
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering 6
Biochemistry 6
Chemical Process Engineering 6
Climate Change: Science, Energy, Economics, Politics and the Future 3
Communication in Technical English 9
Computational Engineering 6
Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer 6
Data Engineering and a Business Analytics 6
Design and Implementation of Electronics Prototypes 6
Design Validation 6
Digital Microelectronic Design 6
Experimentation in Chemical Engineering II 6
Facilities Projects 6
Fire Engineering 6
Fundamentals of Functional Materials 6
Implementation of Automatic Control System 6
Industrial Equipments and Installations 6
Innovation Management 6
Intelligent Robotics 6
Introduction to Sustainable Materials 6
Leadership and Management 6
Mobile Devices Programming 6
Numerical Simulation Applied to Engineering 6
Planning and Scehduling of Chemical Processes 6
Production Organisation 6
Professional Skills for the Engineering 6
Programming for Engineers 6
Project Development I 6
Project Development II 6
Project Engineering & Management 6
Renewable Energy Technologies and Applications 6
Resources Recovery and Circular Economy 6
Technology and Sciences in Ancient Times: Egypt and Mesopotamia 6

Eighth semester

Bachelor's Thesis 24

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

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.

Double-degree agreements

Double-degree pathways at the UPC

You have the possibility of complementing this bachelor's degree with a specific pathway towards a double degree by taking an additional number of credits from one of the other degrees taught at the School. Generally, this involves an additional year of study. To gain admission to a double degree of this kind you must have taken a minimum number of credits on one of the bachelor's degrees. The number of places is limited.

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Industrial electronics and Automatic Control Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Energy Engineering

Quality accreditation

Check the degree’s main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency. Find information on topics such as degree evaluation results, student satisfaction and graduate employment data.

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