Profile Process Technology

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VUB Main Campus Etterbeek
120
 ECTS
2 years

Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: Profile Process Technology

Common Core I: compulsory courses (master year 1)

Molecular structural characterization and analysis
5 ECTS
Electrochemistry
4 ECTS
Parameter Estimation and Modelling
5 ECTS
Microstructural design and characterization of inorganic materials
6 ECTS
Surface treatment: Processing and Analysis
4 ECTS
Organic Chemistry: Reactions and Mechanisms
4 ECTS
Polymer Materials
6 ECTS
Unit operations
7 ECTS

Common Core I: project (master year 1)

You select one of the following projects.

Development Cooperation Project
5 ECTS
Hands-on learning: project manager (chef de projet)
5 ECTS
Research project on sustainable chemical processes and materials
5 ECTS

Common Core II: compulsory courses (master year 2)

Environmental Technology
3 ECTS
Biotechnology: from biomolecules to biofabrication
3 ECTS
Reliability and risk analysis of industrial installations
4 ECTS

Specific Courses Profile Process Technology

Profile Process Technology I: compulsory courses (master year 1)

Modeling and Design of Multiphase Systems and Reactors
6 ECTS
Sustainable Chemical Processes
4 ECTS
Heterogeneous catalysis
4 ECTS

Profile Process Technology II: compulsory courses (master year 2)

Design of chemical plants
5 ECTS
Simulation and design tools
4 ECTS
(Bio)Chemical Process Design and Control
4 ECTS

Profile Process Technology II: elective courses (master year 2)

You select one of the following options.

Molecular Nanosystems: from principles to applications
3 ECTS
Micro- and Nanobiotechnology
3 ECTS

Master Thesis (master year 2)

Master Thesis Chemical and Materials Engineering
24 ECTS

Electives (master year 2)

You select one of the three options (in total 10 ECTS).

Option 1: Internship

Internship (60 days)
10 ECTS

Option 2: Electives

Ceramics
4 ECTS
Internship (40 days)
6 ECTS
Manufacturing Technology I
3 ECTS
Manufacturing Technology II
3 ECTS
Engineering aspects of circular economy
5 ECTS
Nanochemistry and -technology
4 ECTS
Experimental techniques for characterization of construction materials
3 ECTS
Materials Selection
3 ECTS
Biocompatible and nanostructured materials
5 ECTS
Advanced Thermal Analysis
3 ECTS
Environmental Engineering: Current Methods and Practices
3 ECTS
Recycling of inorganic materials
5 ECTS
Fuel Cells and Batteries
4 ECTS

Option 3: Entrepreneurship

It is not allowed to enroll for both 'Technological Business Development Project' and 'EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Technological Business Development Project').

Business Management and Entrepreneurship
3 ECTS
Innovation Strategy
5 ECTS
Management and sustainable development: constraints and opportunities
5 ECTS
Seminar of emerging technologies
5 ECTS
Enterpreneurial Ecosystems
5 ECTS
English for Professional Purposes
5 ECTS
Entrepreneurship
3 ECTS
Logistics and Quality Engineering
5 ECTS
Business Aspects of Technology: Factory of the Future
3 ECTS
Technological Business Development Project - EUTOPIA Learning Unit
3 ECTS
Technological Business Development Project - EUTOPIA Learning Unit
6 ECTS
IP Management and Technology Transfer (Chaire Solvay)
5 ECTS
Total number of ECTS
120