Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Chemical and Biological Engineering programme aims to train new professionals with skills in design, research and development, project management and production control in chemical industry, including the areas of food and biotechnology, environment and polymers.

The degree in Chemical Engineering is awarded to those students that demonstrate, in this field, the ability to:

a) develop and enhance the acquired knowledge;
b) apply acquired knowledge and understanding capacity in order to clearly demonstrate a professional approach to the work carried out;
c) solve problems based upon their own arguments;
d) collate, select, and interpret relevant information which will enable them to consolidate the solutions they present and the opinions they put forward, including the analysis of relevant social, scientific and ethical aspects;
e) communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, both to experts and non-experts;
f) develop competences that will enable them to benefit from lifelong learning with a high degree of autonomy.