Master's degree in Chemical Engineering

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Admission and enrollment

Admission:

The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 18, of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28:

1. Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
2. In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.

Candidate selection:

The assessment criteria for admission to the master's degree are as follows:

• Adequacy of previous studies (50%)
• Normalized academic record (20%).
• Curriculum vitae, highlighting professional experience, scholarships and aid related to the Master's Degree (30%).

In case of doubts, candidates will be contacted directly, resorting to personal interviews if necessary.

The university body in charge of assessing and evaluating the admission tests according to the indicated criteria will be the Director/Coordinator/Head of the Master's Degree. Once all the applications received have been evaluated by the Master's Director and taking into account the final assessment of the merits, the date of submission of the application and documentation through Registry by the student and the availability of places offered, the Director /Coordinator/Head of the Master will proceed to publish the list of those admitted, their acceptance or denial. From this moment on, the selected student must proceed to formalize registration (self-registration) within the established deadlines.

Offer of places: 50 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

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Training complements for Master

Chemical Engineers, Graduates in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Technical Engineers, specializing in Industrial Chemistry, will make up the bulk of the students enrolled as the requested Master's is the natural continuation of their previous training. These graduates can access the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the URJC and the UAM without the need for additional training, since in their respective previous degrees they have acquired all the general and specific skills required by the corresponding legislation.

Graduates such as Higher Engineers, Technical Engineers and Graduates in Engineering (other specialties; for example, Energy Engineers, Industrial and Environmental Technologies) have acquired the general skills of Industrial Technical Engineer, but must acquire the specific skills of Industrial Chemistry by which access implies taking certain subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering as Training Complements. In this case, these are compulsory and core subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering, with which the skills corresponding to the specialty of Industrial Chemistry are acquired.

The Training Complements will not be offered by the requesting Universities within the proposed Master's Study Plan. Applicants may request admission to the Master's degree once they have acquired the skills of a Graduate in Chemical Engineering by taking the necessary subjects of a Degree in Chemical Engineering, either from the URJC or UAM or from any other university that offers it. Once the applicants have acquired the skills required through the corresponding subjects of any Degree in Chemical Engineering, they will be considered, exclusively for the purposes of Admission to the Master, in a situation equivalent to Graduates in Chemical Engineering, so that the criterion “Adequacy of previous studies” will not be discriminatory and they will be able to opt under equal conditions for the places offered based on the other admission criteria indicated.

Below are the subjects that constitute the training complements based on the study plans of the Degrees in Chemical Engineering of the UAM and the URJC. It is foreseeable that they will be the most frequent cases in this situation. The circumstance arises that depending on the different study plans that each university offers for the same Degree in Chemical Engineering, the number of credits in subjects that are necessary to take as Training Complements may be different to acquire the same Competencies. In fact, as indicated below, if a student takes the Training Complements at the UAM she must take 18 ECTS credits, but if she takes them at the URJC she will take 15 ECTS credits. This is because the credits corresponding to the Degree subjects assigned as Training Complements in both Universities are different.

Subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering at the UAM, to be taken as Training Complements:

- Homogeneous Reaction Engineering: 6 ECTS.

- Heterogeneous Reaction Engineering: 6 ECTS.

- Separation Operations: 6 ECTS.

External Internships

The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.

Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.

The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:

• Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
• Elaboration of the memory

Documentation:

For more information:  External Internship Unit

Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024

Mobility programs

University Master's Degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, generally do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PTGAS) and has procedures for the collection and analysis of information on said mobility programs.

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