Master's degree in Chemical Engineering

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Responsible Center: postgraduate unit    Location: Mostoles Campus. (URJC) - Faculty of Sciences (UAM)
Participating Universities/Organizations: King Juan Carlos University and Autonomous University of Madrid
Modality: Onsite Title code: 6160 Orientation: Professional / Research
Number of ECTS Credits: 75 ECTS Duration of the Master: One and a half academic years
Public prices: See table
Academic Calendar    Schedule    Examinations    Teaching Guides Faculty
Director of the Master:  Prof. Dr. Ms. Alicia García Sánchez Co-director: Ms. Victoria Morales PérezPhone: 91 488 9342
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Regulated profession for which it qualifies: Regulated profession for which it qualifies: Master's degree considered professional in the field of Chemical Engineering in accordance with Resolution 12977, of June 8, 2009 (BOE of August 4, 2009), although according to RD 967/2014, of August 21, November, does not give rise to a profession regulated by the requirement of a university degree.

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Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

The Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Autonomous University of Madrid represents the second phase of adaptation of the Chemical Engineering degree, currently existing at the Rey Juan Carlos University, and the Industrial Technical Engineer degree (specialty Industrial Chemistry), existing both at the Rey Juan Carlos University and at the Autonomous University of Madrid, to the new structure of the official university teachings of Degree and Master.

Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes, (final verification report is attached) the implementation of the degree will be done progressively, starting the first year in the academic year 2013-14.

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Favorable report first modification

Favorable report second modification

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

It is not necessary.

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

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Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.

Requirements:

The specific qualifications that allow access to the Master are the following:

Graduates in Chemical Engineering.
Chemical Engineers and Industrial Technical Engineers, specialty in Industrial Chemistry (old plans)

In addition, other qualifications allow access to the Master with additional training:

Other Senior Engineers or Technical Engineers (old plans).
Graduates in Chemistry and Environmental CC and other related qualifications of the old study plans.
Graduates in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and other related degrees.

Objectives

The general objective proposed in the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering by the URJC and the UAM consists of training and specializing the student for the exercise of the profession of Chemical Engineer, collecting the skills that must be acquired and that are established in the Resolution
12977 of June 8, 2009 of the General Secretariat for Universities, published in the Official State Gazette number 187 of August 4, 2009.

Competences

General Competences of the Master:

Ability to apply the scientific method and the principles of engineering and economics, to formulate and solve complex problems in processes, equipment, facilities and services, in which matter undergoes changes in its composition, state or energy content, characteristic of the industry chemical and other related sectors, including the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, materials, energy, food or environmental sectors.
Conceive, project, calculate, and design processes, equipment, industrial facilities and services, in the field of chemical engineering and related industrial sectors, in terms of quality, safety, economy, rational and efficient use of natural resources and environmental conservation environment.
Technically and economically direct and manage projects, facilities, plants, companies and technology centers in the field of chemical engineering and related industrial sectors.
Carry out the appropriate research, undertake the design and direct the development of engineering solutions, in new or little-known environments, relating creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer.
Knowing how to establish mathematical models and develop them through appropriate information technology, as a scientific and technological basis for the design of new products, processes, systems and services, and for the optimization of others already developed.
Have the capacity for analysis and synthesis for the continuous progress of products, processes, systems and services using criteria of safety, economic viability, quality and environmental management.
Integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments and decisions, based on incomplete or limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities of professional practice.
Lead and define multidisciplinary teams capable of solving technical changes and managerial needs in national and international contexts.
Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in multilingual, specialized and non-specialized forums, in a clear and unambiguous way.
Adapt to changes, being able to apply new and advanced technologies and other relevant developments, with initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Possess the skills of autonomous learning to maintain and improve the skills of chemical engineering that allow the continuous development of the profession.

Transversal skills:

Acquire advanced knowledge and demonstrate, in a context of scientific and technological or highly specialized research, a detailed and well-founded understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and of the work methodology in the field of Chemical Engineering.
Knowing how to apply and integrate knowledge, its understanding, its scientific foundation and its problem-solving abilities in new and imprecisely defined environments, including multidisciplinary contexts for both researchers and highly specialized professionals.
Know how to evaluate and select the appropriate scientific theory and the precise methodology of their fields of study to formulate judgments based on incomplete or limited information, including, when necessary and pertinent, a reflection on the social or ethical responsibility linked to the proposed solution. in each case.
Being able to predict and control the evolution of complex situations through the development of new and innovative work methodologies adapted to the specific scientific/research, technological or professional field, in general multidisciplinary, in which the activity of a graduate with the Master's degree is carried out University in Chemical Engineering.
Knowing how to transmit in a clear and unambiguous way to a specialized audience or not, results from scientific and technological research or from the field of the most advanced innovation, as well as the most relevant foundations on which they are based.
Having developed sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations within their thematic field, in interdisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a high component of knowledge transfer.
Being able to assume responsibility for their own professional development and their specialization in the field of Chemical Engineering.

Specific Competences:

Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and other natural sciences, obtained through study, experience, and practice, with critical reasoning to establish economically viable solutions to technical problems.
Design products, processes, systems and services for the chemical industry, as well as the optimization of others already developed, taking as a technological basis the various areas of chemical engineering, including processes and transport phenomena, separation operations and reaction engineering chemical, nuclear, electrochemical and biochemical.
Conceptualize engineering models, apply innovative methods in problem solving and appropriate computer applications for the design, simulation, optimization and control of processes and systems.
Have the ability to solve problems that are unfamiliar, incompletely defined, and have competing specifications, considering possible solution methods, including the most innovative ones, selecting the most appropriate, and being able to correct implementation, evaluating different design solutions .
Direct and supervise all types of facilities, processes, systems and services of the different industrial areas related to chemical engineering.
Design, build and implement methods, processes and facilities for the comprehensive management of solid, liquid and gaseous supplies and waste in industries, with the capacity to assess their impacts and risks.
Direct and organize companies, as well as production and service systems, applying knowledge and skills in industrial organization, business strategy, planning and logistics, commercial and labor law, financial and cost accounting.
Direct and manage the organization of work and human resources applying criteria of industrial safety, quality management, occupational risk prevention, sustainability, and environmental management.
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Adapt to structural changes in society motivated by factors or phenomena of an economic, energy or natural nature, in order to solve the resulting problems and provide technological solutions with a high commitment to sustainability.
Direct and carry out verification, control of facilities, processes and products, as well as certifications, audits, verifications, tests and reports.
Realization, presentation and defense, once all the credits of the study plan have been obtained, of an original exercise carried out individually before a university tribunal, consisting of a comprehensive Chemical Engineering project of a professional nature in which the skills acquired in the teachings are synthesized .

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:

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.
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 (5 points)
Normalized academic record (2 points).
Itinerary to follow within the Master (0 points).
Curriculum vitae, highlighting professional experience, scholarships and grants related to the Master (3 points).

Offer of places: 30 places. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

Admission to the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering will take place during the 2023-24 academic year through the Autonomous University of Madrid.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

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Training Itinerary

Custom code	Module	Subject	Subject	Number of ECTS	Semester	Type
616001	PROCESS AND PRODUCT ENGINEERING	ADVANCED CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING	Advanced Separation Processes	6	1 º	Mandatory
616002		ADVANCED CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING	Unconventional Reactors	6	1 º	Mandatory
616003		PROCESS ENGINEERING	Process Engineering Strategy	6	Annual	Mandatory
616004		PROCESS ENGINEERING	Process Simulation and Optimization	6	Annual	Mandatory
616005		PRODUCT ENGINEERING	Chemical Engineering	3	2 º	Mandatory
616006		EXTERNAL INTERNSHIPS	External Internships	6	Annual	Mandatory
616007		ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING	sustainable water management	3	1 º	Optional
616009			Treatment of gaseous effluents	3	1 º
616010			Waste minimization and recovery	3	1 º
616019			Sustainable Industrial Chemistry	3	1 º
616011		CHEMICAL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY	Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development	3	2 º	Optional
616012			Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts.	3	2 º
616013			polymer engineering	3	2 º
616014			Industrial and environmental biotechnology	3	2 º
616015	PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY	MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF COMPANIES	Business Management and Organization	3	2 º	Mandatory
616016		INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES	Comprehensive Management of Chemical Processes	6	2 º	Mandatory
616017		R+D+i IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING	R+D+i in Chemical Engineering	6	Annual	Mandatory
616018	MASTER'S FINAL PROJECT	MASTER'S FINAL PROJECT	Master's thesis	15	3 º	Mandatory

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.

Access for Senior Engineers, Technical Engineers and Engineering Graduates (other specialties): These graduates have acquired the general skills of Technical Industrial Engineering but must acquire the specific skills of Industrial Chemistry, studying the necessary subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering as Specific 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.

Access of other graduates: Depending on the degree of origin, each student must take different subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering that, in any case, must constitute the General and Specific Complements required for the acquisition of general and specific skills required in the corresponding legislation for the Technical Engineer Industrial (Industrial Chemical Specialty).

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

Table 1 lists the skills that graduates must acquire according to their studies of origin in order to be admitted to the Master. This list of competencies may be reduced in the event that subjects have been taken during the degree of origin, whether they are compulsory (which may be different in the different curricula of different universities) or optional (which may or may not have been taken according to the choice of each graduate), in which some of the skills listed in Table 1 have been acquired.

In any case, those interested may consult the Coordination Commission of the Master, what skills they must acquire according to the study plan of their title of origin and, consequently, what subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering they must take as Training Complements, attending to the study plan of this Degree at the University in which the Complements are carried out.

Table 1 Competences to be acquired for admission to the Master according to the title of origin.

TITLE	COMPETENCES TO ACQUIRE
Senior Engineers, Technical Engineers and Engineering Graduates (other specialties)	C2, C3, C4, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C17, C18, C19, C22, C23, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C34
Bachelors and Graduates in Chemistry	C2, C3, C4, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C17, C18, C19, C22, C23, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C34
Bachelors and Graduates in Environmental Sciences	C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C20, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35 XNUMX
Other qualifications of origin	C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35 and all those established according to the study plan of the title of origin.

Where the following competency coding has been used:

C1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biotechnology and engineering

C2. Analyze systems using material and energy balances

C3. Analyze, model and calculate systems with chemical reaction

C4. Evaluate and apply separation systems

C5. Design material handling and transportation systems

C6. Dimension energy exchange systems

C7. Simulate industrial processes and operations

C8. Model dynamic processes

C9. Integrate different operations and processes

C10. Specify equipment and facilities

C11. Know materials and products

C13. Know principles of theory machines and mechanisms.

C14. Know and use principles of resistance of materials.

C15. Select automation and control systems

C16. Carry out bibliographic studies and synthesize results

C17. Compare and select technical alternatives

C18. Carry out Chemical Engineering projects

C19. Carry out economic and market evaluations

C20. Establish the economic viability of a project

C21. Prepare evaluation, appraisal and expert reports

C22. Identify and quantify the environmental components of a project

C23. Evaluate and implement security criteria

C24. Evaluate and implement quality criteria

C25. Manage and implement specifications, regulations and standards

C26. Apply design, planning and optimization tools

C27. Carry out technological improvement and innovation projects

C28. Conceive

C29. Calculate

C30. design

C31. Build

C32. Assess

C33. To plan

C34. Optimize

C35. anticipate changes

By way of example, Tables 2a and 2b show the subjects that would allow the acquisition of the skills specified in Table 1 for different degrees of origin, based on the study plans of the Degrees in Chemical Engineering of the UAM and the URJC. It is foreseeable that these are the most frequent cases in this situation. The circumstance occurs 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 must be taken as Training Complements may be different to acquire the same Competences.

Table 2a. Subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering of the UAM, to be taken as Training Complements according to the degree of origin

TITLE	ACCESSORIES	CREDITS
Senior Engineers, Technical Engineers and Engineering Graduates (other specialties)	Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Process and Product Engineering Total:	6 12 12 30
Bachelors and Graduates in Chemistry	Fluid Engineering Energy Engineering and Heat Transmission Mechanical Design of Equipment Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Control and Instrumentation of Chemical Processes Total:	6 6 6 6 12 6 42
Bachelors and Graduates in Environmental Sciences	Fluid Engineering Energy Engineering and Heat Transmission Mechanical Design of Equipment Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Process and Product Engineering Control and Instrumentation of Chemical Processes Engineering projects Total:	6 6 6 6 12 12 6 6 60

Table 2b. Subjects of the Degree in Chemical Engineering of the URJC, to be taken as Training Complements according to the degree of origin

TITLE	ACCESSORIES	CREDITS
Senior Engineers, Technical Engineers and Engineering Graduates (other specialties)	Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Process and Product Engineering Simulation and Optimization of Chemical Processes. Total:	7,5 7,5 6 6 27
Bachelors and Graduates in Chemistry	Fluid Engineering Energy Engineering and Heat Transmission Mechanical Design of Equipment Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Control and Instrumentation of Chemical Processes Simulation and Optimization of Chemical Processes. Total:	6 6 6 7,5 7,5 4,5 6 34,5
Bachelors and Graduates in Environmental Sciences	Fluid Engineering Energy Engineering and Heat Transmission Mechanical Design of Equipment Separation Operations Chemical Reaction Engineering Process and Product Engineering Control and Instrumentation of Chemical Processes Simulation and Optimization of Chemical Processes. Engineering projects Total:	6 6 6 7,5 7,5 6 6 6 6 57

Material resources

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:

Degree Training Project

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, in general 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 PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.

URJC Mobility

Regulation

STUDENTS

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School Insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation student associations

Quality guarantee

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Results report

Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- Student profile

- Teacher evaluation

- Degree of satisfaction:

Of the students
of the graduates
From the Faculty
Administration and Services Staff

- Labor insertion

- External internships:

Satisfaction of interns
External tutor satisfaction
Employer satisfaction

Survey results:

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”