MSc in Engineering - Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Odense, Denmark
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Mar 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and applicants holding a Danish residence permit I for non-EU/EEA citizens without a current residence permit deadline is 01.02.2025
* free for full degree students from the Nordic countries or from the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland; 6,950 EUR per semester for students with a non-EU/EEA-citizenship or non-Swiss-citizenship
Introduction
With a MSc in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology you can work in the production of phytopharmacology, food products, medicines, clean energy, process development or biorefineries. You will also be qualified for consultancy work and project management in chemical, environmental and biotechnological industries. Learn more from the students themselves.
You will learn to design, revamp, and optimise chemical and biotechnical processing plants and products – based on technical, resource and environmental considerations. You will be qualified to run laboratory work as well as to develop and validate analytical measuring methods.
With a MSc in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology you will be qualified for consultancy assignments as well as research and development tasks within the core competencies which you have acquired through your studies.
Project based and research based study environment
You become part of a project based and problem based study environment where you work in project groups. You and your fellow students are responsible for planning and carrying out the project – and for meeting the deadlines. Usually, we receive the project outlines from companies and we emphasise that the problems you solve are ‘real-world’ applications.
The final semester is devoted to the master thesis, which will typically be carried out at or in cooperation with an industrial company.
Versatile career paths
With a MSc in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology you will have a range of job opportunities – in Denmark and abroad. The degree qualifies you for work in production, development and environmental control in, for example, the medical and food industry.
It is also possible to continue on a three-year research programme which will lead to a PhD degree.
Another option is to study an industrial research programme which is carried out in close cooperation with a company where you are employed.
Graduates who have completed this master programme are entitled to use the title of Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
Curriculum
Programme structure
The master programme is a two-year programme on top of a relevant bachelor degree.
First and second semester
In the first year of the master programme you will work theoretically and experimentally with Advanced protein and natural product technologies, Techno-economic assessment of process technologies, Sustainable Engineering, Risk Management in Chemical and Biochemical engineering , Industrial Separation and Purification technologies, Advanced Experimental Design and Data Analysis, Industrial Fermentation and Modelling of Bioprocesses and 10 ECTS elective course, as System Analysis – Life Cycle assessment, Modelling and Optimization of Advanced separation Processes, Applied Physical Chemistry, Advanced Biotechnology, Individual Study Activity, and many more available in related programmes.
This will provide you with a broad foundation which qualifies for many different jobs.
Third semester
In the second year you will have Atmospheric chemistry and climate change and Methods in science as mandatory courses and different possibilities for elective courses. If you choose to apply for a 40 ECTS master project, 10 ECTS will be used during this semester leaving 10 ECTS available for electives. If you choose a 30 ECTS master project, in the third semester you need to cover 20 ECTS. As an alternative to traditional elective courses, 15 ECTS can be covered with an In-Company project.
During the 3rd semester you have also the possibility to spend the semester abroad.
Fourth semester
The last semester is dedicated to the master thesis. You will choose the subject yourself. The master thesis will typically be carried out in one of the research groups and/or in cooperation with an industrial company
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
Chemical Engineers will typically be employed in the chemical industry, the food industry or the pharmaceutical industry, in environmental governance, or at laboratories. Here you will be responsible for research, development, production, analyses, and environmental and quality assurance.
With a master of science in engineering degree in Chemistry you will be qualified for jobs as, for example:
• Project manager
• Development engineer
• Manager of the development department
• Researcher
• Analyst
• Head of laboratory
• Teacher
• Consultant
• Head of quality
You could, for example, work in:
• The chemical industry
• The food industry
• The pharmaceutical industry
• Environmental governance
• Power plants
• Laboratories.
Your tasks could be to:
• Design and implement new process engineering plants e.g. for biochemical or food production
• Develop and optimize current plants e.g. for the pharmaceutical industry
• Develop and optimize methods of analysis and biological techniques
• Work as a consultant for private and public companies within chemical engineering related to environmental and work environment issues
• Develop products and processes where chemical issues are significant
• Build and operate reactors
• Design industrial processing of primary biological production e.g. for food or biofuels.
With this program, you are qualified for a job in Denmark or abroad and for studies at Ph.D. level.