The bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering will teach you the bases of industrial technical engineering, especially in the branch of industrial chemistry. You will learn how to design, develop and analyse:

• Chemical processes and environmental management.
• Monitoring processes.
• Designing chemical plants.

At the same time, you will acquire the scientific and mathematical knowledge to understand the technical and scientific literature to carry out research and development (R+D+I) in any of these areas, as well as to interpret reports drafted by other specialist engineers. This multidisciplinary ability will allow you to lead cross-disciplinary working parties and work as a manager in technology companies.

The graduate's training in Chemical Engineering is naturally complemented with the Master in Industrial Engineering, for the purposes of acquiring the skills of an industrial engineer, a profession with a highly valued tradition, spanning back over 150 years, in national and international companies.

Access requirements

Upper secondary school education

Access: university entrance examinations (PAU), general stage. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in university entrance exam (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture.

Higher level training cycles (CFGS).

Access: all CFGS. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in university entrance exam (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Engineering and Architecture.

Over 25 years old

Preferential option in successful entrance exam: Engineering and Architecture.

Over 40 years old

Assessment of professional experience relating to the bachelor's degree that the applicant wishes to be admitted to and sufficient interview outcome.

Over 45 years old

Entrance exam passed and favourable interview outcome.

Others

Special types of access recognised under current regulations .

Another information on access

Pre-enrolment code:

81023

Weightings

Weighting parameters of the subjects in the specific phase of the PAU

Recognised credit transfer

Validated subjects and credit transfers from higher level vocational training cycles

The career opportunities with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering are highly varied. Your professional career could be in the private sector: chemical industry, pharmaceutics, waste-water management plants, food industry and many others. Some jobs available in this area are:

• Production and plant line management.
• Quality laboratory management.
• Insurance-company consultants.
• Energy manager.
• Head of production.
• Process manager.

In the public sector: secondary and university teaching, national, county and local consultancy bodies, research positions in institutions and bodies.

You could also choose to develop your career in a freer way, by setting up your own project design and management company under the aegis of the Professional College of Industrial Technical Engineers.

The Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering provides direct access to the Master in Industrial Engineering, which is the only official master's degree that qualifies its holder to enter the regulated profession of industrial engineering. In addition, this degree also give access to technological and scientific master’s degrees, and if you wish to continue studying in the field of research you can access the Doctoral Programme in Technology.

Through the following links you can access the calendars and timetables that correspond to this bachelor's degree.

The academic calendar marks the beginning and end of classes, non-teaching days, holidays, exam periods, and so on. The administrative calendar marks the periods to make the different formalities administrative.

All subjects have a practical aspect that carries a lot of weight on the course. Practical classes are held in small groups and in laboratories with equipment adapted to the current requirements.

Businesses play a large role at the Polytechnic School. As a chemical engineering student, you will be able to do placements in companies through work placements. You will be able to choose between the more than 450 options that are proposed in each academic year.

You will complete your bachelor's thesis in the last year of your degree, demonstrating the knowledge you have acquired during your education.

The bachelor's thesis is an engineering project on the subject you choose, carried out under the supervision of a lecturer. If you wish, you can complete this in a company or research group.

The business association that supports the Polytechnic School and professional associations of engineers award prizes every year to the best theses.

The Polytechnic School (PS) maintains relations with universities from all over the world. There are several mobility and exchange programmes that enable you to make stays abroad for studying subjects, drafting bachelor's theses or broadening studies: Erasmus, Erasmus+, Erasmus Mundus, Socrates, IAESTE, SICUE-Sèneca, Balsells scholarships, Josep Maria Ginés i Pous scholarship.

Online enrolment is the University of Girona's electronic enrolment system. It is done through the Internet and is available for the most of the studies.