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Chemical Engineering Degree (2nd Ed.)

Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Engineering and Architecture
Ambit of knowledge
Ingeniería química, ingeniería de los materiales e ingeniería del medio natural.
School(s)
Higher Technical Engineering School
Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n, 15782
Santiago de Compostela
881816700 (Conserxaría)
881816701 (Dirección)
etse.secredireccion [at] usc.gal
Campus
Santiago de Compostela

The study plan is adjusted to the requirements of the official Bachelor Degrees, these being the appropriate training for the profession of Industrial Technical Engineer, including each and every competence to be acquired in either the Basic or Common training Module from the Industrial Branch, and the one of specific Technology: Industrial Chemistry, according to the Order CIN/351/2009, 9th February, which establishes the requirements for the approval of the official University degrees enabling for the profession of Industrial Technical Engineer.

Duration: 4 academic years
RUCT code: 1500194
ECTS Number: 240
Seats number: 60

Dean or center director:
JULIA GONZALEZ ALVAREZ
julia.gonzalez [at] usc.es

Title coordinator:
Almudena Hospido Quintana
etse.eq [at] usc.es

Use languages:
Spanish, Galician, English

MECES Level: 2

Coordinator university:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Partaker universities:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Xunta de Galicia title implantation authorization date:
Orde do 15/07/2024 (DOG 24/07/2024)

BOE publication date:
17/12/2024

Last accreditation date:
28/01/2019

Professional qualification:
Industrial Technician Engineer

Physics

  • G4022101
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  • Basic Training
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  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Mathematics

  • G4022102
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Computer Science

  • G4022103
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamental chemistry in engineering

  • G4022104
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Differential equations

  • G4022105
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Statistics and data science

  • G4022106
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Inorganic chemistry

  • G4022107
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Electrical Engineering

  • G4022121
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of chemical processes I

  • G4022122
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of chemical processes II

  • G4022123
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Organic chemistry

  • G4022201
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Business administration

  • G4022202
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Engineering graphics

  • G4022203
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Applied mechanics

  • G4022221
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical engineering thermodynamics

  • G4022222
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fluid transport

  • G4022223
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Heat transfer

  • G4022224
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical reaction engineering

  • G4022225
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of industrial energy

  • G4022226
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fluid transport and heat transfer laboratory

  • G4022227
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Materials science

  • G4022321
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Strength of materials

  • G4022322
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Environmental engineering

  • G4022323
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Separation processes

  • G4022324
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Mass transfer

  • G4022325
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical reactors

  • G4022326
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Biochemical engineering

  • G4022327
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Process control

  • G4022328
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical processes laboratory

  • G4022329
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Process engineering

  • G4022330
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Numerical methods

  • G4022341
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Solid operations

  • G4022342
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Analytical chemistry

  • G4022343
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Valorisation technologies

  • G4022344
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Industrial chemistry processes

  • G4022345
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Quality management

  • G4022346
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Safety and risk prevention

  • G4022421
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Project management

  • G4022422
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Industrial automation

  • G4022423
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Production systems engineering

  • G4022424
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Simulation and optimization

  • G4022425
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Professional workshop

  • G4022426
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Traineeship

  • G4022427
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Final degree project

  • G4022428
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 18 Credits

AI applied to chemical engineering

  • G4022441
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Chemical engineering and sustainability

  • G4022442
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Food industry unit operations

  • G4022443
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

The study plan will be organised in four years of 60 ECTS each, resulting in 240 ECTS to be completed by the students to complete the degree.
· Basic training: 60
· Compulsory: 142.5
· Optional: 13.5
· Compulsory Internship: 6
· Final Dissertation: 18
o Total: 240

Physics

  • G4022101
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Mathematics

  • G4022102
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Computer Science

  • G4022103
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamental chemistry in engineering

  • G4022104
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Differential equations

  • G4022105
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Statistics and data science

  • G4022106
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Inorganic chemistry

  • G4022107
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Organic chemistry

  • G4022201
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Business administration

  • G4022202
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Engineering graphics

  • G4022203
  •  
  • Basic Training
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Electrical Engineering

  • G4022121
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Applied mechanics

  • G4022221
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical engineering thermodynamics

  • G4022222
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fluid transport

  • G4022223
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Heat transfer

  • G4022224
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Materials science

  • G4022321
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Strength of materials

  • G4022322
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Environmental engineering

  • G4022323
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Separation processes

  • G4022324
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Safety and risk prevention

  • G4022421
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Project management

  • G4022422
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Industrial automation

  • G4022423
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Production systems engineering

  • G4022424
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of chemical processes I

  • G4022122
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • First Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of chemical processes II

  • G4022123
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  • Second Semester
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical reaction engineering

  • G4022225
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of industrial energy

  • G4022226
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Fluid transport and heat transfer laboratory

  • G4022227
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Mass transfer

  • G4022325
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical reactors

  • G4022326
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Biochemical engineering

  • G4022327
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Process control

  • G4022328
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Chemical processes laboratory

  • G4022329
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Process engineering

  • G4022330
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Simulation and optimization

  • G4022425
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Numerical methods

  • G4022341
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Solid operations

  • G4022342
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Analytical chemistry

  • G4022343
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Valorisation technologies

  • G4022344
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Industrial chemistry processes

  • G4022345
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Quality management

  • G4022346
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

AI applied to chemical engineering

  • G4022441
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Chemical engineering and sustainability

  • G4022442
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

Food industry unit operations

  • G4022443
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 4,5 Credits

The study plan is structured into the following modules:
· Professional Class
· Basic Training
· Optional subjects
· Shared Industrial branch.
· Specific technology, Industrial Chemistry
· Final Dissertation

For admission to the Degree in Chemical Engineering, it is especially recommended that the training of students be of a scientific-technological profile. Within this profile, in addition to chemistry, physics and mathematics, it is advisable to have training in technical drawing.
Furthermore, it would be desirable for the future student of the Degree in Chemical Engineering to have the following personal and academic characteristics:
- Interest in solving real problems
- Calculation skill
- Capacity for analysis and synthesis
- Technological curiosity
- Consistency and responsibility at work
- Competence in oral and written expression
- Linguistic competence in English, as well as Spanish and Galician
- Capacity for teamwork

For admission to the Degree in Chemical Engineering, it is especially recommended that the training of students be of a scientific-technological profile. Within this profile, in addition to chemistry, physics and mathematics, it is advisable to have training in technical drawing.
Furthermore, it would be desirable for the future student of the Degree in Chemical Engineering to have the following personal and academic characteristics:
- Interest in solving real problems
- Calculation skill
- Capacity for analysis and synthesis
- Technological curiosity
- Consistency and responsibility at work
- Competence in oral and written expression
- Linguistic competence in English, as well as Spanish and Galician
- Capacity for teamwork

Every year, at the beginning of the course, the USC holds welcome days organized by the vice-chancellor's office with responsibility for student affairs, which take place in the first fortnight of the course in all university centres, and which aim to introduce the new students to the possibilities, resources and services offered by the University.

When a degree suspension occurs, the USC guarantees the adequate development of teachings that were initiated by their students until its suspension. For that, the Government Council approves the criteria related with the admission of new degree entry registration and the gradual suspension of teaching impartation, among others.
If the suspended degree is substituted for a similar one —modifying the nature of the degree—, the new degree regulations will set the conditions to facilitate students the continuity of the new degree’s studies. These regulations will also set subject equivalences in both programs.

The entrance tests to the three Galician universities (Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University (ABAU) and for people over 25 and 45 years old) are organized by the Interuniversity Commission of Galicia (CIUG). To apply for a place, students must meet one of the following access requirements established in article 3 of RD 412/2014:
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent and pass the university entrance test.
• Meet the requirements for access to university in the educational systems of Member States of the European Union or other States with which Spain has signed international agreements on this matter.
• Have passed the university entrance test for those over 25 years of age, for those over 40 years of age with work or professional experience or the test for those over 45 years of age.
• Possess a degree in higher vocational training, teaching of plastic arts and design or higher sports technician, or equivalent qualifications.
• Have an official university degree, master's degree or a title corresponding to the previous organization of university education (university diploma, technical architect, technical engineer, graduate, architect, engineer) or equivalent titles.
• Have completed partial foreign or Spanish university studies, or who, upon completing foreign university studies, have not obtained their homologation in Spain and wish to continue studies at a Spanish university. In this case, it will be an essential requirement that the corresponding university recognize at least 30 ECTS credits.
• Be able to access the university according to educational regulations prior to Organic Law 8/2013, not included in the previous sections.

In general, there are the following access routes to the University:
- University access test (ABAU) Once you have finished high school, in order to access a university degree, you must pass the Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University.
https://ciug.gal/gal/abau
- Access from Vocational Training If you have an official title of higher vocational training technician, higher plastic arts and design technician or higher sports technician, or titles, diplomas or studies declared equivalent or approved in the Spanish educational system, you can access to study a degree at the university. Applications will be ordered according to the average grade of the higher technical degree completed out of a maximum of 10. If you wish to improve your admission grade for degree studies, you can take the voluntary part of the ABAU test.
https://www.usc.es/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/oiu/desca…
- Access test for people over 25 years of age This test can be taken by people who are over 25 years of age in the year in which the test is held and who do not have any academic qualifications that give access to the university through another means.
- People over 45 years of age Those over 45 years of age can study official degree qualifications after passing an adapted entrance test.
- Access over 40 through validation of work experience.
Access for those over 40 years of age to the Degree in Chemical Engineering through validation of the professional experience that has been designed will be carried out taking into account the suitable professional profiles and a personal interview. The level of professional qualification required of the applicant will be that corresponding to the professional qualifications of the professional families and levels of the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications (CNCP), prepared by the National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL).
On the part of the University, the following list of professional families with access to the degree in Chemical Engineering has been established:
Does not specify levels.
• Energy and water
•Food industries
•Chemistry
•Security and environment

Upon graduation, a chemical engineer must have achieved the following training objectives:
1. Have relevant knowledge of the basic sciences (mathematics, chemistry, biotechnology and physics) to help understand, describe and solve the phenomena of chemical engineering.
2. Understand the basic principles of chemical engineering:
a. Balances of matter, energy and amount of motion.
b. Balance
c. Kinetic processes (chemical reaction, matter, heat, amount of motion) and be able to use them to pose and solve (analytically, numerically or graphically) a variety of chemical engineering problems.
3. Understand the main concepts of process control.
4. Understand the basic principles of processes/products.
5. Have a relevant knowledge of the available relevant bibliography and data sources.
6. Be able to plan, carry out, explain and report basic experimental work.
7. Have a basic knowledge of the aspects of health, industrial hygiene, safety end environment.
8. Understand the concept of sustainability.
9. Understand the basic concept of product engineering.
10. Have the knowledge and carry out practical applications of product engineering.
11. Have the ability to analyse complex problems.
12. Have experience in the use of appropriate software.
13. Be able to carry out product and process design.
14. Be able to calculate the costs of processes and projects.

COMP01 - Ability to write, sign and develop projects in the field of industrial engineering with the purpose of building, renovation, conservation, demolition, manufacturing, installation, assembly or exploitation of structures, mechanical equipment, energy installations, electric and electronic installations, industrial facilities and plants, and automation and manufacturing processes.
COMP02 - Ability for the direction of the activities part of the engineering projects.
COMP03 - Ability to solve mathematical problems that can emerge in engineering. Ability to apply knowledge on linear algebra; geometry; differential geometry; differential and integral calculus; differential and partial differential equations; numerical methods; numerical algorithmics; statistics and optimization.
COMP04 – Ability to understand and apply the basic knowledge of general chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry and its applications to engineering.
COMP05 - Ability to analyse and design processes and products or simulation and optimization of processes and products.
COMP06 - Ability for the design and management of applied experimental procedures, especially for: the determining of thermodynamic and transport properties, and phenomena and systems modelling in the field of chemical engineering or flow fluid systems, heat transference or matter or kinetic transference of chemical reactions or reactors.
COMP07 - Ability to design, manage and operate procedures of: simulation of chemical processes or control and instrumentation of chemical processes.
COMP08 - Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and communicate and transmit knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of industrial engineering.
COMP09 - Ability to manage mandatory specifications, regulations and standards.
COMP10 - Ability to analyse and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
COMP11 - Ability to apply the quality principles and methods.
COMP12 - Organisation and planning ability in the field of business and other institutions and organisations.
COMP13 - Ability to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
COMP14 - Knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the necessary legislation to the exercise of the profession of industrial technical engineer.
COMP15 - Integration of the basic, common and specific skills of the industrial branch through the final dissertation.
COMP16 - Ability to carry out an original exercise to be carried out individually and presented and defended before a university tribunal, consisting of a project in the field of specific technologies of Industrial Engineering of a professional nature in which the acquired skills are synthesized and integrated in the teachings.

A/S01 - Teamwork.
A/S02 - Oral and written communication in the native language and foreign languages.
A/S03 - Ability for the management of information.
A/S04 - Critical reasoning and ethical commitment.
A/S05 - Ability to apply knowledge in a practical manner.
A/S06 – Leadership.
A/S07 - Autonomous learning.
A/S08 - Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit.
A/S09 - Computer skills.

K01 - Understanding and control of basic concepts of general mechanics, thermodynamics, fields and waves and electromagnetics laws and their application to problem solving in engineering.
K02 - Basic knowledge on the use and programming of computers, operative systems, data bases and computer programmes with applications in engineering
K03 - Appropriate knowledge of business, institutional and legal frame of a business. Organisation and management of companies.
K04 - Skill of spatial vision and knowledge of the techniques of graphic representation, both through traditional metrical geometry and descriptive geometry methods, and the computer assisted design applications.
K05 - Knowledge and basic principles of applied thermodynamics or heat transference and their application to problem solving in engineering.
K06 - Knowledge of the basic principles of fluid mechanics and its application to problem solving in engineering. Calculation of pipes, channels and fluid systems.
K07 - Knowledge of the fundamentals of science, technology and chemistry of materials. Understand the relationship between microstructure, synthesis or processing and material properties.
K08 - Knowledge and use of the principles of circuit theory and electrical machines.
K09 -Knowledge of the fundamentals of electronics.
K10 -Knowledge of the fundamentals of automation and control methods.
K11 -Knowledge of the principles of theory of machines and mechanisms.
K12 - Knowledge and use of the principles of resistance of materials.
K13 - Basic knowledge of production and manufacturing systems.
K14 - Basic knowledge and application of environmental technologies and sustainability.
K15 - Applied knowledge of business organization.
K16 - Knowledge and skills to organize and manage projects. Know the organizational structure and functions of a project office.
K17 - Knowledge of material and energy balances or biotechnology or material transfer or separation operations or chemical reaction engineering or reac

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programmes are managed through the International Relations Office, such as national exchange programmes (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):
https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/area/internacional
Student mobility is carried out from the second year of studies in the degree, in quarterly or annual periods.

Internships

The subject Internships in companies will imply that students carry out internships in one or more companies, for a maximum of 150 hours for recognition purposes, among those with which an agreement has been established from the Higher Technical School of Engineering or the USC. They are mandatory and are offered in the second semester of the fourth year.
The Higher Technical School of Engineering will assign the students a tutor from among the Teaching and Research Staff of the degree, who will monitor the work carried out by the students and ensure the quality of the stay carried out.

Qualifies for the regulated profession of Industrial Technical Engineer.
Mainly in the business field and to a lesser extent in other fields.

In accordance with the provisions of order CIN/351/2009, which establishes the requirements for the verification of official university degrees that qualify for the exercise of the profession of Industrial Technical Engineer, the Final Dissertation will consist of an exercise of design that will comprise a unit of an industrial facility. It will be done individually. The selection of the project theme will be proposed by the students or teachers of the degree. The project proposal document will be approved by the Final Dissertation commission. Everything related to the completion and evaluation of the TFG will be regulated by specific regulations that will be prepared for this purpose.

The contents of this page were updated on 07.30.2024.