Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology
The Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology is a field of study closely connected to our daily lives: it encompasses the development and production of new materials, the synthesis of new drugs, monitoring and improving our environment, etc. The focus in this study programme is on chemical engineering techniques, metallurgy and plastics, macromolecular and industrial chemistry.
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Programme summary
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Off to a good start
After graduation
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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1
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sem 1
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nl
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Inge Bellemans
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3
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1
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sem 1
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nl
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Paul Van Steenberge
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3
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1
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sem 1
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nl
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Antoon Beyne
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6
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1
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sem 1
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nl
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Jeriffa De Clercq
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3
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1
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sem 2
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en
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Paul Van Steenberge
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3
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1
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sem 2
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nl
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Jeriffa De Clercq
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3
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Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 possibility from the following list.
Subject to approval by the faculty.
Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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sem 1
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nl
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Jan Beyens
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3
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sem 1
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nl
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Jeriffa De Clercq
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6
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sem 2
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en
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Kim Verbeken
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6
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Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list, with 3 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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sem 1
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en
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Ludwig Cardon
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3
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sem 1
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en
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Ludwig Cardon
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6
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sem 2
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en
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Mariya Edeleva
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3
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a
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sem 1
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en
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Filip Du Prez
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3
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a
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sem 2
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en
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Ludwig Cardon
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3
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Subscribe to 6 credit units from 1 module from the following list.
Subject to approval by the faculty.
Subscribe to 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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year
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nl,en
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Patrick Segers
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6
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year
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en
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Patrick Segers
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6
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Subscribe to 6 credit units from 2 modules from the following list.
Subject to approval by the faculty.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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sem 2
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nl
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An Verberckmoes
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3
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Subscribe to 3 credit units from Ghent University's programmes, including the university-wide electives (excluding Programming, C003080). The electieves are preferably selected from the study programmes in the third bachelor' year or from the master's programmes. They should be in line with the learning competences and should be broadening or deepening. Subject to approval by the faculty.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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1
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year
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nl
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18
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Competence field 1: Competency in one or more scientific disciplines
- Possess advanced, application-oriented, knowledge of the own engineering discipline and the ability to apply this knowledge in a creative and critical way to new problems.
- Be able to design, implement and test innovative products or processes using appropriate, current methods and techniques, using recent digital technologies.
- Demonstrate integrative and system-oriented problem-solving thinking, with emphasis on the application in variable contexts.
- Be able to formulate a research question from a complex technical problem, after consulting relevant and state-of-the-art scientific sources.
- Be able to critically interpret and communicate one's own results to both experts and laypersons and defend decisions made.
- Be able to position oneself in, and function within a team, based on the own expertise, with an awareness of cultural sensitivity.
- Demonstrate a lifelong learning attitude to keep up with technological and industrial developments in one’s own discipline and continue to develop one's own competencies.
- Act according to the principles of research integrity, professional deontology and ethics.
- Demonstrate sustainability thinking, entrepreneurial skills, and pay attention to the role of technology and innovation in addressing societal issues from various perspectives, also in an international context.
- Critically reflect on one's own thinking and actions, and act according to the limitations of one's competencies in a conscientious and responsible manner.
- Mastering and being able to apply advanced industrial chemistry and related technologies.
- Being able to critically describe, simulate, monitor, design and optimize chemical reactors and processes, while accounting for safety, quality, sustainability and environmental issues.
- Creative employing of technical-analytical knowledge and skills to chemical engineering problems and process and product control in an industrial context.
- Being able to make deliberate material choices and apply material science in process-oriented applications, accounting for sustainability and circularity.
- Acquire deep and lateral knowledge in one of the following chemical disciplines: advanced chemical process technology, advanced polymer technology.