The 1st cycle Degree Course in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering aims at training technicians able to face in a group context problems in the chemical-physical, biochemical or biotechnological fields integrating competences in three fundamental sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) with the general ones of industrial engineering and with the specific chemical engineering one, providing students the knowledge, methods and ability to process reality which facilitate their access in the labour market.
The course, which is not divided in curricula, is therefore designed to integrate the contents of the three fundamental sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), with general industrial engineering skills and specific biochemical contents, thus providing knowledge, methods and elaboration skills favouring graduates’ access to the labour market.
The study of basic sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) is organised in a way to make students able to use the laws underlying chemical-physical phenomena, highlighting as much as possible their technical-practical implications, and providing the elements of mathematical language and formalism enabling the translation of the studied contents in quantitative terms.
With this objective the first half of the educational programme consists of teachings related to Calculus and Geometry, Physics, Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.
To further enhance the ability to interpret, formalise and solve chemical-physical and biochemical problems of its graduates, the Degree Course integrates the aforementioned basic contents, with teachings in the field of biology, namely biochemistry and microbiology that complete the education of students in basic sciences by offering them the knowledge of the main rules underlying the functioning of living systems.
The above-described contents are integrated by typical Chemical Engineering teachings starting from the second year (Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biochemical Processes, Transportation Phenomena, Chemical and Biochemical Plants, Principles of Chemistry and Industrial Biochemistry), providing also useful knowledge in the design and management of biotechnological and biochemical processes, thanks to fact that the Course teachers focus their research activities on biotechnological fields.
This knowledge is integrated with the typical disciplines of Industrial Engineering such as Construction Theory and Electrical Engineering.
The course programme includes mandatory optional and elective modules, which may be chosen in the class-specific sectors of Industrial Engineering, enabling students to face more specific issues, not only of chemical engineering, but also to other technological fields to which the latter may contribute, such as environmental remediation, renewable energy sources, biomedical engineering.
These further opportunities enable students to deepen and use the concepts, simultaneously integrating all the scales of reality from the molecular to the macro one, to participate profitably in the group management of problems not necessarily limited to the design, optimization and management of chemical-physical and biochemical processes.
Finally, in the area of equipment design and of the study of chemical and biochemical processes, economic, safety, environmental sustainability and professional ethics issues are also considered. These issues are further developed through seminar activities, classified as "other educational activities".
To achieve these training objectives, basic sciences including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are studied. The educational objective is to illustrate to the students the laws underlying chemical-physical phenomena, highlighting as much as possible their technical-practical implications and providing the elements of language and mathematical formalism enabling the translation of the studied contents in quantitative terms.
With this objective the first half of the educational programme consists of teachings related to Calculus and Geometry, Physics, Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.
To further enhance the ability to deal with chemical-physical and biochemical problems of its graduates, the Degree Course integrates the aforementioned basic contents, with teachings belonging to biology , namely biochemistry and microbiology that complete the education of students in basic sciences by offering them the knowledge of the main rules underlying the functioning of living systems.
The above described contents are integrated by typical Chemical Engineering teachings starting from the second course year (Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biochemical Processes, Transport Phenomena, Chemical and Biochemical Plants, Principles of Chemistry and Industrial Biochemistry), providing also useful knowledge in the design and management of biotechnological and biochemical processes, thanks to fact that the Course teachers focus their research activities on biotechnological fields.
This knowledge is integrated with the typical disciplines of Industrial Engineering such as Construction Theory and Electrical Engineering.
From this synergy, integrated with elective modules in which it is possible to study more specific contents of chemical and biochemical engineering, further opportunities arise to deepen and use the concepts, simultaneously integrating all the reality scales of from the molecular to macro ones, to fit in profitably into the management of a group not necessarily limited to the design, optimization and management of chemical-physical processes.
Furthermore, in the area of equipment design and the study of chemical and biochemical processes, economic, safety, environmental sustainability and professional ethics are also considered. These problems are further developed with seminar activities given as part of the "other training activities".
For the final test a limited commitment is required corresponding to 3 CFU which consists of an interview. The topic of discussion of the interview is chosen by the student from a list of topics prepared by the course of studies with its own resolution and published at the beginning of A.A. on the website of the course itself.