Educational Objectives of the Degree

The training of graduates that combines a solid formation in Chemistry (its fundamental concepts and applications), a modern vision of both this knowledge and of professional responsibility in carrying out the profession in which special emphasis is laid on forms of production that respect the environment, are sustainable and generate products that contribute to progress and wellbeing, and a complementary formation in Biosciences (focused on the structure, properties and functions of biomolecules) that enables them to work in an industrial setting in which these biotechnologies have an increasingly more important role.
 

Students at whom the course is aimed:

Students who with an interest in life sciences, mathematics, physics and computer sciences and with a great intellectual curiosity who wish to acquire a solid formation as scientists that will enable then to form part, as future professionals, of the world of design, synthesis and analysis of products for their application in very diverse fields

Course dossier

Type of qualification:

Official Degree 

Entry requirements:
PAU entry test

Recommended chosen subjects in secondary education:
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Duration and classroom content:
4 years (8 semesters), 240 ECTS credits

Foundation year fees: 10.110 € (course 2010/11)

Timetable:
From Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
3 to 4 hours theory and 3 to 3½ hours Laboratory or Workshop/Pilot Plant, each day.

Professional opportunities

The graduate in Chemistry (Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences) can:

• Join companies in which they can carry out chemical and/or biotechnological processes: pharmaceutical, food production, environmental technologies, chemical, petrochemical and motor industries, service companies, paper, textile industries...
• Form part of R+D+i teams to develop and apply new chemical and/or biotechnological products, technologies for making full use of raw materials and treatment and reuse processes of industrial waste.
• Develop their work in the public administrations, as well as in the teaching sphere.
• Continue with postgraduate studies: masters degrees and doctorates.
Additionally, you could be a member of a very active professional group, the Association of Chemists and Engineers of IQS.