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Study plan – Master of Science in Chemical engineering & Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology 2022-23

Master project

Courses
Language
MP Autumn
l
e
p
MP Spring
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Master project in Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
ChE-599 / Section CGC
Profs divers
FR/EN
-
-
900h
-
-
900h
Winter/Summer session
Oral
30

Block 1

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Diffusion and mass transfer
ChE-402 / Section CGC
Agrawal
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Heterogenous reaction engineering
ChE-403 / Section CGC
Luterbacher
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
4
Safety of chemical processes
ENG-431 / Section CGC
Nanchen
EN
2h
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
2

Group 2

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Bioprocesses and downstream processing
ChE-437 / Section CGC
Crelier, Eyer, Zinn
EN
-
-
-
4h
-
-
Summer session
Written
4
Biotechnology lab (for CGC)
ChE-433 / Section CGC
Pick
EN
-
-
-
-
-
6h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Catalysis for emission control and energy processes
ChE-410 / Section CGC
Kröcher
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Catalysis for energy storage
CH-421 / Section CGC
Hu
EN
2h
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Chemistry of food processes
ENG-435 / Section CGC
Blank
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Written
2
Electrochemical engineering
ChE-407 / Section CGC
Boghossian
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Food biotechnology
ENG-436 / Section CGC
Sybesma
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Written
2
Food chemistry
ENG-433 / Section CGC
Richard
FR
2h
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
2
Modelling and optimization of energy systems
ME-454 / Section GM
Maréchal
EN
2h
2h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Oral
4
Nanobiotechnology and biophysics
CH-413 / Section CGC
Fierz
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
3
Nanomaterials for chemical engineering application
ChE-430 / Section CGC
Buonsanti
EN
2h
-
1h
-
-
-
Winter session
Oral
3
Organic electronic materials
MSE-486 / Section MX
Frauenrath
EN
-
-
-
3h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Pharmaceutical biotechnology
ChE-436 / Section CGC
Pick
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Physical and chemical analyses of materials
CH-410 / Section CGC
Roussel
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Written
3
Physical chemistry of polymeric materials
MSE-431 / Section MX
Klok-Lermann
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
During the semester
3
Polymer chemistry and macromolecular engineering
MSE-437 / Section MX
Klok
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Principles and applications of systems biology (pas donné en 2022-23)
ChE-411 / Section CGC
EN
2h
1h
-
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
3
Process intensification and green chemistry
ChE-408 / Section CGC
Randall
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
3
Risk management
ENG-430 / Section CGC
Meyer
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
During the semester
2
Selected topics in life sciences
BIOENG-430 / Section SV
Lashuel
EN
2h
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
Written
3
Solid state chemistry and energy applications
CH-450 / Section CGC
Queen
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
-
Summer session
Oral
3
Synthetic biology
BIOENG-320 / Section SV
Aye, Barth, Hatzimanikatis
EN
-
-
-
2h
2h
-
Summer session
Written
4
Thermodynamics of energy conversion and storage
ChE-414 / Section CGC
Züttel
EN
-
-
-
2h
1h
-
Summer session
Written
3

Block 3

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Chemical engineering lab & project
ChE-409 / Section CGC
Luterbacher
EN
-
-
-
-
-
4h
Summer session
During the semester
4
Chemical engineering product design
ChE-413 / Section CGC
Sivula
EN
-
-
4h
-
-
-
Winter session
During the semester
4
Process development
ChE-459 / Section CGC
Maréchal, Sharma
EN
-
-
-
2h
-
6h
Summer session
During the semester
8
HSS : Introduction to project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winter session
3
HSS : Project
/ Section SHS
Divers enseignants
FR/EN
-
-
-
-
-
-
Summer session
3

Intern ship

Courses
Language
Master 1
l
e
p
Master 2
l
e
p
Specialisations/Orientations
Exam
Credits
Engineering internship (Master in Chemical engineering and Biotechnology) (Internship of minimum 17 weeks as from the 3rd Master semester. Registration through the internship portal)
ChE-596 / Section CGC
Profs divers
FR
-
-
680h
-
-
680h
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
30