Master's Degree in Fine Chemistry and Polymers

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The most outstanding characteristics of the Master’s Degree in Fine Chemistry and Polymers are the following:

• This master’s degree is fully funded by the collaborating chemical companies. For this reason, tuition is free for all admitted students. In addition, students receive, along the two years, a monthly financial support from the company for a total of € 22,200.
• Two-year programme, starting every January. The first three months correspond to intensive theoretical and practical education at the university, followed by 21 months of full-time internship in a company. The official language of the programme is Spanish.
• The selection process is based on the merit assessment, as well as in the motivation, initiative and attitudes shown in the interviews that the candidates carry out with the programme’s Coordination and with the participating companies.
• The master’s degree is compatible with the official master’s degree of the Department of Chemistry at UAB, which grants access to PhD studies.
• The programme has shown to provide graduates with excellent job opportunities, as well as facilitating the grant of scholarships for doctoral studies to those students who choose the academic career.

Career opportunities

Careers in any national or multinational company in the fine chemicals or polymers sector.

Internships

This Master's degree includes 81 ECTS credits for professional placements in a collaborating company, apart from the 15 credits for the Master's dissertation.

In total these 96 credits correspond to 2400 hours in the collaborating company (approximately equivalent to 21 months based on a standard working day) under the supervision of a qualified person who is the tutor.

The objective of this long professional placement is to enable students to acquire broad experimental experience of the fine chemical or polymer industry, and fully prepare them for entry into the labour market.

Scholarships and financial aid

The total amount of the enrolment fees (7,920 euros) is assumed by the collaborating company that has selected the student. Additionally, admitted students will receive from the company a bag of 300 euros/month during the first three months of theoretical classes, 900 euros/month gross during the next nine months of internship in the company and 1,100 euros/month gross during the whole second year of the internship.

Coordinating centres

Departamento de Química

Collaborating centres

Henkel
Cuantum
Cuantum
Moehs
Moehs
Lubrizol
Lubrizol
KAO Corporation
KAO Corporation
Lucta
Lucta
Provital
Provital
Honeywell
Honeywell
Institut d'Investigació Textil (UPC)
Institut d'Investigació Textil (UPC)
Almirall
Almirall
Menarini
Menarini
Henkel
Afinitica
Afinitica

Contact

Ona Illa Soler

Phone: 93 581 48 84

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