MSc in chemical and biochemical engineering

Success conditionsInternship

MinorMaster project

Curriculum of MSc

Semesters 1 & 2

Industrial internship

AcademicMSc thesis

Academic minor

IndustrialMSc thesis

60 credits 30 credits 30 credits

MSc cycle in 90 credits

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Study planLes enseignants sont

Langue Codes Matières indiqués sous réserve M1 M2 Créditsde modification

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Bloc 1 : 19Management

ENG-434 Management of industrial production Ramambason O. 2 2 sem AENG-430 Risk management Meyer Th. 2 2 Eté oral

Chemical engineeringChE-402 Advanced diffusional separation processes Randall H. 2 1 3 sem PChE-403 Chemical engineering of heterogenous reactions Kiwi L. 2 1 3 Hiver écritChE-401 Equilibrium-stage separation processes Randall H. 2 1 3 sem A

Processes and technologyChE-451-452 Process development I, II Zaza Ph. 2 2 4 Eté oralENG-431 Safety of chemical processes Stoessel F. 2 2 Eté oral

Semestres

automne printemps

Examen: session et type

Bloc 2 : (2 ou 3 modules pour 18 crédits et le module libre pour 6 crédits) 24

ModulesBiochemical engineering

BIOENG-442 Biomaterials Lutolf M. 2 1 3 Eté écritChE-411 Principles and applications of systems biology Hatzimanikatis V. 2 1 3 sem A

BiotechnologyBIOENG-433 Biotechnology lab (pour CGC) Hacker D. 6 4 sem PBIOENG-430 Introduction to cellular & molecular biotechnology Zufferey R. 2 2 Hiver écritCH-413 Nanobiotechnology and biophysics Fierz B. 2 1 3 Eté écritBIOENG-437 Pharmaceutical biotechnology Wurm F. / Hacker 2 1 3 Hiver écrit

Polymer sciencesCH-437 Polymer chemistry and macromolecular engineering Klok H.-A. 2 1 3 Hiver écritMSE-431 Polymer physical chemistry and materials properties Klok E. 2 1 3 Eté écrit

Energy and environment ChE-407 Electrochemical engineering Comninellis C./ Foti. G. 2 1 3 sem PChE-404 Environment chemical and biological technology Pulgarin C. 2 1 3 sem P

Green chemical engineeringChE-406 Chemical processes of sustainable and renewable energy Thampi R. 2 1 3 Hiver écritChE-408 Eco-friendly production and process intensification Renken A. 2 1 3 Eté écrit

Food scienceENG-433 Chimie des denrées alimentaires Richard C. 2 2 Hiver écritENG-435 Chemistry of food processes Blank I. 2 2 Eté écritENG-436 Food biotechnology Hansen K. 2 2 Été écrit

Module libre (6 crédits à choix) 6ChE-421 Advanced principles and applications of systems biology Hatzimanikatis/ Miskovic 2 2 3 sem PChE-437 Bioprocesses and downstream processing Crelier/ Zinn/ Eyer 4 4 Eté écritChE-405 Catalysis for emission control and energy processes Kröcher O. 2 2 Eté oralCH-421 Catalysis for energy storage Hu X. 2 2 Hiver écritME-454 Modelling and optimization of energy systems Maréchal F. 2 2 4 Eté oralMSE-486 Organic electronic materials Sforazzini 2 1 3 Eté écrit

Energy system engineering

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Bloc 3 : "Laboratory & Projects" 17Chemical engineering lab & project Kiwi L. 8 5 sem AProcess development project Zaza Ph. 6 6 sem PSHS : introduction au projet Divers 1 2 1 2 6 sem ASHS : projet Divers 3 3 sem P

Groupe 4Stage id'ingénieur en Génie chimique * 304 à 6 mois

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MSc thesis versus Internship

Internship

• Under the responsibility of the industrial partner

• Integration in a team

• Industrial project

• Confidentiality

• Internal research report

• Internal oral presentation

• No grade

MSc thesis• Under the responsibility of a EPFL Prof. or MER

• Personal research

• Original work

• Publishable

• MSc thesis

• Thesis defense

• Jury gives a grade

Industrial internship

Your coach: Catherine Marselli

Information session: September 22nd

Time: 15:15 – 16:00

Room: MA A3 31

Minor

Possibility to attend a minor instead of an industrial internship

Organisation: in parallel or after the curriculum of our MSc, the student attends courses of an EPFL's Minor

Completion: at least 30 credits

Minor proposals : http://sac.epfl.ch/page35359-en.html

Minor Selection

Your choice of minor must be valided by our section + the section offering the minor

Application & Registration :• Now: registration on IS-Academia for courses attending in

Automn 2015• October 15th: Minor choice announcement to the Section

(enrolment form in Intership vs Minor)• End of December: official registration on IS-Academia (end of Fall semester)

Consequences for the MSc thesis

If an industrial internship is completed, the Master thesis must be done in academia (EPFL or in an University abroad).

If a minor is completed, the Master thesis must be done in industry.

The 90 credits (Master cycle including Internship or Minor) must be obtained before starting the Master thesis. ie. for most of you MSc thesis is scheduled for Spring 2016

An information about the Master thesis will be given next semester.

Studies commitments

To complete successfully your MSc, you have to :

Get at least the 60 credits of the curriculum Pass your internship or minor (30 credits) Pass your MSc thesis (30 credits)

Each course is subject to an examination (oral, written or continous) The credits related to a specific course are gained with a sufficient

score (4.0) or more (up to 6) Courses are placed together in blocs (blocs 1, 2 and 3) Sufficient average bloc's score leads to the attribution of the whole

credits of the bloc: Σ(individual scores X credits) / Σ credits 4.00

Studies commitments

The final MSc score is calculated in the following manner:a) MSc with internship

Curriculum's exams: Average score 1 60 cred.Internship: (pass or fail) no score 30 cred.

MSc cycle score = average score 1

Final score = (MSc cycle score x 90 + MSc thesis x 30) / 120

Studies commitments

The final MSc score is calculated in the following manner:b) MSc with minor

Curriculum's exams: Average score 1 60 cred.Minor: Average score 2 30 cred.

MSc cycle score =

(average score 1 x 60 + average score 2 x 30) / 90

Final score = (MSc cycle score x 90 + MSc thesis x 30) / 120