Sustainable Chemistry and Technology for Circular Economy, MSc, University of Padua

Italy

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
MSc	Full-time	2 years	October	-	EUR 2739 per year

About Sustainable Chemistry and Technology for Circular Economy, MSc - at University of Padua

The Master’s degree provides an extensive and highly interdisciplinary training programme for professionals to be employed in companies or public bodies applying a circular economy model to production and services. Students will be trained on the whole value chain underlying a circular economy model, though a strong focus will be given chiefly to techno-scientific skills and competences.

Programme structure

1st year (60 ECTS): Green Chemistry; Thermodynamics and catalysis for circular economy (Part 1: Thermodynamics of processes and materials; Part 2: Catalysis for circular economy); Operations &Supply Chain Management; Renewable energy technologies; Environmental European Law; Water resources management in the circular economy; Economics for the Circular Economy; Circular and sustainable waste management

Starting from the 2nd year, each student can opt for one of the following study tracks:

1 – Resources and product design and recycling

Materials design & selection for circular economy; Sustainable materials and recycling for circular economy (Part 1: Sustainable mineral (geo)-resources and critical raw materials (CRM); Part 2: New plastics economy: polymers, biopolymers and their recycling; Part 3: Recycling and transformation of inorganic materials); Circularity in biomass productions; 2 optional courses chosen by the student.

2 – Energy conversion and storage

Biorefineries and sustainable energy production and storage for circular economy; Sustainability strategies and energy economics (Part 1: Sustainability strategies and Innovation management for Circular economy; Part 2: Energy Economics); Life Cycle Assessment; 2 optional courses chosen by the student.

List of optional courses (two should be chosen):

- Advanced methods for sustainable processes and products
- Synthetic biotechnology
- Health and environment in circular economy
- Innovative hybrid energy and energy storage solutions for the sustainable development
- Circularity in biomass productions (optional only for the study track 2 – Energy conversion and storage)
- Life Cycle Assessment (optional only for the study track 1 – Resources and product design and recycling)
- Psychology, policy making, and education to a circular economy
- Understanding statistics of circular economy

Career opportunities

Graduates work in product design and development, as R&D managers, raw materials supply and logistics managers, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) managers, sustainability reporting managers, Circular Economy managers responsible for communicating with all branches of the company and merging together all parts of the value
chain (resource purchase and supply, product design and production, recycling, waste management, logistics), as well as professional consultants.

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Notes about fees for this course

Our tuition fees will not exceed 3000 euros per year. Scholarship and fee waivers are available for international students, for more information visit our website: Scholarships | Università di Padova (unipd.it)

Entry requirements

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent)

A minimum three-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry or related fields (e.g. Chemical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering), with proven skills in Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Thermodynamics; Biochemistry.
Additional entry requirements – Entry title and GPA
Please verify country-based specific entry title and GPA requirements at the following link.

The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian.

You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university.

If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

English B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent

Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

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