Master's Degree in Green Chemistry

The Master's Degree in Green Chemistryaims to enable students to develop new chemical processes that are efficient and economically viable, and that are carried out in an environmentally friendly manner. This will facilitate minimizing the consumption of energy and raw materials and reducing the risks associated with the production, handling and use of chemicals necessary for our current way of life.

This master's degree is a national benchmark in the fields of Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis processes . One of the most important catalyst research institutes in Europe, the Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC) .actively participates in this master's degree and allows students to do the Final Master's Dissertation in its facilities, under the supervision of one of its researchers.

Inter-university Master's Degree. . The Master's Degree in Sustainable Chemistry is an interuniversity master's degree, in which the following universities take part: the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (UJI) and the Universidad de Extremadura (UEx).

Type of teaching: campus-based

1. Understanding the principles of sustainable chemistry and applying them to industrial chemical processes

2.Knowing the tools and areas of work of sustainable chemistry, which include the following:

3. Recognizing toxicity/danger as a physical/structural property that can be designed and manipulated.

4. Knowing and assessing examples of industrial processes in which the principles of sustainable chemistry are met.

5. Becoming acquainted with the current green chemistry trends in order to perform a critical analysis on the degree of compliance of the assumptions of sustainable chemistry in an industrial process.

When completing the studies of the Master's Programme, students must possess advanced knowledge of the general concepts mentioned above, as well as the main techniques and methodologies involved.

Teaching is carried out with a mixed system of in-campus lectures and experimental work. Lectures will take place between October and June with subjects taught throughout the academic year (lectures from 5.30 h to 19.30 h) and with two other intensive teaching periods (in November and in January) with a duration of three weeks each with morning and evening lecturers in the programme's common venues (Castelló in November and València in January). Students must enrol in 42 credits between the following subjects:

Standard period subjects taught at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV):

Intensive 3-week period in November, taught at the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (UJI):

Intensive 3-week period in January, taught at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV):

Note. Students must take at least 24 credits of the common subjects, that is, of the subjects taught in the different universities, to acquire the competencies of the master's degree.

Master's thesis. Preferably, the master's thesis (18 credits) must be a research-based thesis, and can be carried out at the facilities of the Institute of Chemical Technology, under the supervision of one of its members. The content of the work must be experimental, as it corresponds to the practical part of the master's degree.

Focus. The master's degree is focused on research.

Career opportunities. The master's degree provides the student with the necessary resources to be able to join the sector in multiple activities in which knowledge of the properties and applications of sustainable chemistry is necessary, such as the following:

Further training. This master's degree gives its holders access to the doctoral programme in Sustainable Chemistry of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).

The entity responsible for the degree at the Universitat Politècnica de València is the Chemical Technology University Institute (UPV-CSIC).

For additional information. Please contact the academic director of the master's: Eduardo Palomares