ACADEMIC CONTENT

There is an increasing need for chemical engineers who understand complicated chemical and biochemical processes, and are capable of creative and innovative thinking when developing technologies and products. Chemical engineers are essential to achieve the sustainability goals as formulated by the UN. The skills and competences of chemical engineers are needed to provide safe drinking water, produce and store clean and renewable energy, provide abundant food and health for the growing population on Earth, reuse our resources and change society from being based on crude oil to renewable biomass.

Studying Chemical Engineering at AAU Esbjerg, will help you become a highly skilled technical expert, and you will learn to consider the importance of economic and environmental aspects. You will learn to work, collaborate and navigate in an international academic environment, often in close collaboration with industry.

The program gives you the skill set for working in a globalized world and prepares you for life after graduation. You will gain knowledge about the chemical industry and consultancy and how it is organized and operates. In well-equipped laboratories you will be able to tests your ideas and concepts and you will learn to develop mathematical models of the processes you are investigating and to apply different types of software for simulation and optimization.

Find out more about the programme in the AAU study guide