Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering (, ) is a part of the

Aalto University Aalto University (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economic ...

and one of the four new schools of technology established from the former

Aalto University School of Science and Technology Aalto University (; ) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the Univers ...

on 1 January 2011. The new schools continue to offer education and research that promotes advances in

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and

technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

. The school teaches and researches sustainable processing and use of

natural resource Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. ...

energy technologies Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from Natural resource, natural resources. These activities include the production of Renewable energy, renewable, nuclear power, nuclear, and fossil fuel derive ...

, and new

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s, and focuses on the development of environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient processes for the refining of wood, other bio-masses, and inorganic

raw material A raw material, also known as a feedstock, unprocessed material, or primary commodity, is a basic material that is used to produce goods, finished goods, energy, or intermediate materials/Intermediate goods that are feedstock for future finished ...

s. Additionally, the School develops

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and their applications based on these raw materials.http://chem.aalto.fi/en/research/ Research in Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering The School of Chemical Engineering combines natural sciences and engineering in a unique way. This allows the results of research to be refined a long way and put into practice as ready products and processes. Each innovation secures both our renewable and non-renewable natural resources for the future.

Organization and units

Departments

* Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems * Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering * Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

Other units

* Bioeconomy Infrastructure * RawMatTERS Finland Infrastructure (RAMI)

Studies

The studies and research at the School of Chemical Engineering focus on: forest industry technology, chemical engineering, industrial biotechnology, materials science and nanotechnology, metal and mineral processing and energy technology. The school offers university degrees in chemical engineering at the bachelor's, master's, licentiate, and doctoral levels.

Bachelor's programmes

Bachelor's programmes can be studied at the Aalto university School of Chemical Engineering in English and Finnish.

Bachelors Programme in Finnish

Further information about the Finnish language Bachelor's Programme can be found here https://www.aalto.fi/en/study-options/kemian-tekniikka-tekniikan-kandidaatti-ja-diplomi-insinoori

Master’s Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering

The Master’s Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering has seven majors. When you apply to the Master’s Programme, you apply to one of the majors below: * Biomass refining * Biotechnology * Chemical and Process Engineering * Chemistry * Fibre and Polymer Engineering * Functional Materials * Sustainable Metals Processing In all majors in the Master’s Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering the language of instruction is English. It is also possible to complete some courses in Finnish or Swedish. You can also accomplish a Master's Degree in a Joint Aalto Master’s Programmes where more than one school is involved or in a Joint international Master's Programme with a European partner university.

Aalto Doctoral Programme in Chemical Engineering

Further information here: https://www.aalto.fi/en/study-options/aalto-doctoral-programme-in-chemical-engineering

History

Notable alumni

References

External links

Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Official Page
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