Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries Bioengineering

The training meets the objectives set by the society, evolving and lead by the ever wideningrange of bioengineering applications. The studies take their roots in the domains of environment management, agro-ecosystems and all the industrial activities based on living beings.

The deeply multidisciplinary training helps the student to develop his creativity and his versatility in order to be functional in the various domains of engineering and biological sciences.

The Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries covers specialized fields such as: biotechnology, processes, genetics, cellular biology, food industry and bioinformatics. The following skills development and improvement are targeted:

• Design innovative scientific and technological solutions
• Manage and assume the responsibility of scientific research in the domains of chemistry and bio-industries
• Measure, analyze and make a diagnosis in the framework of complex engineering problematic in order to implement operational and sustainable solutions.
• Stimulate the development of the student personality (their ethic commitment) and their preparation to a responsible citizenship, particularly by allowing them to integrate the decision-making processes of the institution and of the school of bioengineering.

The program, divided in mandatory courses, elective courses and internship, offers varied teaching methods: from lecture to exercise and practical in laboratories or personal work in the framework of projects.

During the block 1 of the Master, half the teaching is allocated to exercises, practical, visits, personal work while the other half is dedicated to lectures.

During the block 2 of the Master, emphasis is put on the master thesis (25 ECTS), which is a long duration thorough research work and on a 12 weeks internship. These two works represent together close to 60% of the final year.

The studies leading to the academic degree of Master in Bioengineering ensure the student of a versatility based on the acquisition of general scientific bases associated with the learning of engineering techniques. This versatility favors the development of an integration and interaction capability for a global approach of the problems and coming from a care of the sustainability of the realized solutions.

The Masters in bioengineering deliver, on top of this general versatile training, a more specific training that are translated in 3 major orientations, corresponding to the main domains of bioengineers activity, namely, chemical and bio-industries, environment science and technology, and agronomic science.

Bioengineers student at ULB benefits from a unique interfaculty environment, in a multidisciplinary university in the capital of Europe, close to the European Institutions.

The combination of the teachings from the Science Faculty and from the Brussels Polytechnic School is a major asset to strengthen the multidisciplinarity of the training.
The teachings in this Master are based on cutting edge research in the different laboratories of the EIB and some laboratories of the Science Faculty and of the Brussels Polytechnic School. It also relies on some internationally-renowned research institutes as Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology (IRIBHM) from Faculty of Sciences and Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine (IBMM) from Faculty of Medecine.

The Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries is a EUR-ACE ® labelled programme, like all the EIB Masters. Awarded by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), the European label EUR-ACE ® attests the quality of teaching and management of the establishment. It is awarded to engineering schools that meet the quality criteria of the specific EUR-ACE® Framework Standards & Guidelines (EAFSG). It promotes the mobility of students between certified institutions and the professional integration of graduates in Belgium and abroad.