Area
Engineering and Technology
Sub-Discipline
Chemical engineering
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (San Joaquín Campus)
- City: Macul,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The objective of the Doctoral Program in Engineering Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses area, is to train researchers with a solid scientific-technological orientation, capable of conducting research in an original and independent way on the frontier of knowledge, to contribute to scientific development- technology in the areas of biotechnology, food and chemical and environmental processes.
During the investigation, students must make new contributions to knowledge, training for their subsequent performance as a researcher with creativity, leadership and originality. The ultimate basis for the award of a doctorate degree is the candidate's developed ability to master a broad field of study and his or her ability to do research independently.
Applicant Profile
Be in possession of the academic degree of bachelor and / or master's degree granted by Chilean universities.
In case of having foreign academic degrees, these must be equivalent to the previous ones
mentioned. Also have knowledge of the English language, sufficient to understand it in written form, which allows them to read articles, books and access international documents and databases in
effective way.
Graduate profile
The granting of the academic degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences requires demonstrating mastery of the study area and the ability to carry out research independently, making an original contribution to knowledge in the area of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses.
During their doctoral training, students acquire skills to face scientific and technological problems in a creative and efficient way and that, due to their diverse nature, require complementing solid theoretical and conceptual bases, with the application of relevant analysis methodologies and techniques in some of the three lines of research of the Program.
Lines of investigation
Biotechnology
It focuses on the study of two large sublines. The first is on metabolic engineering, and the second is on biotechnology at the cellular level, which includes genomics, microbiome, tissue engineering, and synthetic biology.
Food Engineering
It focuses on the study of food from the perspective of technology and engineering, with attention to opportunities and innovative developments in rational food design and its microstructure, effects on microbiological and chemical safety, the use of indigenous raw materials, and the analysis and modeling of emerging technologies.
Dynamics and Modeling of Chemical and Environmental Processes
It focuses on the study of industrial chemical processes.