Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Biochemical Engineering Technology.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

This master's programme brings students to the advanced level of knowledge and skills that is associated with scientific work in the broad sense, and more particularly to those areas of the engineering sciences that are related to biochemistry. The programme seeks to offer a broad academic training in biochemistry and biochemical technology, with a distinct emphasis on production, quality management and research in the food industry and related sectors.

Degree holders are able to apply the acquired scientific knowledge independently in a broad social context. Furthermore, they have the necessary organisational skills to hold executive positions.

The programme-specific learning outcomes are:

Knowledge and comprehension (MK)
MK1  Scientific-disciplinary knowledge and comprehension in the field of Engineering Technology
MK2  Gaining in-depth knowledge and comprehension in at least one of the following disciplines in Biochemical Engineering Technology: malting and brewing technology, meat technology, fermentation technology, medical bioengineering, molecular biology and ecology, molecular diagnostics, enzyme technology

Engineering skills (MI)
MI1  Problem analysis and solving
MI2  Design and/or development
MI3  Application-oriented research
MI4  Ethical behaviour
MI5  Entrepreneurship

Practical skills (MP)
MP1  To make operational

Generic skills (MG)
MG1  Information gathering and processing
MG2  Communication with engineers and non-engineers
MG3  Critical thinking
MG4  Working in a team in different roles
MG5  Professionalism

The programme also stimulates and strives for students to obtain the following personal development aspects:

• MI4_V Social responsibility
• MG3_V Self-regulation
• MG4_V Cooperative attitude

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_MA_Engineering Technology_Biochemical.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA-report_MA_ET_Biochemical Engineering Technology.pdf

COBRA 2015-2019
COBRA-report_2019_MA_Biochemical Engineering Technology.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
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