Curriculum Structure

Master's Program

The student must necessarily take courses in the semester of their enrollment in the program.

The student must complete a minimum of 50 (fifty) credits in courses listed on the PPGEQ website, as described in the following sections:

30 (thirty) credits in core courses, chosen by the student and their advisor;
10 (ten) credits in elective courses in their field;
10 (ten) credits in complementary courses.

Note: It is recommended that the course ENQ 350 - Fundamentals of Chemical Processes be taken, as advised by the student’s supervisor, only if the student has not graduated in chemical engineering or a related field.

For more information, refer to the PPGEQ’s Supplementary Rules (Administrative Act PPGEQ No. 11). Click here (internal link in portuguese)

Doctoral Program

The student must complete a minimum of 70 (seventy) credits in courses listed on the PPGEQ website, as described in the following sections:

30 (thirty) credits in core courses, chosen by the student and their advisor;
20 (twenty) credits in elective courses in their field;
20 (twenty) credits in complementary courses.

The credit requirements for doctoral students who complete part of their studies at other institutions, either domestically or abroad, through a sandwich scholarship or other exchange and cooperation agreements, must adhere to the deadlines established in the Internal Regulations.

Note: It is recommended that the course ENQ 350 - Fundamentals of Chemical Processes be taken, as advised by the student’s supervisor, only if the student has not graduated with a degree or master's in chemical engineering or a related field.

For more information, refer to the PPGEQ’s Supplementary Rules (Administrative Act PPGEQ No. 11). Click here (internal link in portuguese).

Notes:

- All regular students entering PPGEQ must participate in the Laboratory Safety Week. Doctoral students who completed their master’s at PPGEQ must participate again when starting their doctoral studies. The Safety Week is a mandatory activity for students to access research laboratories. Proof of participation is required for students to schedule their qualification exams.
- Doctoral scholarship holders from the PROEX/CAPES program must complete at least one semester of teaching internship by enrolling in the course ENQ-052 - Supervised Teaching Internship 1 - Chemical Engineering, and in ENQ-063 - Supervised Teaching Internship 2 - Chemical Engineering, if the student wishes to complete a second semester of teaching.

Syllabi, Credit Numbers, and Course Load

Core Courses for Master's and Doctoral Programs

ENQ-150 - Applied Chemical Thermodynamics
ENQ-250 - Transport Phenomena
ENQ-350 - Fundamentals of Chemical Processes
ENQ-450 - Applied Kinetics and Chemical Reactors
ENQ-550 - Mathematical and Computational Methods Applied to Chemical Engineering

Note: It is recommended that ENQ-350 - Fundamentals of Chemical Processes, be taken, as advised by the student’s supervisor, only if the student has not graduated in Chemical Engineering or a related field.

Teaching Internship Courses - PROEX/CAPES Doctoral Scholarship Holders

ENQ-052 - Supervised Teaching Internship 1 - Chemical Engineering
ENQ-053 - Supervised Teaching Internship 2 - Chemical Engineering

Complementary Courses for the Doctoral Program

ENQ-063 - Methodologies for the Preparation of Scientific Papers

ENQ-065 - Thesis Project in Chemical Engineering

Complementary Courses for the Master's Program

ENQ-050 - Chemical Engineering Seminars
ENQ-051 - Dissertation Project in Chemical Engineering

Elective Courses by Research Area for Master's and Doctoral Programs

Research Area 1 - Particulate Systems

Representative: Prof. Thiago Faggion de Pádua (padua@ufscar.br)
ENQ-253 - Particulate Systems
ENQ-254 - Special Topics in Particulate Systems
ENQ-255 - Separation Processes in Porous Media
ENQ-256 - Drying
ENQ-257 - Heat and Mass Transfer
ENQ-260 - Electrochemical Engineering
ENQ-262 - Semiconductor Development: Fundamentals and Photocatalytic Applications

Research Area 2 - Heterogeneous Chemical Reactors and Catalysis

Representative: Prof. Janaina Fernandes Gomes (janainafg@ufscar.br)
ENQ-062 - Methodologies for Quality Analysis and Control of Ethanol and Biodiesel
ENQ-452 - Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis
ENQ-453 - Micro- and Mesoporous Solids
ENQ-454 - Special Topics in Heterogeneous Catalysis I
ENQ-455 - Combinatorial Experimentation: Principles, Technologies, and Data Processing in Catalysis
ENQ-456 - Special Topics in Heterogeneous Catalysis III
ENQ-459 - Special Topics in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Green Chemistry and Catalysis
ENQ-460 - Introduction to Biofuel Technology
ENQ-461 - Special Topics in Biofuel Production via Heterogeneous Catalysis
ENQ-462 - Special Topics in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Petroleum Refining and Environmental Control
ENQ-463 - Transport Processes with Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions and "In Situ" Surface Characterization of Catalysts
ENQ-464 - Catalyst Characterization Using High-Resolution Spectroscopic Methods

Research Area 3 - Biochemical Engineering

Representative: Prof. Adilson José da Silva (adilsonjs@ufscar.br)
ENQ-067 - Packaging and Food Stability
ENQ-751 - Biochemical Reactors
ENQ-752 - Special Topics in Biochemical Engineering
ENQ-754 - Special Topics in Biochemical Engineering 2
ENQ-755 - High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Techniques for Biocompound Detection
ENQ-757 - Systems Biology
ENQ-758 - Special Topics in Biofuel Production - Biochemical Routes

Research Area 4 - Environmental Control

Representative: Prof. Mônica Lopes Aguiar (mlaguiar@ufscar.br)
ENQ-064 - Statistics and Experimental Design Applied to the Environment and Biotechnology
ENQ-851 - Environmental Control
ENQ-852 - Gas Cleaning
ENQ-853 - Treatment of Toxic Gases
ENQ-855 - Applied Chemistry for Pollution Control
ENQ-856 - Aerosol Flow
ENQ-858 - Special Topics in Environmental Control: Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Gas Cleaning Equipment Simulation
ENQ-859 - Special Topics in Liquid Waste Treatment
ENQ-860 - Statistics and Experimental Design Applied to the Environment
ENQ-861 - Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
ENQ-862 - Special Topics in Environmental Control: Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Cyclone Performance Simulation
ENQ-863 - Special Topics in Environmental Control: Turbulence Modeling and Applications

Research Area 5 - Simulation and Control of Chemical Processes

Representative: Prof. Felipe Fernando Furlan (furlan@ufscar.br)
ENQ-061 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering 1
ENQ-551 - Numerical Analysis in Chemical Engineering
ENQ-552 - Topics in Nonlinear Analysis and Process Simulation
ENQ-554 - Topics in Chemical Process Control
ENQ-555 - Nonlinear Systems Identification
ENQ-557 - Bioprocess and Systems Engineering
ENQ-558 - Process Optimization

Research Area 6 - Thermodynamics and Separation Processes

Representative: Prof. João Paulo Silva Queiroz (joao.psqueiroz@ufscar.br)
ENQ-651 - Industrial Crystallization and Precipitation
ENQ-652 - Design of Industrial Crystallizers