Program Overview

Chemical Engineering Program

The Chemical Engineering program at Sapienza University of Rome aims to provide students with a solid foundation in the sciences and engineering principles. The program's educational objectives are:

• to provide a solid preparation in the basic sciences (mathematics, physics, and chemistry) and in the general sciences of engineering (electrical engineering, machines, materials, and construction science) that enables graduates to interact with other specialists;
• to understand the thermodynamic principles, unit operations, and reactive systems, as well as the aspects related to plant design, aimed at managing chemical-physical transformations of materials, through the knowledge and ability to select process types, operating conditions, and equipment in which to realize them.

Program Structure

The Chemical Engineering program is a three-year course with a single curriculum. The first year focuses on basic training activities, aimed at acquiring knowledge and methodologies in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. These activities are completed by the end of the second year.

In the second year, the program focuses on characterizing and integrative activities, aimed at acquiring the theoretical foundations and key concepts of chemical engineering and industrial engineering. These include:

• knowledge of organic industrial chemistry
• knowledge of the characteristics and uses of materials and water used in processes
• theoretical and methodological aspects of thermodynamics
• technical foundations of structure design and the use of electrical energy and thermal machines
• foundations of data analysis, material transport, heat, and momentum, as well as separation operations and equipment and plants where they are realized
• knowledge of the most important chemical processes

The program also includes elective courses, where students can deepen their knowledge of specific topics, including computer science and English language courses. The Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering offers English language courses at various levels, taught by native speakers, to enable students to improve their language skills, particularly in the technical field.

Final Examination

The program concludes with a final examination, which consists of the preparation and presentation of a paper on topics related to the course of study. While there are no professionalizing practical activities, it is possible to associate the final examination activities with an internship at companies or research institutions.

Teaching Methods

For each course, there are frontal lessons, possibly accompanied by exercises, laboratories, group work, and other activities that the teacher deems useful for teaching. The learning verification takes place normally through an exam that can include written, oral, and/or practical tests according to modalities defined by the teacher and indicated in the course program. For some activities, there is no exam but a judgment of suitability; in this case, the verification methods are also defined by the teacher.