Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

The Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry addresses the following general objectives:

• To instil and consolidate interest in learning about chemistry.
• To provide a broad and solid base of chemical knowledge, and practical skills that can be applied to solving problems of chemistry.
• To provide the tools and means to facilitate the acquisition of valuable skills in any field of science.
• To provide fundamental knowledge and skills to enable further study, in both specialized and multidisciplinary areas.
• To develop the capacity to assess the importance of chemistry in industrial, economic, environmental and social contexts.
   

Competences

Basic competences

• Commitment to ethical practice.
• Capacity for learning and responsibility.
• Team work.
• Creative and entrepreneurial skills.
• Sustainability.
• Communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Decision-making skills.
• Organizational and planning skills.
• Capacity for analysis and synthesis.

Specific competences

• Capacity to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic aspects of chemistry.
• Capacity to communicate, differentiate and recognize the behaviour of chemical elements and compounds and to predict their properties, structure and reactivity.
• Capacity to handle chemicals safely and to assess the risks in using them, as well as those inherent in laboratory procedures and in the industry.
• Capacity to perform standard laboratory procedures involved in synthesis and analytical work relating to chemical systems.
• Capacity to recognize and analyse new problems, both qualitative and quantitative, and to propose strategies for solving them.
• Capacity to evaluate, interpret and synthesize chemical data and information.
• Capacity to design and implement projects in the general field of chemistry.
• Capacity to learn and understand the theory behind the main industrial processes and the most significant materials in each case.
   

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Candidates to the Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry should have completed a secondary school qualification (baccalaureate or equivalent) including the subject of chemistry. Ideally, to ensure better assimilation, a good level of chemistry, physics and mathematics, manual dexterity for manipulating laboratory equipment, and basic knowledge of English and computers is recommended.

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid
  
  

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Pathways and specializations

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

Placements

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

Graduates of the Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry can fulfil professional roles in a wide range of areas:

• Companies and research laboratories whose work involves the synthesis of new compounds or the development of new processes.
• Laboratories which undertake the analysis of any type of substance (including clinical analysis).
• Companies engaged in the design and engineering of chemical processes, in arbitration and appraisal, or in the monitoring and development of standards and specifications for both processes and products.
• Education, having supplemented these studies with a professional master's degree in Secondary Education.

Access to the labour market

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