Bachelor in Chemical Engineering

There are many challenges in the modern society: we need efficient and clean technologies for energy production, advanced materials, better medicines, efficient food production techniques, a clean environment, a better utilization of the natural resources. All these challenges have a common denominator: they involve chemical processes. Thus, the modern society needs the "engineers of chemistry", and this is why chemical engineering and chemical engineers provide the leading-edge solutions to the society’s requirements. Chemical engineering is focused on the chemical-physical transformation processes of materials, with the objective of producing goods, providing services and preventing, mitigating or removing pollutants. Chemical engineers make use of chemistry, physics and mathematics to describe the chemical processes from the molecular level to the macroscale (chemical plant), and to design, operate, and control all processes that produce and/or transform materials and energy.

The Polytechnic is a public scientific and technological university that trains engineers, architects, and designers. It has always focused on quality and innovation in teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with the economic and productive reality through experimental research and technology transfer. It also aims to be a solid, recognizable, and reliable reference point for sustainable development in Italy and in Europe.

Research is increasingly linked to teaching and constitutes a priority commitment that allows the Polytechnic of Milan to achieve high-level international results and to facilitate the meeting between the university and the business world. Research activities also represent a parallel path to cooperation and alliances with the industrial system.

Understanding the world in which one will operate is an essential requirement for student training. Engaging with the needs of the productive, industrial, and public administration sectors helps research to explore new grounds and to confront the necessity of constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, often fostered by the Polytechnic Foundation and consortia involving the Polytechnic, allows the university to support the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to stimulate their development.

The challenge being faced today projects this tradition of strong territorial roots beyond the country's borders, in a dialogue that develops primarily at the European level with the aim of contributing to the creation of a "single market" for education. The Polytechnic participates in numerous research and training projects collaborating with the most qualified European and international universities, from North America to Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe. Today, the push for internationalization sees the Polytechnic of Milan participating in the European and global network of leading technical universities and offering numerous exchange programs and dual degree opportunities, as well as various study courses entirely in English.