International MSc in Chemical Engineering?

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International MSc in Chemical Engineering?

• Background
• Continuing crisis in student recruitment
• Desire to provide an international option, more
  international collaboration, exchange
• Benefit from quota-programme
• Solution?
• International MSc-programme in Chemical
  Engineering
• 2 year programme (120 credits), with 1 term
  diploma-dissertation parallell to exisisting
  programme
• Today about 10 such programmes at NTNU
• Issues
• Can we improve numbers/recruitment by going
  international?
• Can we compete internationally?
• Can we get good students this way
• Will we hurt/damage the existing programme?

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Key questions 1Structure of programme

• Across the entire department?
• As the 5 year programme
• Only selected topics/directions (with market
  power)?
• E.g.
• Pulp paper
• Oil production and processing
• ..
• Example Dep. of Material Technology
• Only one spcialized programme. Int. MSc in light
  metals production

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Key questions 2Language

• All teaching will have to be in English year 4
  5
• What about year 3 (and even 2 )?
• Some students may need 1 or more of e.g.
• Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Separation Technology
• Colloid and Surface Chemistry
• Separate courses in English for these students,
  or strict admission requirements?

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Key questions 3Admission requirements

• BSc Chemical Engineering or similar
• Should in general remove all issues with
  mathemathics, basic engineering subjects
• Limited number of candidates?
• BSc in chemistry or other science
• Would require more basic subjects (maths, basic
  chem.eng.)
• More available candidates?
• BSc in other engineering sciences (e.g.
  Mechanical Engineering)
• Lack of basic Chem. Eng. subjects
• 3rd world, outside area of Bologna decl.
• What background do candidates from these
  countries have?

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Reminder EFCE/Bologna declaration
recommendationsFirst cycle (BSc) core curriculum
 Science and mathematics  min 45 ECTU
      Mathematics, statistics, numerical methods, information science  min 20
      Chemistry, physics and molecular biology (incl. laboratory)  min 25
 Chemical engineering min 65 ECTU
      Material and energy balance calculations  min 4
      Thermodynamics / physical chemistry  min 10
      Fluid dynamics  min 6
      Separations (mechanical, equilibrium based, mass transfer based)  min 5
      Heat transfer  min 3
      Reaction engineering  min 3
      Materials of construction  min 2
      Basic product engineering  min 3
      Process control and instrumentation  min 3
      Process analytical techniques  min 3
      Safety, health, environment  min 3
      Chemical engineering laboratory  min 6
      First cycle thesis / chemical engineering project  min 12
 Non-technical topics min 10 ECTU
      Economics and management  min 2
      Total sum  min 120 ECTU
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ContentsWe have a 2 year programme for
engineering candidates with BSc equiv
(ing.høgskole)Year 1
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Year 2

• Contents of Int. MSc should be built upon the
  same model
• Some adjustments programme might be necessary
• NTNU demands Experts in Teams
• Difficulty in fitting in Plant Design Project?

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Internasjonal MSc Chem. Eng. Rekruttering

• Nødvendig med bilaterale avtaler med utvalgte
  universitet
• Med tanke på olje- gass- industri
• Russland?
• Argentina?
• Kvalifiserte ingeniører som vil bli i Norge
• Polen
• Utviklingsbistand
• Tanzania

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Støtteapparat må være på plass!

• Effektive og klare rutiner for sjekking av
  bakgrunn (kan ligge i bilaterale avtaler)
  ufravikelig krav om engelskkunnskaper
• Bilaterale avtaler kan redusere behovet for å
  involvere internasjonal avdeling kontinuerlig
• Dedikert person i administrasjon assisterer ved
  ankomst
• Hvem tar imot?
• Skaffer bosted
• Ordner med praktiske spørsmål

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Andre krav

• Datablad (lab.er) må være på engelsk
• Sikkerhet og opplæring på lab?
• Fadderordning for praktiske spørsmål i
  undervisningen og sosial integrering

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• Skal vi gjøre dette
• Hvis ja hvordan skal det se ut?
• Innhold/navn/retning
• Omfang
• Marked/rekruttering
• .andre poeng som bør tas med i betraktning