2nd Year – M2

The Energy track (UT) provides a balanced curriculum mixing membrane applications for energy (Membranes for gas separations, Membrane process plant design), and general chemical engineering separation processes (Electrochemistry, Advanced colloids & Interfaces).

Capita selecta course aims to allow the students to deepen their knowledge on a subject chosen by them thanks to a literature review and the production of a report. Each student is supervised by one teacher. The literature review is usually focused on the subject selected for the master thesis report in S4.

External contributions as lectures and seminars can complete and illustrate the content on specific subjects: fuel cells, electrolysers, electromembrane processes including reverse electrodialysis, CO₂extraction, H₂separation, energy production from biomass and other sustainable processes.

Food, Bio and Healthtrack (NOVA) proposes a series of courses assessing the food, beverage, biorefining, pharmaceutical and medical processes and applications. The courses of the curricula can be divided into membranes application and separation processes courses (Membranes in Food Applications and Biorefinery, Membranes in Biomedicine, Membranes in Downstream Processing) and courses mobilizing the entrepreneurship and innovation skills developed by the students (Business Project and Engineering Project). Individual, team projects and case studies also allow the students to evaluate the sustainability and the finance balance of a membrane process.

The courses are completed with contributions from other professors of NOVA and external professionals from industries and start-ups and the consortium partners as ITM and LU.

The third track,Water(LU), addresses water resources management and water treatment for drinking water applications and emphasize the approach of reusing the resources. The project courses are a mix between theoretical lectures and case studies. Furthermore, LU collaborates with several Swedish companies and several industries working with membrane processes have agreed to propose assignments to the students.

MASTER THESIS – SEMESTER 4

_{The semester 4, is dedicated to the master thesis and the internship and represents an experience of 24 weeks in a research academic laboratory or in a company.}

_{The assignation mechanism for the master thesis subject is designed to evaluate both the scientific and technical qualities of the proposal to suit the activities and the needs of the host organization. It takes into consideration the thematic interests of the student as well as its possibilities for future professional integration.}

_{The universities from Semester 3 will assess the quality of the internship proposal and will evaluate the work of the student.}

_{The internship agreement is contracted between the student, the host organization and UM.}

_{During the mobility and the track choice, the students will be guided by a tutor that will help them to build their professional orientation taking into account their interests.}