# Chemical and Biochemical Product Engineering
**Source**: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/msc-programmes/chemical-and-biochemical-engineering/specialization/chemical-and-biochemical-product-engineering
**Parent**: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/msc-programmes/chemical-and-biochemical-engineering
## Chemical and Biochemical Product Engineering
**Specialization: Chemical and Biochemical Product Engineering**
Product engineering within the field of chemical and biochemical engineering is a direction students with interest in design, functionality, and synthesis of advanced biological and chemical materials and products can choose to specialize in. It naturally includes a strong emphasis on the mathematical description of physio-chemical phenomena and properties as these are important for the product as well as the synthesis and production techniques. A strong connection to physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology is present. Any individual study plan ought to include some process technological elements.
The following **program specific and polytechnical foundation courses** are mandatory to obtain this specialisation in chemical and biochemical product engineering
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| [12100](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12100?menulanguage=en) | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | F7 (Tues 18-22) |
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| [12106](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12106?menulanguage=en) | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
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| [12105](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12105?menulanguage=en) | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
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| [12101](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12101?menulanguage=en) | Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| [27246](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/27246?menulanguage=en) | Applied enzyme technology and kinetics | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
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| [28242](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28242?menulanguage=en) | Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| [28213](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28213?menulanguage=en) | Polymer Technology | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| [28311](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28311?menulanguage=en) | Chemical and Biochemical Product Design | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| [28412](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28412?menulanguage=en) | Advanced Chemical Product Design | 5 | point | January |
| [28434](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28434?menulanguage=en) | Membrane Technology | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| [28530](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28530?menulanguage=en) | Transport Processes | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| [42500](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/42500?menulanguage=en) | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | January |
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| [42504](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/42504?menulanguage=en) | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | August |
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| [42501](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/42501?menulanguage=en) | Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) | 5 | point | June |
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It is furthermore required to achieve **min 20 ECTS** among the following program specific and elective courses:
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| [22281](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/22281?menulanguage=en) | Biomaterials | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| [23522](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/23522?menulanguage=en) | Rheology of food and biological materials | 5 | point | January |
| [26620](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/26620?menulanguage=en) | Chemistry and Innovation | 5 | point | June |
| [28214](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28214?menulanguage=en) | Polymer synthesis and characterization | 5 | point | June |
| [28216](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28216?menulanguage=en) | Organic Coatings Science and Technology | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| [28315](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28315?menulanguage=en) | Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| [28811](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28811?menulanguage=en) | Polymers in processes and products | 5 | point | August |
| [41737](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/41737?menulanguage=en) | Design of plastic products | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
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**Electives**,
i.e., courses not counting as the polytechnic foundation or program specific courses in MSc Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, allow a study plan within chemical and biochemical product engineering to be broadened in scope. This can be done either by choosing additional programme specific courses but the following elective courses are relevant in contexct of an education in chemical and biochemical engineering with special focus on product engineering.
A few examples of electives are listed below in connection with the study plan examples.
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| [02451](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/02451?menulanguage=en) | Introduction to Machine Learning | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| [12772](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12772?menulanguage=en) | Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| [26428](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/26428?menulanguage=en) | Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| [28212](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28212?menulanguage=en) | Polymer Chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| [28217](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28217?menulanguage=en) | Organic Coatings Science and Technology – Practical Exercises | 2.5 | point | June |
| [28316](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28316?menulanguage=en) | Laboratory Course in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 5 | point | January |
| [41739](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/41739?menulanguage=en) | Experimental plastic and metal processing technology | 5 | point | June |
| [46420](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/46420?menulanguage=en) | Composite Materials and Fibres | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
| [47339](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/47339?menulanguage=en) | Solid state and structural chemistry | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| [47341](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/47341?menulanguage=en) | AI4Materials: Artificial Intelligence for Accelerated Materials Design and Discovery | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
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**Examples of study plans**
Two examples are shown: one for students beginning their MSc study in September, and one for students beginning their MSc study in February.
The study plans are examples only. Students are free to exchange the shown courses with other courses if the general requirements for the curriculum in chemical and biochemical engineering is satisfied. The proposed plans fulfil requirements of the curriculum in terms of the polytechnic foundation, programme specific coursed and thesis but do not fill all 120 ECTS. A few programme specific courses in excess of the required 55 ECTS are here included and these will count as electives.
**Proposed study plan - September start**
Polytechnical foundation
Programme specific courses
Thesis
Electives
1.Semester
[42504](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/42504?menulanguage=en)\
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
[28311](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28311?menulanguage=en)\
Chemical and Biochemical Product Design
5 point
[28315](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28315?menulanguage=en)\
Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry
5 point
[28213](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28213?menulanguage=en)\
Polymer Technology
5 point
[28530](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28530?menulanguage=en)\
Transport Processes
10 point
[28412](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28412?menulanguage=en)\
Advanced Chemical Product Design
5 point
2.Semester
[22281](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/22281?menulanguage=en)\
Biomaterials
5 point
[28216](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28216?menulanguage=en)\
Organic Coatings Science and Technology
5 point
[28434](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28434?menulanguage=en)\
Membrane Technology
5 point
[28214](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28214?menulanguage=en)\
Polymer synthesis and characterization
5 point
3.Semester
[28811](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28811?menulanguage=en)\
Polymers in processes and products
5 point
[12106](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12106?menulanguage=en)\
Quantitative methods to assess... Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
[28242](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28242?menulanguage=en)\
Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis
5 point
[28316](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28316?menulanguage=en)\
Laboratory Course in Colloid and Surface... Laboratory Course in Colloid and Surface Chemistry
5 point
4.Semester
SPEC \
MSc Thesis
30 point
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**Proposed study plan - February start**
Polytechnical foundation
Programme specific courses
Thesis
Electives
1.Semester
[22281](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/22281?menulanguage=en)\
Biomaterials
5 point
[28216](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28216?menulanguage=en)\
Organic Coatings Science and Technology
5 point
[28434](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28434?menulanguage=en)\
Membrane Technology
5 point
[42501](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/42501?menulanguage=en)\
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
2.Semester
[28811](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28811?menulanguage=en)\
Polymers in processes and products
5 point
[27246](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/27246?menulanguage=en)\
Applied enzyme technology and kinetics
5 point
[28311](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28311?menulanguage=en)\
Chemical and Biochemical Product Design
5 point
[28530](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28530?menulanguage=en)\
Transport Processes
10 point
[28213](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28213?menulanguage=en)\
Polymer Technology
5 point
[28412](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28412?menulanguage=en)\
Advanced Chemical Product Design
5 point
3.Semester
[12101](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12101?menulanguage=en)\
Quantitative methods to assess... Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
[26428](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/26428?menulanguage=en)\
Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
5 point
[41737](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/41737?menulanguage=en)\
Design of plastic products
5 point
[28214](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/28214?menulanguage=en)\
Polymer synthesis and characterization
5 point
4.Semester
SPEC \
MSc Thesis
30 point
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Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.