Process Systems Engineering is one of the major subjects within the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Process Engineering degree program of the Faculty of Technology at Åbo Akademi University .
The pre-graduate studies within the Department of Chemical Engineering are divided into two levels. In order to get a Master's degree the student must first complete the Bachelor's degree , which is a lower university degree of 180 credits that can be completed in three years.
The Bachelor exam can be obtained in three major subjects, Process Systems Engineering , Process Chemistry or Wood Chemistry. The studies for the Bachelor exam includes 60 credits general studies, 50 credits degree program studies and thereafter mainly studies in the major subject. The latter includes a basic module (20 credits) and an additional module (20 credits) in the major. Furthermore the Bachelor exam includes alternative studies (16 credits), practice (6 credits) as well as a Bachelor thesis (8 credits) in the major.
The Master of Science degree is a higher university degree that comprises 120 credits and takes two years to complete. This means all together 300 credits in five years.
Professors, senior lecturers and docents at the PSE participating laboratories act as theses supervisors in Process Systems Engineering.
The post-graduate program for the Licentiate and Doctor of Science degrees is closely connected to the research projects. Excluding the theses works, 60 credits are further required for the degrees of which 40 credits are required in the major and 20 credits in the minor. Post-graduate courses are among all given in the national Graduate Schools. Post-graduate courses are also given at the PSE laboratories.