Process Engineering
Training Objectives
Process Engineering is an important field in the domain of science and technology (ST). Initially centered around fundamental Chemical Engineering, this field now encompasses a wide range of specialties such as Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Cryogenics, Energy Engineering, and Agri-food Engineering, among others.
Process Engineering plays a crucial role in all industrial processes involving the transformation of matter and energy. It is essential to train individuals capable of mastering large-scale transformation processes. This bachelor’s degree program covers the fundamental subjects of the field, including physical chemistry, unit operations, transport phenomena, reactors, and more. It provides a solid foundation for all specialties within Process Engineering.
Upon completion of this interdisciplinary program, graduates will have acquired basic knowledge not only in fundamental sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) but also in technology and industrial processes (reactors, processes, transport phenomena, instrumentation, industrial installations, etc.), which are necessary for understanding process engineering and its various applications.
This program enables graduates to continue their studies and pursue specialized master’s degrees, as well as quickly integrate into the socio-economic sector.
Target Profiles and Skills
The general nature of this bachelor’s degree provides a foundational education in the field, allowing access to master’s programs in different options such as Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Water Treatment, Electrochemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Cryogenics, and more. These options aim to reinforce the basic concepts of process engineering.
Upon completion of the third year (L3), graduates will have acquired sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge (knowledge and skills) to understand any transformation process. They will be capable of performing mass and energy balances for transformations, sizing and controlling equipment, and conducting measurements in a production and treatment chain.
The acquired skills enable graduates to integrate into various industrial sectors, including chemical, pharmaceutical, electrochemical, agri-food, materials, cosmetics, water treatment, environmental protection, etc. This meets the country’s need for technical professionals.
Regional and National Employment Opportunities
Process Engineering deals with the industrialization of chemistry and the processes of material transformation and purification. The fields of application span the entire process development, including laboratory development, pilot scale, equipment sizing, construction of the unit, and its operation.
This Process Engineering program aims to train versatile professionals with knowledge and skills that allow them to contribute at all stages of the process. They are destined for positions such as Study Officer, Project Officer, Process Technician, etc.
This program targets major national companies operating in the fields of processes, chemistry, energy, and environment, such as Sonatrach, Sonelgaz, ADE, cement plants, and Saidal. At the regional level, there is also a strong potential for opportunities in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in activities such as engineering consulting, material transformation, and treatment.
With the curriculum offered in this bachelor’s degree, graduates are capable of integrating into various socio-economic sectors, including:
– Technical education in secondary schools
– Research laboratories
– Public organizations
– Engineering firms
– Industrial sector
For the industrial sector, these graduates constitute the backbone of the management in production units, including chemical industries, petrochemicals, refining, cement plants, water treatment, pharmaceutical manufacturing technology, agri-food, etc.
Pathway programs
The programs with common foundational courses (semester 3) have been grouped into three categories: A, B, and C. These groups roughly correspond to the families of Electrical Engineering (Group A), Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering (Group B), and Process Engineering and Mining Engineering (Group C).
This bachelor’s degree program offers multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary teaching programs:
Multidisciplinary, in the sense that the courses in this specialty are 100% identical to those of all other specialties within the Science and Technology field for the first and second semesters. Furthermore, the courses in the third semester are also 100% identical for all specialties within the same group of programs.
In a cross-disciplinary manner, this bachelor’s degree program offers students the opportunity to join, based on their desire and the availability of educational spaces:
– All other specialties within the Science and Technology field after the second semester.
– All specialties within the same group of programs after the third semester.
– All specialties within a different group of programs after the third semester (subject to equivalence conditions and the approval of the academic team).
– All specialties within the same group of programs after the fourth semester (subject to equivalence conditions and the approval of the academic team).
Course Structure