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Technical University of Munich (TUM) Asia
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Industrial
Chemistry
www.tum-asia.edu.sg
At a Glance
• The best of German and Asian
research and technical expertise
• Nurturing specialist chemical
engineers equipped with cutting-
edge skills
• Joint degree conferred by TUM
and NUS
• Vast career prospects regionally
and worldwide
• Apply online at www.tum-asia.edu.sg
About
TUM & NUS
Technical University of Munich (TUM) Technical University of Munich (TUM) Asia
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) was founded in Technical University of Munich (TUM) Asia was set up in
1868 and is one of Europe’s leading technical universities. 2002 as the first academic venture abroad by a German
Serving as an entrepreneurial university that promotes university, blending German academic excellence with
talents and creates value for society, TUM has produced industry relevance in Asia. Its partnerships with top
17 Nobel Prize winners since 1927, most notably Ernst Otto Asian universities and industry leaders combine German
Fischer (Chemistry) and Rudolf Mößbauer (Physics). Its engineering with Asian relevance to equip talents for
focus areas are engineering sciences, natural sciences, industry and research sectors in the world.
life sciences, medicine, management and political and
social sciences. With the changing needs of the economy, the specialised
Master programmes that are offered keep pace with
TUM promotes talents with its network of strong partners industry needs through an Asian-European perspective.
in research and industry. It is represented worldwide with Lecturers and professors hail from as far as Germany to
the TUM Asia campus in Singapore, as well as offices in equip students with their rich knowledge and experience.
Beijing, Brussels, Cairo, Mumbai, San Francisco and São
Paulo. National University of Singapore (NUS)
In international rankings, TUM regularly places among Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore
the best universities in Germany and worldwide. It is the (NUS) is today widely known for its innovative and rigorous
only university to have won recognition as a German education which has nurtured generations of leaders and
‘Excellence University’ in every round since 2006. luminaries across industries, professions and sectors in
Singapore and beyond. The university’s singular focus on
talent will be the cornerstone of a truly great university
that is dedicated to quality education, influential research
and visionary enterprise, in service of country and society.
NO.
1
university
TUM is ranked as
the no. 1 University
in Germany+
6
TUM ranked no.
NO.
6 in the Global
Employability
in employability
Survey^
17 17 scientists and
alumni of TUM
Master of Science | Industrial Chemistry
Nobel Prize have received the
recipients Nobel Prize
50
+
As rated by QS World Ranking 2015 -2019 and Academic Ranking
TUM is ranked of World Universities (Shanghai ranking) 2011 - 2013, 2016
As ranked in the 2018 & 2019 Global University Employability
among the world’s
^
Ranking by Times Higher Education (THE)
universities Top 50 Universities# #
As rated by Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2020, QS World Ranking 2018 and Academic Ranking of World
Universities (Shanghai ranking) 2016 - 2018
Programme
Overview
Awarded by TUM and NUS, the Master of Science in Industrial Chemistry (MSc
in IC) aims to groom future leaders in selected areas of technology. It is an
enriching postgraduate course for specialist engineers in the pharmaceutical,
fine & speciality chemical industries.
Programme Structure and Timeline
13 45
• 5 Lab Courses (4 Core Modules
and 1 Chemistry Lab Course)
• 3 Elective Modules for every Core, Elective
• 4 Non-Technical Elective Modules Module and Lab Course
modules • 1 Business & Technical English contact hours
Module
2 Years • Full-time programme
• Coursework in Singapore
• Internationally-recognised degree
July Year 1 Year 2 Graduation
Arrival in • Business & Technical • Elective Modules End of
Singapore English • Internship programme
• Core Modules • Master Thesis at a
• Lab Modules company, university
• Elective Modules or research institute
(Supervised by an NUS or
TUM professor)
Note: This outline is a general reference to the duration of study. A student’s actual duration of study may or may not follow this general reference. This outline is subject
to change during the course timetable.
Programme
Modules
Pre-essential Modules 2.3 Chemical Reaction Engineering oil, catalytic conversion and upgrading
The course covers the thermodynamics processes, thermal conversion and
1.1 Business and Technical English and kinetics of chemical reactions, upgrading processes, production and
The module aims to teach students mass/heat balances, performance management of hydrogen, as well
technical writing techniques and to equations and residence time as basic petrochemical processes.
familiarise them to different business distributions in ideal and real reactors,
communication styles. Students will as well as the link to micro and macro- 3.3 Unit Operations
learn the international usage of kinetics (mass transfer on phase The scope of the module is to
the English language in technical boundaries, pore diffusion, adsorption) enable students to understand the
communication, especially in and catalysis (kinetic models and principles and the applications of unit
academic writing, as well as learn how principle reaction mechanisms). operations involved in petroleum and
to make effective presentations and petrochemical processes. This is aimed
prepare technical or scientific papers. 2.4 Polymer and Macromolecular at providing the skills in the following
Chemistry fields: thermal unit operations,
1.2 Chemistry Laboratory Course This course covers the classification mechanical unit operations and
During the laboratory course, students of synthetic macromolecules by reactor technology. The course teaches
need to perform six inorganic chemistry properties, structure and reaction the qualitative and quantitative basic
experiments: Complexometric type (free radical, ionic and engineering principles used to design
titration of copper, Iodometric coordinative polymerisation as well and to operate mechanical, thermal,
titration of copper, Identification as polycondensation); ideal and and chemical units of a process plant.
of anions Organic/ organometallic real kinetics of polymer formation;
chemistry experiments, Synthesis and molecular mass determination SPECIALISATION 2: Building and
separation of nitrophenol, Synthesis and molecular mass distributions; Material Science
and purification of an alkyl-methyl process technology of polyreactions 4.1 Building and Construction
imidazolium salt, and Synthesis of Ag- and processing of plastics; reactor Chemicals
NHC complex. technology, discontinuous and The module will cover the following
continuous process control; and topics: chemistry of inorganic and
influence of process parameters on organic binders, details on materials
Core Modules molecular mass distribution. such as Portland, aluminate cement,
CaSO4 binders, silicons, epoxy
2.1 Organometallic and Coordination resins, polyurethanes and latex
Chemistry Specialisation* dispersions. In addition, the lectures
The applications of organometallic, (Pick 1 Specialisation) will give an overview of the physical
inorganic and bioinorganic catalysts in properties and nanostructures of
industry and research are described. SPECIALISATION 1: Catalysis and building materials, surface properties,
Basic reaction mechanisms and the Petrochemistry corrosion processes, sol-gel processes,
constituting elementary reactions 3.1 Molecular and Heterogeneous solid state chemistry, geopolymers,
are introduced and possibilities for Catalysis and interactions on polymer-cement
the immobilisation of homogeneous Both homogeneous and surfaces.
catalysts are described. An overview heterogeneous catalysis will be
of the development of organometallic described, and important applications 4.2 Material Chemistry and
chemistry and catalysis and its will be exemplarily described. An Engineering
implication on industrial chemistry understanding of the principles The module covers the chemistry
throughout the existence of chemical of catalysis and the demands on and engineering of the materials
industries are given. efficient catalysts will be provided. together with details on the structure
The principles of establishing catalytic and properties of the materials such
2.2 Inorganic and Material Chemistry mechanisms will be outlined. as cement, concrete and steel. The
Master of Science | Industrial Chemistry
The course includes the descriptive following topics will also be covered
chemistry of many of the most 3.2 Petroleum and Petrochemical in the lectures: physical, chemical
common elements and their inorganic Processes and mechanical properties of
compounds, integrating such topics The scope of the module is to enable typical construction materials, the
as symmetry and structure with the students to understand the principal relationship between properties and
emphasis on solid-state structures of processes involved in petroleum structures, multi-scale materials and
metals, salts, and extended covalent processing in the interface between structures, characterisation methods
systems, bonding models, reactions petroleum refining and a petrochemical for materials at diverse scale, and
and the synthesis and characterisation plant and in major petrochemical application of materials in building
of inorganic compounds, including operations. This includes: basics of engineering.
basics of crystallography. crude oil chemistry, distillation of crude4.3 High-Performance Polymers pertaining to environmental and IT well as international conventions
The module covers the following regulations will also be covered. governing the patent law. Current
topics: characterisation of polymer developments and criticism of the
admixtures for cement, mortar and 6.3 Production Planning in Industry current patent law system will also be
concrete. The following subjects will be Manufacturers are confronted addressed. In addition, practical legal
presented: analytical techniques and with special requirements of their aspects of the commercialisation of
processing methods, waterproofing production processes. Cycles, by- patents will be dealt with.
materials, heating insulating polymer products, batches and campaigns
foam, fibre reinforced polymer (FRP), are difficult to handle by Enterprise 7. Internship
polymer latexes and re-dispersible Resource Planning (ERP) software
powders used in construction packages nowadays. Concepts of
applications, and major properties material requirements planning 8. Master Thesis
of polymer dispersions and the and supply chain management
characterisation methods. (SCM), combined with basics in cost
accounting, will be explained.
SPECIALISATION 3: Interdisciplinary
Combination 6.4 Innovation and Technology
5.1 Module from Specialisation 1 Management
5.2 Module from Specialisation 2 The lectures will cover the following
5.3 Module from Specialisation 1, 2 or topics: innovation vs. invention,
elective module creating value through innovation,
the four forces of innovation, value
to the customer, hi-tech marketing,
Non-Technical business system innovation and
Elective Modules service innovations, technological
discontinuities, S-curves and scenario
6.1 Business Administration techniques, venture capital, as well as
The primary purpose of the module is start-ups and financing of innovation,
to introduce students to the different among others.
areas of business administration, while
the final objective is to give them a 6.5 Industrial Marketing
basic understanding of how to face Marketing strategies are developed
decision problems in a company. Most for a typical chemical commodity and
importantly, we will analyse long-term speciality business. Students will work
investment decisions, how to set up in teams to develop business cases,
strategic planning in a company, how make their own business decisions and
to gather timely information about the develop marketing concepts based on
current situation of a company, and provided information of a real case
how to set up its long-term financial study.
structure.
6.6 Modern Developments in Industry
6.2 Legal and Safety Aspects in the The module will provide insights in the
Industry core elements of Industry 4.0 such as:
This module will cover a brief introduction to cyber-physical systems,
description of the history of law, Radio Frequency Identification
legal theories and importance of (RFID) technologies, Manufacturing
law for commercial life, as well as Execution System (MES) and other
the evolution and development of technology for order management, as
the legal systems “common law” and well as production control and value
“civil law”. The course aims to provide adding to the complete supply chain
an understanding of the common management.
routes of both these legal systems as
well as the fundamental principles 6.7 International Intellectual Property *Disclaimer: Elective modules available for selection
and differences between both legal Law are subject to availability. Unforeseen circumstances
that affect the availability of the module include an
systems, contract law and tort law. This module will give a brief insufficient number of students taking up the module
Basic principles of the UN Conventions introduction to intellectual property and/or the unavailability of the professor. NUS and
for sales of goods as well as latest rights and focus on insights into TUM Asia reserve the right to cancel or postpone the
developments within the EU legislation general principles of patent law, as module under such circumstances.The TUM
Experience
The excellent academic
education that tackled
cutting-edge topics in
daily industrial business
provided me with a
sound understanding of
how modern companies
work. This unique
combination equipped
me with the right skills to
drive value innovation
in my projects.
Korwin Schelkle
Alumni
Master of Science
in Industrial Chemistry
Entrepreneurial Thinking Highest International TUMCREATE
and Engagement Standards TUMCREATE is a joint programme
You will formulate and discuss ideas You will receive a holistic learning between the Technical University
based on the diverse economic experience with the local lecturers of Munich (TUM) and the Nanyang
realities and learn to see from from academia and industry. Our Technological University (NTU).
multiple vantage points. The unique TUM modules are covered by The electromobility institute brings
joint degree programme equips you professors who fly in from Germany together the expertise and innovation
not only with the technical knowledge, on an exclusive teaching basis of Germany and Singapore to drive
but also with the business and cultural to ensure that you receive their innovation and shape the future
aspects of the subject. undivided attention. of sustainable mobility by tackling
issues ranging from molecules to
the megacity. Graduates have the
Master of Science | Industrial Chemistry
Industry Relevance Global Prospects opportunity to apply for positions
Our professors - the world’s best You can choose to complete your at TUMCREATE, especially if
– are industry experts and active internship and thesis in Singapore your interest lies in the area of
researchers. This allows you to learn or anywhere in the world with a transportation and mobility research.
from a curriculum that is built around company, university or research
the latest technological trends and institute. Your internationally
knowledge. recognised degree and experience is
a great boost to your profile for future
global job opportunities.Industry
Outlook
Did you know that the core of the chemical industry is shifting to Asia by 2030?
The Chemical Industry in Asia China and India. Other Asian countries,
The current growth rate of Asia cannot such as Vietnam and Thailand,
be matched by any other region in the are experiencing a construction
world. In the past two decades, Asia has boom with significant growth rates
driven economic growth and almost and infrastructural improvements.
Singapore is
half of global chemical sales are owned Tomorrow’s chemical experts are
by chemical companies from Asia. As
the global economy expands towards
the east, by 2035, at least half of the top
required to be versatile strategists and
should seize the opportunities in the
Asian chemical industry.
1
of the leading energy and
10 chemical companies will be based
chemical hubs, while being home
in Asia or the Middle East. To satisfy
to some of the world’s largest
the demand in Asia, several European
chemical plants.
chemical companies have already
shifted their activities to Asia and will
Industry
continue to do so. Several key end
markets have been driving the demand
breakdown
Half of the top
of our
10
for chemicals, such as the automotive,
construction and pulp industries. graduates
Additionally, more than 50% of
worldwide building activities are chemical companies in the world
taking place in Asia. Today, China will be Asian or Middle Eastern
accounts for 60% of worldwide cement companies by 2030
production, followed by India. Besides
building activities, new construction Chemical 28%
and renovation projects are partially Academic 23%
Singapore is the
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associated with enormous increases Others 15%
in energy consumption, something Research 11% TH
which is in turn detrimental to energy Pharmaceutical and Medical 10%
efficiency and can be reduced by Manufacturing 9%
“intelligent materials”. The construction Life Sciences 2% largest exporter of oil in the
industry is the most important industry in Petrolchemical 2% world, despite not having a
Source: A.T. Kearney, Inc., Singapore Economic Development
single drop of oil reserves. It
Board exports 1.374 million barrels and
imports 1.195 million barrels of
oil per day.
Our Graduates
Our graduates in Industrial Chemistry are employed all over the world, The market share of sales for
with a majority in Singapore, China, India and Europe. the chemical industry in Asia
is projected to rise from 49% in
The most commonly accepted positions are Chemist, Process Engineer, 2010 to
66%
Product Manager, Production Manager.
Others may also choose to continue their academic journey with a
doctoral candidate position (PhD). in 2030Programme Fees Scholarships & Grants
Processing Fee For more information, please
SGD79 per application visit:
https://tum-asia.edu.sg/
Tuition Fee admissions/graduate/
SGD48,150+ scholarships
Admission Criteria Tuition fees are to be paid in 3 instalments.
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The tuition fee includes teaching fees,
• Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry laboratory expenses and cost of mandatory
or a closely related discipline events. The tuition fee does not include
airfare, accommodation, living expenses, and
• Bachelor Degree certificate or enrolment letter* miscellaneous fees (inclusive of registration,
(if you have not completed your Bachelor Degree) IT facilities, matriculation, examination,
• Academic transcripts or mark sheets* amenities, copyright, sports, and medical
insurance). These fees will be separately
• 2 Recommendation Letters from your professors or employers borne by the student.
• Statement of Purpose indicating the reason(s) you are interested in
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The tuition fee stated is accurate as of
this programme 1 January 2020. All fees are subject to revision
• Curriculum Vitae / Résumé due to currency fluctuations, at the discretion
of TUM Asia. All fees quoted are inclusive of 7%
• TOEFL test score (≥88 for Internet-based test, DI code: 7368) or
Singapore’s Government Goods & Services
IELTS test score (≥6.5 overall) taken no more than two years ago from Tax (GST). Please refer to our website for fee
date of submission updates.
• Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) certificate for applicants who hold a *
Documents which are not in English must
degree from China, Vietnam, or Mongolia be translated by a certified translator. All
applicants are also required to submit an
additional of
- 2 notarised copies of official or provisional
Bachelor’s Degree certificate
- 2 notarised copies of official academic
transcript, and
The full application process and documents - 2 passport-sized photographs when you
have accepted the offer of admissions and
required for submission is available at are being matriculated into our programme.
www.tum-asia.edu.sg/application-process
Applications open 1 October every year.
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