JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ (AUSTRIA) - RESPONSIBLE PLASTICS ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

VISION & MISSION

• To offer a modern and attractive portfolio of internationally recognized programs of academic education in the field of polymer engineering & science and technology management.
  
  
• To achieve and maintain international recognition as a Center of Excellence for basic and collaborative research in polymer technologies and management.
  
  
• To account for the rising relevance of global challenges by integrating the principles of Sustainable Development in our academic teaching and research, with a particular focus on plastics for a Circular Economy.

The Bachelor's degree program in Polymer Engineering Technologies at the JKU is part of a broad field of study in plastics engineering and sciences. This cutting-edge engineering program focuses on base-knowledge skills pertaining to the value chain of innovative polymer engineering and products, including manufacturing and assembling polymer materials, hands-on education about the wide range of processing technologies, and expertise in designing and creating products. Graduates of the Bachelor’s degree program are not only highly qualified to pursue a Master’s degree or a doctorate degree at either the JKU or abroad, graduates are in high demand and enjoy excellent career prospects!

Your Benefits

• Outstanding conditions to study and conduct research
• Attractive infrastructure featuring state-of-the-art lab equipment at the technology center
• Opportunities to specialize and pursue an advanced degree
• Numerous opportunities for students to study abroad
• Excellent career prospects

The Master’s degree program in Polymer Chemistry at the JKU Linz is a comprehensive graduate degree program. Students can enhance their skills and talents in science and research, both in the classroom and in state-of-the-art laboratories. Using the latest instrumentation, students focus on developing and characterizing traits in new kinds of monomers and polymers. Program graduates are highly qualified polymer chemists, creating the future today!

The graduate degree program offers valuable general knowledge training. Graduates qualify for high value jobs where they can apply their expert scientific knowledge and trained methods. Graduates not only hone the skills needed to transfer scientific knowledge and methods to the workplace, they are qualified to undertake demanding tasks in the area of manufacturing and polymer characterization.

Your Benefits

• Hands-on training
• Access to modern equipment
• Strong, comprehensive support by industrial partners
• Broad, international network
• Access to and collaboration with many polymer institutes at the JKU

As part of a broad, comprehensive program offered in polymer engineering at the JKU, the Master’s degree program 'Polymer Technologies and Science (PTS)' provides students with an advanced, science-based curriculum that covers key areas in polymer product manufacturing. The program expands on the material covered in the undergraduate degree program Polymer Engineering (Kunststofftechnik) at the JKU. Students can take advantage of flexible options to specialize in a variety of areas such as materials science, polymer processing, or polymer product design in combination with experimental techniques, modeling and simulation. Graduates can pursue careers ranging in research and development to production, marketing, and to executive management positions.

Your Benefits

• Unique cross-disciplinary program
• Attractive infrastructure, state-of-the-art equipment
• Flexible options for specialization
• Outstanding conditions to conduct research
• Excellent career prospects

The Master’s degree program 'Management in Polymer Technologies (MPT)' combines key subject areas in polymer engineering and business administration. The curriculum is globally unique, expanding on undergraduate studies in Polymer Engineering at the JKU. Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in Technical Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Technical Physics, or Mechatronics need to complete mandatory bridging subjects during the MPT program. Graduates of other undergraduate degree programs admitted to the program may be required to complete additional coursework of up to 40 ECTS credits during the program. The program is flexible, allowing students to specialize in polymer technologies and business administration, including Sustainable Development. Graduates can pursue professions ranging from project management to marketing and to executive management positions.

Your Benefits

• Unique cross-disciplinary program
• Attractive infrastructure, state-of-the-art equipment
• Flexible options for specialization
• Outstanding conditions to conduct research
• Excellent career prospects

Development, Construction, Production: What does the future of technology look like? The doctorate degree program in Engineering Sciences focuses on independently exploring new scientific issues

Ph.D. candidates are trained to become scientists by learning in-depth how to formulate issues and conduct research at an international level. Your dissertation will explore new concepts and allow you to develop your methodological skills in a field of natural sciences under the academic guidance of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. Independent scientific research is the focus, based on your undergraduate and graduate studies. Nothing can stand in the way of a research-oriented profession - at or outside of the university.