Courses

This course, in a first approach, seeks to raise awareness of the importance of quality issues, good health and pharmacy practices aiming to improve patient safety and particularly medication safety. By doing so, we can redirect and apply these learnings to mainstream areas within the pharmacy sector (Hospital and Community Pharmacy). Students will learn how to apply their knowledge to these areas and implement medication error prevention strategies.

Students learn about fundamental aspects of the energy sector. They are introduced to various forms and technologies of energy production and use, followed by the environmental impact of these activities. We will address problems and solutions with regard to sustainable energy.

In addition, students learn about European and national energy policy and its connection to the environment and sustainability. Based on this knowledge, they analyse energy production from a technical and economic perspective and engage in management projects and case studies. The course concludes with the development of a sustainability vision for the energy sector.

This course provides future engineers with a first contact in the area of economics and project management. They are enabled to:

• have a global vision over the strategic and economical context of corporations and SMEs
• understand costs related to projects, company activity, profitability and performance using key performance indicators (KPI).

Thanks to the course, students will find it easier to make their transition from engineering studies to the corporate world, where they can join or lead project teams.

Communication is an essential skill for everyone, especially for the future-proof professionals U!REKA wants to craft. Doing it in an international setup can be challenging, given the cultural differences, the different technical backgrounds, and the different lexicons of others. In this course, we set up a set of challenges that include peer learning, reflection activities, debating sessions, and presentations, to help you develop your soft skills and communication competencies.

This course presents an overview of the sustainable fuels policy in the EU and covers the production processes of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels from several raw materials. Students will learn the various techniques of biofuel production through chemical/thermo-chemical and biochemical synthesis. Furthermore, they analyze hydrogen production technologies and their current context. They will also get a deeper knowledge of the integration of biological, chemical and thermal processes and valorization of biorefinery by-products.

The learning objectives of the Curricular Unit are achieved through expositive and active / participative teaching methodologies. The use of the expository method aims to introduce the concepts and the necessary tools so that the students acquire in a consistent and structured way the theoretical foundations. The use of active and participative methodologies adopts the format of conducting case studies under the two major areas of the UC, Environmental Impacts and Sustainability, individual and group, followed by discussion of issues that allow students to explore and assimilate the relevant content of the subject matter. Students are encouraged and supported in the search of information from relevant companies, project offices, public institutions, and other considered good examples in order to enable them to consolidate the subject and the learning process. Outside the contact hours, and under tutorial guidance, the practical works in group to be carried out with a focus on the case studies addressed provide the full demonstration of the coherence of the contents taught with the learning objectives of the Curricular Unit, allowing the assessment of the acquired knowledge, and promoting skills of autonomy and critical thinking.