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Master of ​Science in Process Integration​   

(R-DL/0711/7/0006) (02/30) (MQA/SWA13428)​


 

 

Go virtual with our Open Distance Learning (ODL) Programme   
  • Offered with the flexibility of ONLINE classes accessible everywhere anywhere anytime.
  • Study at your own pace with competitive tuition fees for local working professionals.
  • Working professionals can opt for the best mode of learning to accommodate their busy schedules.
  • Plus, stay in touch with our lecturers and industry experts via frequent meetings and consulting sessions at UTP’s regional Centre for Advanced and Professional Education (CAPE), Kuala Lumpur, or via ONLINE Skype/Teams.

 

Introduction

Process industries such as oil & gas, chemical, and petrochemical are major economic enablers and contributors. Amid rising oil and energy prices, these industries are now forced to operate nimbly in order to be globally competitive and sustainable. Going forward, designing, optimizing, and controlling new processes that offer higher efficiencies are pivotal in overcoming formidable global challenges. At UTP, MSc in Process Integration is designed to keep pace with industry-wide process system engineering challenges. As such, the programme will prepare you to face up to the challenges across multiple sectors that demand the expertise of resourceful process system engineers.


Significantly, the programme highlights the applications of recent advances in process system engineering and analysis techniques that will provide a different perspective from the outgoing conventional practices. These include heat integration, modelling, optimization, process safety, control, and operability in order to optimize the utilization of raw materials and energy to gain an edge towards sustainability. Designed in collaboration with the industry, UTP’s MSc in Process Integration helps students break through conventional thinking to plan and deliver an exciting future. Building a talent pipeline of process integration specialists. Benefit from learning objectives tied to the contours of reality-based industry situations and changes.  


Join a leading feeder university for the process integration industry. Get in touch with the latest industry thinking. Grow your industry perspective with subjects grounded in day-to-day industry challenges, opportunities, and outcomes. Learn how to leverage real industry data and research evidence to provide solutions through cutting​ tools and techniques.


Programme Objectives

  1. Process Integration specialists with insights to articulate complex industry problems and solutions.​
  2. Industry leaders with integrity towards sustaina​ble development through continuous improvement and innovation for the betterment of society.

Programme Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate in-depth and frontier knowledge and understanding in the relevant field/s or practice.
  2. Critically and creatively apply knowledge in one or more fields to resolve complex disciplinary and practical problems.
  3. Conduct credible problem-solving or investigation to resolve complex issues and questions in the field or practice.
  4. Conduct research or investigation with minimal supervision adhering to legal, ethical, professional, and sustainable practice.
  5. Demonstrate leadership qualities through collaboration with peers and others.
  6. Communicate and interact effectively with peers in the field/s as well as general audience.
  7. Select and use suitable digital and analytical tool techniques to resolve problems.
  8. Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning and personal development.


What is ODL & How it is Conducted in UTP

ODL stands for Open and Distance Learning, a way of studying remotely that offers flexibility for learning from anywhere, anytime, and anyhow with self-directed learning strategies.

In UTP, ODL is conducted as below:

  • 100% online with self-instructional materials (SIMS)
  • 8 hours minimum of online live class session for each course in one semester
  • Classes after working hours/over the weekend
  • Online open-book final exam

Programme Highlights

  1.  The only MSc programme focusing on Process Integration in Malaysia
  2. This programme is tailored for chemical/process/operation engineer
  3. Student will learn to use simulation tools such as Aspen HYSIS & Aspen+ 


Programme Details

​Department: Department of Chemical Engineering

Intakes: January, May, and September

Mode of Deliverance: 

  • Modular
  • Min 1 year, Max 3 years
  • Full Time/Full Time ODL



Entry Requirements
  • ​Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from a recognised university with a CGPA of 2.50 - 2.74 or its equivalent OR;
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from a recognised university with a CGPA of 2.00 - 2.49 or its equivalent will require 5 years of working experience and internal rigorous assessment


Apel.A field:
Chemical Engineering

English Requirements

A minimum TOEFL score of 500 or equivalent
A minimum IELTS score of 5.0 or equivalent
Native English speakers or holding a degree with English as the medium of instruction may be exempted from this requirement


Pre-requisite courses
Bachelor’s Degree from non-engineering relevant will have to take pre-requisite courses as below:
Principles of Chemical Engineering
Process Safety and Loss Prevention
It will be conducted 100% online



Estimated Total Cost Fee
  • RM 23,700 (Malaysian)
  • RM 30,800 (International)




Career Prospects
Graduates with an MSc in Process Integration degree will enhance their employment and career prospects in the process industries. The degree is also a good starting point for a career in research and academia. Example careers relating to this programme may include; Plant Engineer, Process Engineer, Operation Engineer, Control Engineer, Technical Engineer, Process Data Analyst, Consultant, Pollution Control Engineer, etc.    

Programme Curriculum Structure and Programme Module Synopsis


Structure C

CategoryModuleCredit Hours
CoreHeat Integration
Modelling
Optimisation
Operability & Contol
3
3
3
3
Technical Electives (Choose 4)Process Safety
Environmental Design for Atmospheric Emission
Environmental Design for Aqueous Emissions
Advanced Distillation Design
Refinery and Petrochemical Processes
Synthesis of Reaction and Separation Systems
Cogeneration & Site Utility
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
University RequirementData Analytics
Project Management
3
2
National RequirementResearch Methodology2
ProjectProject 1
Project 2
Total41

 

 

Programme Module Synopsis

 

Module : Modeling

No. of credits: 

Overview of Modeling Concept; Mathematical Modeling, model Building, Development Constitutive relations by experiment and correlation, Sensitivity and simulation Analysis, Chemical Modeling, Pressure-Volume-Temperature, Phase equilibrium & thermodynamic pr operties, Liquid phase nonideality.


Module : Heat Integration

No. of credits: 

Introduction to Heat Integration, Energy Targets, pinch design Methods, Capital Cost Targeting, Automated Design, Integration of Heat Engines and Heat Pumps, Integration of Reactors and Separators, Process Modifications, and Data Extraction.
Module : Optimisation No. of credits: 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C) Overview on Optimisation Basics, Theory, and Methods, Model Building, Applications.

 

 

Module : Operability & Control

No. of credits: 3

Introduction, Control Configuration, Unit Operation Control, Control of Complete Processes, Dynamic Behaviour, Feedback Controller design, model Based Control, MIMO Systems, Operability, and Continuous Process.


Module : Process Safety

No. of credits: 

Overview on Safety, Toxic Hazards, Release Modeling, Fire and Explosion, Pressure Relief System, Reactor Safety, Storage, Hazard Identification, and Risk Assessment.

 

Module : Environmental Design for Aqueous Emissions

No. of credits: 3

Wastewater Minimisation, Effluent Treatment System Design, Waste Minimisation.

Module : Environmental Designs for Atmospheric Emissions

No. of credits: 3

Introduction, Remediation Processes, Control of VOC, Emissions, Control of Nox, Emissions, Control of Flue Gas Emissions.

 

Module : Synthesis of Reaction & Separation Systems

No. of credits: 3

Process Economics, Choice of Reactor, choice of Separator, Synthesis of Reaction-Separation Systems, Reactive Distillation, Economic trade-offs, reducing Process Hazards.


Module : Advance Distillation Design

No. of credits: 3

Distillation Design, Column Sequencing, Thermodynamic Analysis of the Distillation Column, Crude Oil Distillation Design, Retrofit Design of Distillation Systems, Representation of Ternary Mixtures, Azeotropic Distillation Sequence Synthesis.

Module : Cogeneration and Site Utility Systems

No. of credits: 3

Introduction to Cogeneration and Site Utility Systems, Furnaces, steam Systems, Site Composite Curves, Optimizing Steam levels, Top Level Analysis, Site Retrofit, Gas Turbine Integration, Driver selection, Site Power to Heat Ratio, and Refrigeration Systems.

 

Module : Refinery Optimisation 

No. of credits: 3

Refinery Processes and Operation, General System Representation and Simulation, Modeling of Large Systems, Rigorous Models vs Simple Models, Advanced Mathematical Programming, and Applications.


Module : Refinery and Petrochemical Processes

No. of credits: 3

Crude Oil and Refinery Product, Crude Oil Distillation, Octane Processes, Hydroprocessing, Heavy End Processes, Light End Processes, Lube Oils, Sulphur Recovery, Petrochemical Processes, Refinery Integration, Hydrogen Integration.


Module : Project Management

No. of credits: 2

In today's environment, certainty of change is without precedent. As such, managers in the contemporary organizations have to embrace project management in enhancing organizational effectiveness and success of their energy management. Energy projects have to be delivered on schedule, within budget, with the required performance capability, and compliant with quality, environmental, safety and health standards. The need to place energy management in the context of the design, strategies, and execution of project management is compelling.

Module : Data Analytics

No. of credits: 

The course provides thorough understand process, content, concepts, techniques, issues and challenges involved in big data analytics, prepare students to be technically competent in analyzing data and prepare students to improve management decision making using data analytics tools.

 

Module : Project 1 & Project 2

Project 1

No. of credits: 3

 

Project 2

No. of credits: 

The project is designed to allow each student to work independently on an industrial/research-based project under the supervision of a faculty member and/or a supervisor from the industry. The student is expected to review the subject, propose an experimental/analytical plan, and follow through to feasibility study, investigation, design/simulation, test, and implementation. Each student must prepare a comprehensive technical report, present and demonstrate the findings and results of the project work.​



Contact

Programme Manager
Dr Nurul Aini Amran
Email: nurul.amran@utp.edu.my
Direct Line: ​​+6053687563
Academic Executive
Ms Nur Nadiah M Suffi
Email: nadiah.suffi@utp.edu.my
Direct Line: +6053687893

General Inquiries
Ms Nurul Asmira Sulaiman
Email: asmira.sulaiman@utp.edu.my
Direct Line: +6053688192

FAQ

Are all the assessments online for ODL?
 Yes