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Learn how to engineer a biobased future

MicroMasters® Program in
Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability
WageningenX

What you will learn

  • Understand the challenges of switching from a fossil source-based economy to a biobased economy.
  • Understand how to identify suitable raw materials and create valuable new products.
  • Learn how to refine biomass without damaging its valuable components.
  • Perform a functional analysis of potential methods that can be used for refining a resource.
  • Learn how to efficiently convert biobased feedstocks into desired products.
  • Evaluate technological, ethical, societal and economic consequences in the production of biobased products.
Expert instruction
4 graduate-level courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
6 months
14 - 21 hours per week
Discounted price: $842.40
Pre-discounted price: $936USD
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Courses in this program

  1. WageningenX's Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability MicroMasters® Program

Meet your instructors
from Wageningen University & Research (WageningenX)

Arnout Fischer
Harry Bitter
Corjan van den Berg
Marian Vermue
Costas Nikiforidis
Ellen Slegers
Argyris Kanellopoulos
Dmytro Krushynskyi
Emiel Wubben
Justus Wesseler

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Program endorsements

At AkzoNobel, we see the chemical industry plotting a new sustainable course for biobased resources and products. This change requires updated skills and expertise. Following this MicroMasters Program will help you navigate these novel waters.

Dr. Peter J. Nieuwenhuizen , BA RD&I Director Specialty Chemicals, AkzoNobel

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