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Overview
The upcoming years are all about creating a sustainable future where it is necessary to move away from fossil resources and explore and implement the opportunities that biomass as a renewable energy source gives us.
Join this course if you want to learn how to create a sustainable future by moving away from dependence on fossil resources to biomass resources for the production of food, chemicals and energy-carriers. You will learn what biomass is, how to produce biomass renewable energy- and biomass fuel and how to make biobased products.
You will get a solid understanding of how chemistry works in a biobased economy and in the production of biomass renewable products. Your valuable knowledge will help your company drive into sustainability and actually make the transition to use biomass resources to produce biobased products.
This From Fossil Resources to Biomass - A Chemistry Perspective course at Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX is part of the MicroMasters program Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-Economy.
Explore the other courses in the MicroMasters program:
- Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Economics and Policies in a Biobased Economy
- Capstone Business and Economics for a Circular Economy
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Modules included:
- Biobased Sciences
- Biomass Production
- Biorefinery
- Bioconversion
- Chemical Conversion
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
- 20 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Chemistry Natural Resource ManagementExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- To optimally learn in/from and complete the complete MicroMasters Program we expect you to have a bachelor degree in social sciences (preferably business-, or economics). However, there is no formal entry level requirement for this MOOC.
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International
189 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 189 USD for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
189 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 189 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
- Unlimited access to self-paced, in-demand courses and professional certificates
- Starting at $189 per learner/year.
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