BEng Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is the study of planning, designing, and developing products and processes where chemical and physical changes occur. The BEng in Chemical Engineering develops your engineering skills with a firm grounding in chemistry.

The BEng in Chemical Engineering aims to Produce graduate engineers able to make a valuable contribution to society, equipped with the qualities and skills that are demanded by employers. Offering you the opportunity to obtain relevant industrial experience with a year-long work placement.

Year 1

• Mathematics for Engineers
• Design, Build, and Sustainability
• Chemistry for Engineers
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering
• Fluid and Heat Transfer
• Professional Skills for Engineers
• Mass and Energy Principles
• Physical Chemistry

Year 2

• Mass Transfer
• Transfer processes
• Separation Processes
• Thermodynamics
• Reaction Engineering
• Process Design
• Process Simulation
• Energy Supply and Demand

Year 3

• Placement
• Entrepreneurship

Year 4

• Process Safety and Sustainability
• Advanced Reaction Engineering
• Advanced Separation Processes
• Advanced Process Design
• Instrumentation and Control
• Process Computation
• Renewable Technologies
• Environmental Engineering
• Fuel Cell
• Petrochemical Processes

Objectives

The BEng in Chemical Engineering aims to:

• provide students with opportunities to realize their academic potential through relevant and planned learning experiences.
• provide a thorough grounding in the basic principles of chemical engineering, with strong technical education and communication skills that will enable students to have successful careers in a wide range of industrial and professional environments.
• provide students with appropriately structured curricula, combining teaching in theoretical and knowledge-based principles with practical skills training.
• prepare students for rapidly changing technological environments with the core knowledge central to multidisciplinary development and personal improvement throughout theory professional careers.
• provide an up-to-date and professionally accredited education satisfying the institutional requirements of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
• produce graduate engineers with the qualities and skills that are in demand by employers and who can make a valuable contribution to society in general, and
• offer students the opportunity to obtain relevant industrial experience by providing the option of a sandwich year.

A Chemical Engineering degree opens the door to a fulfilling and varied career, with many exciting opportunities for employment in technical and management roles in a wide array of industries. This includes manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, design and construction, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, food processing, and energy sectors.