Chemical Engineering
Bachelor's degree
In Birmingham
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Birmingham
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Duration
4 Years
The MEng in chemical engineering is designed to develop your engineering skills, in the context of a firm grounding in chemistry.
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About this course
Specific subject requirements:
A levels: Chemistry and Maths
GCSE : English and Maths grade C
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Course programme
Chemical engineers are key players in improving the quality of our lives, by designing the production of the things we all use every day. You will be in an enviable position, trained to a high standard to ensure the safe, clean and profitable production of the chemicals and materials required to create products as diverse as clothing, food, medicine, energy, transport and home entertainment systems.
As a masters level chemical engineer you will combine a detailed knowledge of chemistry with an advanced understanding of engineering principles in order to design, construct and operate chemical process plants. It is a challenging and fascinating profession with extensive career opportunities.
Subject guide
To ensure this you share a common first year with chemists. In later years you go on to specialise at a more advanced level in the core engineering topics. The MEng builds on the BEng course, but is an extended, broader-based qualification requiring four years of academic study, as well as an optional industrial placement year. The course is enhanced by additional subjects including innovation management, process synthesis, advanced process simulation and a major research project.
The MEng is a challenging and demanding course of study which will enable you to progress more readily after graduation to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, which will in turn enable you to aim for the highest levels in industry.
Learning, teaching & assessment
Our courses incorporate lectures, tutorials, plant visits and lab work. You will also be involved in project work; developing essential problem solving skills with specialist supervision from staff and industrial consultants. This hands-on experience will involve learning a wide range of techniques.
Assessment is by a combination of exams, project, lab and coursework. Your final degree classification is determined by your performance in all years after the first year.
Placement year
Our excellent links with the chemical industry allow you to test and expand your knowledge, skills and understanding with a paid twelve month professional placement. It provides integrated industrial and professional training, often in a position of responsibility, in areas such as the design, development, commissioning or operation of a chemical plant. We will help arrange your placement for you or in conjunction with your sponsoring company.
Opportunities for you to visit companies, undertake commercial project work and compete for sponsorships and prizes are also provided.
Our current and recent placement employers include: BP, BNFL, ConocoPhillips, GSK, Kraft, Alfa Laval, Thames Water, AMEC and 3M.
Professional accreditation
Our programmes are accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Following time spent in employment after graduation you will be eligible for Corporate Membership of the Institution (your sandwich year counts towards this), and the status of Chartered Engineer.
Career prospects
In addition to the traditional oil and chemical-based industries you will be well equipped to go into a wide range of careers including food production, pollution control, environmental protection, energy conservation, waste recovery and recycling, medical science, health and safety, alternative energy sources, resource conservation, research, management and consultancy.
Our graduates have a strong record of finding suitable positions, reflecting the fact that the UK is a major contributor to the global chemical industry. Our recent graduates found lucrative graduate engineering/consultancy positions with companies including: Procter and Gamble, Stone and Webster, BP, ExxonMobil, Kodak, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Unilever, AMEC, British Energy, Kappa, Mowlem, BT, Corus and Pfizer.
Chemical Engineering