Chemical Engineering with Industrial Study MEng

Year 1

Here you are introduced to the fundamentals of chemical and energy engineering and the chance to learn about other engineering disciplines. Here, also, you will begin to develop the transferable skills that will carry you through your course, and beyond, into your life as a professional engineer. All modules compulsory.

• Chemistry and Materials - 20 credits
• Modelling Concepts and Tools 1 - 10 credits
• Modelling Concepts and Tools 2 - 10 credits
• Introduction to Transport Phenomena 1 - 10 credits
• Introduction to Transport Phenomena 2 - 10 credits
• Process Design and Analysis 1 - 10 credits
• Process Design and Analysis 2 - 10 credits
• Reaction, Equilibria and Thermodynamics - 20 credits
• Labs and Data Analysis 1 - 10 credits
• Labs and Data Analysis 2 - 10 credits

Themes begun in the first year are developed to the standard you need as a professional engineer. You study advanced heat and mass transfer, reactors and catalysis and unit operations. Emphasis is placed on teamwork and the use of our research laboratories is exploited.

• Reactors, Catalysis and Thermodynamics - 20 credits
• Sustainable Process Engineering - 20 credits
• Process Systems and Principles of Process Control - 20 credits
• Mass Heat and Momentum Transport - 20 credits
• Process Integration and Unit Operations - 20 credits
• Computing for Engineers - 10 credits
• Product Design Exercise - 10 credits

You have the option to spend a year in industry at the end of your second year. We have strong links with a large number of key companies to assist you, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, BP, EDF, ConocoPhilips, PepsiCo, Jaguar/Land Rover, ExxonMobil, Cadbury, AstraZeneca, Johnson Matthey and GlaxoSmithKline as well as with smaller to medium enterprises. Typically you will have to pass the interview process run by the company with which you are seeking a placement.

The industrial placement gives you experience of working in the chemical engineering field which will enhance your CV and allow you to acquire further knowledge and employability skills. Our industrial liaison tutor will be able to advise you about the application procedures.

The industrial placements are within companies in the UK, therefore you are eligible for this programme if you are able to work legally in the UK. You need to be accepted by the industrial sponsor hosting the placement. Their selection process is usually done through interviews.

Your fourth year develops the chemical engineering fundamentals further, to graduate level. You will undertake an industry-linked design project which enables them to put into practice all of the skills they have gained.

• Advanced Reactions and Thermodynamics - 20 credits
• Multiphase Systems - 20 credits
• Design Project - 40 credits

Select 40 credits of options. Example modules may include:

Industry theme:

• Petrochemical Engineering - 10 credits
• Plant Optimisation - 10 credits

Healthcare theme:

• Introduction to Healthcare Technologies - 10 credits

Formulation Theme:

• Processing for Formulation - 10 credits
• Engineering of Food - 10 credits

Energy Theme:

• Efficient use of Energy - 10 credits
• Energy Economics - 10 credits

In your fifth year you can develop subjects taken in previous years to greater depth, and also take options in associated subject areas, such as biochemical, food and pharmaceutical engineering. You also undertake a research project through which you develop advanced laboratory and scholarship skills which enable you to advance your understanding at a high level.

• Advanced Transport Processes - 20 credits
• Research Project - 40 credits

Select 60 credits of options. Example modules may include:

Industry theme:

• Food Safety Management Systems - 10 credits
• Sustainability in the Food Industry - 10 credits
• Explosion Science, Prevention and Protection - 10 credits
• Food Chain Security - 10 credits
• Minerals Engineering: a Modern Perspective - 10 credits
• Business and Strategy Development - 10 credits
• Project Management (Business Strategy Delivery) - 10 credits

Healthcare theme:

• Fermentation Cell Culture - 10 credits
• Design and Development of Drug Delivery Systems - 10 credits
• From Bench to Market, Development of Pharmaceutical Products - 10 credits
• Plant Design and Manufacturing Principles for (Bio)pharmaceutical Production - 10 credits
• Frontiers in Tissue Engineering - 10 credits
• Applied Synthetic Biology - 10 credits
• Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare Tech - 10 credits
• Additive Manufacture and 3D Printing for Healthcare Applications - 10 credits
• Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutic Biologicals from Bench to Market - 20 credits

Formulation theme:

• Advanced Reaction System - 10 credits
• Chemical NanoEngineering - 10 credits
• Future Engineering of Food - 10 credits
• Interfaces in Products and Processes - 10 credits

Energy theme:

• Introduction to Electrochemistry - 10 credits
• Techniques for Fuel Cell Characterisation - 10 credits
• Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology - 10 credits
• Advanced Electrochemical Applications - 10 credits
• Energy Engineering Design - 10 credits
• Energy Systems Design - 10 credits
• Renewable Energy Systems - 10 credits
• Thermal Energy Conversion, Storage and Application - 10 credits
• Energy Storage - 10 credits

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to core modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.