Project work remains a significant element of the course and students of this programme are assigned projects with a management emphasis. The placement year (if taken) is usually within a management environment.

Most of our graduates are employed by process companies in the oil, gas, water, food and drink, pharmaceutical, plastics and general chemical industries. Many of these companies favour Loughborough as a source of chemical engineers. In recent years about 70% of those in permanent employment were using their chemical engineering directly and the majority of the rest were employed in financial work. Companies with whom our students have found employment include 3M, AstraZeneca, BP, Croda, Exxon Mobil, Foster Wheeler, Huntsman, INEOS, Invista, Merck, Nestlé, Shell, Tate and Lyle, and United Biscuits.