This three-year course has a student satisfaction rating of 89%. It has been designed to be relevant to the needs of modern industry and to produce graduates who have the personal and intellectual qualities to be successful in their chosen careers. By the end of the course, you will be equipped to play leading roles in a professional capacity in both industry and academia, and thus able to deal with issues at the forefront of the discipline. Once fully qualified you will: have a systematic and diverse knowledge of modern Chemical Engineering, which embeds biochemical engineering, sustainable processing and environmental impact work effectively as a Chemical Engineer in a professional capacity understand novel developments and problems at the forefront of the discipline evaluate current research critically, and be original in the application of your knowledge be self-motivated and work autonomously apply your technical knowledge and intellect to solve Chemical Engineering problems make sound engineering judgements in the absence of complete information use transferable skills to communicate effectively and work as part of a team take responsibility for your continuing personal and professional development have the fundamental grounding required to take you to the next part of your journey to becoming a professional chemical engineer. Course structure The course offers a modular programme of study, which normally leads to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in three years. View the curriculum summary (pdf) for a breakdown of modules and credits for this course. First year The first year of our programmes is broad in scope. The fundamentals of chemical engineering and business management are introduced and you can learn about other engineering disciplines. Transferable skills are developed and you have the opportunity to attend a residential course in the Lake District. IT skills are taught in our purpose-built computing facility. Second year 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. Financial decision making, international business, marketing and human resource management are studied in the business part of the course. Third year The third year develops the chemical engineering fundamentals further, to graduate level. All students undertake an industry-linked design project which enables them to put into practice all of the skills they have gained. Business is focused on supply chain management and corporate finance. Generic skills-training, focusing on transferable skills and employability, is embedded throughout the course from the outset, and will ensure that you are equipped with the ICT, presentation, team-working and problem solving skills which will enhance your employability on graduation. BEng or MEng? The first two years of the BEng course are identical to our Master of Engineering (MEng) programme H8N2, which means that you can delay your final choice of degree until the end of your second year. Entry onto the MEng programme is dependent upon successful completion of your second year and you must provide excellent results (i.e. be on target for a minimum of a high 2ii).

Your career prospects on graduation from our School will be outstanding. The chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, energy and food industries are amongst the wealthiest and can afford to pay top salaries to high-flying graduates from accredited courses such as ours. Feedback shows that 93% of students on this course go straight into work and/or further study after graduating and those in work are, typically, earning in the range £25,000-£29,000 pa six months after graduation. Of those working, 95% are doing professional/managerial jobs.