This special course has been designed to provide highly skilled chemical engineers specifically for the chemicals industry. You'll learn how to work with highly functional molecules at the bench as well as tonne quantities of molecules in a large-scale plant. Your study will give you the skills for a career in the pharmaceutical or fine chemicals industries, the strongest parts of the chemicals sector in Europe. The first two years of all our courses are the same so you have the flexibility to switch courses, up to the end of the second year.

Chemical engineers are the best paid group of engineers and have the potential to earn more than doctors, lawyers and accountants. We aim to turn out fully fledged chemical engineers who can slot straight into industrial teams designing and operating new processes. We have good relationships with a wide range of global companies - several of these specifically target Sheffield since they like the chemical engineering graduates we produce. As a qualified chemical engineer you can choose from a wide variety of careers including plant management, research, commissioning, process safety, environmental protection, process control, consultancy or sales and marketing. Our graduates work in chemical and allied products, contracting, oil and gas, consultancy, pharmaceuticals, energy, water, food and drink, materials, process plant and equipment.