Get ready for a fulfilling career in chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sciences. As the pharmaceutical industry expands in Australia and world-wide, your understanding of the engineering process and other scientific fields involved in drug development and production, will ensure you’re well equipped to work across a range of roles.

You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the principles of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sciences, allowing you to apply your knowledge to large scale production in the pharmaceutical industry.

You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design-and-build projects, as well as taking part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge - a humanitarian-focused course offered in all RMIT engineering degrees.

To ensure you graduate job-ready, you’ll also have an opportunity to undertake a work-integrated learning (industry experience) elective.

In Australia, major employment areas are to be found in:

• the chemical, petroleum, and petrochemical industries
• the food industry
• water
• environmental management and pollution control
• mineral and metallurgical industries
• plastics/polymers
• biomaterials and diagnostic agents
• pharmaceuticals and vaccines
• cosmetics
• electricity and gas utilisation
• research and development
• project design and consulting

Graduates have gone on to work at a range of organisations including:

• Basell
• BP
• Cadbury
• Cryovac
• CSL
• CUB
• ExxonMobil
• Kraft
• Moldflow
• Rio Tinto

Professional recognition and accreditation

The Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering(Honours)/Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences is not currently accredited, although it has been developed to align with the Engineers Australia accreditation framework.

Engineers Australia is the professional body in Australia responsible for the accreditation of higher education programs that prepare students to practise as professional engineers.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering(Honours)/Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences may be eligible to apply for membership of Engineers Australia via a Stage 1 Competency Assessment.