This chemical engineering degree focuses on sustainability. On completion, you’ll have the skills to help the world transition to a more sustainable future. Demand is high for chemical engineering graduates. You’ll have excellent job prospects in sectors such as food, energy, pharmaceuticals and biochemicals.

Chemical engineering is a multi-disciplinary branch of engineering, focused on using chemicals and materials to design sustainable processes and giving them practical applications in the real world. This course focuses particularly on employability, sustainability and design.

The skills you’ll gain include:

• computational methods
• reaction engineering
• thermofluids

On this Chemical Engineering BEng degree you’ll be able to:

• take part in a challenging group design project
• complete an optional extra year on a paid industrial placement
• learn real-world skills with our dedicated computer suite and simulation software
• use our virtual control room to gain experience working in a chemical plant
• select from a range of specialist modules

You’ll work in our brand new, bespoke chemical engineering laboratories, which are part of our £12m chemistry building renovation. You’ll also have access to our engineering facilities, which consist of over 10,000m² of specialist workshops, laboratories and testing services.

As a chemical engineering graduate you’ll be qualified to take up roles as:

• process engineer
• energy consultant
• thermo-fluid engineer
• quality assurance specialist
• environmental engineer
• biochemical engineer
• food processing expert
• pharmaceutical engineer