This Masters degree will extend your existing knowledge to provide you with advanced chemical engineering and process technology skills for an exciting and challenging career in these process industries. You’ll develop advanced knowledge in key areas such as reaction engineering, product development, process modelling and simulation, and pharmaceutical formulation or energy technology.
The course has been designed to provide greater depth in aspects of advanced chemical engineering and a range of up-to-date process technologies. These will enable you to design, operate and manage processes and associated manufacturing plants, and to provide leadership in innovation, research and development and technology transfer.
This course is suitable for chemical engineering graduates.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in chemical engineering. Applicants must have strong marks across a breadth of relevant modules, including mathematics and physical sciences.
Applicants with a high 2.2 will be considered on an individual basis where they can demonstrate competence in specific modules and/or with relevant professional industrial experience.
Fees are listed on our website.
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There is a wide range of career opportunities in the chemical and allied industries in process engineering, process design and research and development as well as in finance and management. Our graduates have secured positions at companies such as:
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Research Project (MSc) 60 credits
Chemical Products Design and Development 15 credits
Batch Process Engineering 15 credits
Multi-Scale Modelling and Simulation 30 credits
Advances in Chemical Engineering 15 credits
Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Advanced Reaction Engineering 15 credits
Nuclear Operations 15 credits
Chemical Reaction Processes 20 credits
Fuel Processing 15 credits
Materials Structures and Characterisation 15 credits
Nanomaterials 15 credits
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