MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering

Course Overview This Chemical Engineering degree equips students with the principles of chemistry, physics, and mathematics to transform raw materials into valuable products while addressing global challenges like climate change and sustainable manufacturing. The curriculum is driven by the department's world-leading research in areas such as the circular economy and low-carbon technologies, ensuring graduates are highly sought after to support the UK's green recovery and net-zero targets. Students gain hands-on experience through advanced laboratories, VR simulation, and a comprehensive final-year plant design project. Key Program Highlights Learn to design sustainable processes and contribute to solving pressing global issues like climate change and vaccine production. Gain practical, hands-on experience in bench and pilot-scale laboratories, VR simulations, and computer classes. Undertake a major industrial plant design project, integrating technology selection, safety analysis, and economic evaluation. Choose from a range of specialized optional modules and a Professional Development Project (PDP) to tailor your degree. Learn from world-leading research in the National Centre for the Circular Chemical Economy and other groundbreaking initiatives.