Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Entry requirements
A level: A*A*A IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level . To apply to any of our Colleges for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, you will need A levels/IB Higher Levels (or the equivalent) in: Mathematics Chemistry a third science/mathematics subject (Biology, Physics or Further Mathematics) If you’re studying a science that’s not listed as your third subject, please contact the College you wish to apply to for advice. If you’re studying IB Higher Level Mathematics, we ask for Analysis and Approaches for this course. If this isn’t an option at your school, contact the College you wish to apply to for advice.
About this course
BA (Hons) and MEng in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, a chemical engineering degree centred on the scientific and practical foundations of process and product development. Core topics include Engineering Design, Data Analysis. Students can graduate with a BA after three years or continue for a fourth year to obtain the MEng, with the four-year route accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers. The first year covers introductory chemical engineering and biotechnology principles alongside chemistry, mathematics, and computing skills, supplemented by an engineering design and manufacturing workshop. The second year introduces biotechnology, process thermodynamics, and heat and mass transfer, supported by data analysis, laboratory classes, and an engineering design and manufacturing project. The third year advances into reaction engineering, separation technology, and process dynamics and control, focusing on equipment specification, safety, environmental impact, and economic assessment. The fourth year offers advanced study in topics such as energy technology, sustainability, advanced design, pharmaceutical engineering, computational fluid dynamics, and bionanotechnology.
Modules
- Fundamental scientific topics such as cell biology, materials science and engineering principles
- Introductory chemical engineering and biotechnology principles. For example, sustainability, process calculations, fluid mechanics, and chemical and biochemical product design
- Chemistry from Part IA of Natural Sciences
- Mathematics from Part IA of Natural Sciences
- complete an engineering design and manufacturing workshop
- do the chemistry practical laboratory class from Part IA of Natural Sciences
- undertake classes in computing skills, including process simulation
- attend workshops on professional and transferable skills
- fundamental principles like biotechnology, process thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat and mass transfer
- introductory applications. For example, reaction engineering, separations and solids processing
- supporting topics like engineering mathematics, data analysis, and safety principles
- laboratory classes in chemical engineering and biotechnology
- assessed projects throughout the year
- classes in computing skills, including process simulation
- an engineering design and manufacturing project
- professional and transferable skills workshops
- advanced biotechnology
- equilibrium thermodynamics
- reaction engineering
- separation technology
- process dynamics and control
- reviewing methods for making the product and choosing between them
- specification of equipment
- control procedures
- safety and environmental impact
- economic assessment
- energy technology
- sustainability
- advanced design
- pharmaceutical engineering
- adsorption and nanoporous materials
- computational fluid dynamics
- interface engineering
- optical microscopy
- biophysics
- bionanotechnology
- biosensors and bioelectronics
- rheology and complex fluids