MEng Chemical Engineering
Entry requirements
A level: AAA (Mathematics and Chemistry required. Biology, Economics, Geography, Physics and Psychology preferred.) IB: 38 points (A total of 18 points in three higher level subjects to include grades 6,6 in Mathematics and Chemistry, with no higher level score below 5. Another science at higher level preferred, but not essential. The programme will accept either ‘Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches’ or ‘Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation’ at higher level.)
About this course
MEng in Chemical Engineering, a chemical engineering degree centred on industrial processes and technical design principles. Core topics include Programming, Mathematical Modelling, and Research Methods. This four-year course provides a direct route to IChemE membership and Chartered Engineer status, with an optional additional year abroad or in industry. The first year introduces the discipline through Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, and Physical Chemistry. The second year expands technical knowledge via Design and Professional Skills II, Engineering Experimentation, Process Heat Transfer, and Separation Processes I, while also offering optional modules such as Manufacturing Regenerative Medicines: from Lab Bench to Industry and Introduction to Programming. The third year focuses on plant design and control through Process Plant Design Project, Process Dynamics and Control, Chemical Reaction Engineering II, and Transport Phenomena II. The final year culminates in advanced study and research through Process Systems Modelling and Design and Chemical Engineering Research Project, with further study available in optional topics like Sustainable Industrial Bioprocesses and Biorefineries and Energy Systems and Sustainability.
Modules
- Introduction to Chemical Engineering
- Transport Phenomena
- Thermodynamics
- Physical Chemistry
- Computational Modelling and Analysis
- Engineering Challenges
- Mathematical Modelling and Analysis 1
- Design and Professional Skills I (Chemical Engineering)
- Design and Professional Skills II
- Engineering Experimentation
- Process Heat Transfer
- Separation Processes I
- Particulate Systems and Separation Processes II
- Chemical Reaction Engineering I
- Process Design Principles
- Mathematical Modelling and Analysis II
- Manufacturing Regenerative Medicines: from Lab Bench to Industry
- Engineering Mathematics in Finance
- Tech Journalism: Writing, Researching, and Reporting News in Technology, Science, and Engineering
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Inorganic Chemistry for Engineers
- Intelligent Systems
- Introduction to Programming
- Connected Systems
- Introduction to Nanotechnology
- Introduction to Robotics
- Process Plant Design Project
- Process Dynamics and Control
- Chemical Reaction Engineering II
- Transport Phenomena II
- Advanced Safety and Loss Prevention
- Process Systems Modelling and Design
- Chemical Engineering Research Project
- Integrated Downstream Processing
- Sustainable Industrial Bioprocesses and Biorefineries
- Bioprocess Validation and Quality Control
- Advanced Bioreactor Engineering
- Environmental Systems
- Financial Aspects of Project Engineering
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Advanced Process Optimisation
- Fluid Particle Systems
- Energy Systems and Sustainability