This innovative integrated master’s degree is designed to reflect the demands of the ‘real world’, where your work will have a tangible, positive impact.
Course outline
Ranked 3rd in the UK for Chemical Engineering (Guardian University Guide 2025), this professionally-accredited world class degree will put you on the path to Chartered Chemical Engineer status. Setting you up for a successful career in a diverse and in-demand sector.
Chemical engineers change the world by designing sustainable process routes to supply society with essential products, such as industrial solvents, bulk and fine chemicals including pharmaceuticals, food, clean air and drinking water. Through your degree you will gain the skills so that you can change the world, whilst acquiring and in-depth knowledge in core and advanced areas of Chemical Engineering.
This integrated master’s degree combines modules in fundamental Chemical Engineering with those in chemistry, physical chemistry and mathematics, allowing you to gain an extensive and holistic knowledge of chemical engineering. At the same time, you will learn a robust selection of practical skills, such as problem-solving, engineering-relevant IT and engineering design skills.
Whether it's developing cleaner industrial processes or creating innovative solutions for a sustainable future, this program will empower you to make a lasting impact on society, address global challenges, and set your sights on a fulfilling, rewarding career.
Key benefits
- Highly ranked - Ranked 3rd overall in the UK for Chemical Engineering (Guardian, 2025)
- Professionally accredited – Accredited by the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
- Power up your future – Develop the skills employers around the globe look for. Gain an edge in a fast-changing world and thrive in your career with Aston Power Skills.
- Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)
- More for less – Ranked 2nd in the UK for ‘value added’ (Chemical Engineering; Guardian, 2025)
- Running smoothly - 93% of students felt positive about the organisation and management of their course (Chemical Engineering; National Student Survey, 2024)
- Earn more – Our graduates are among the highest paid in the country, earning on average £38,700 five years after graduating (Engineering; Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2024)
Where can this degree take me
The transferable skills that our chemical engineering programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:
- Graduate engineer
- Process engineer
- Quality assurance engineer
- Data analyst
- Project engineer
- Technical consultant
- Graduate process design engineer
- Development operations consultant
Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Severn Trent Water, Veolia, Procter & Gamble UK, Mott MacDonald, NHS, Capgemini, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), and Amazon.
Professional accreditation
This programme is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). As part of the standard process, it is currently undergoing re-accreditation, with confirmation expected before September 2026.
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