MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering

Our MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering aims at advancing students’ knowledge and skills in areas crucial for tackling real-world societal challenges. Our graduates can gain enhanced career prospects in a variety of different fields, including pharmaceuticals, energy, food and drink, and environmental engineering. The course also offers specialisation in a particular field enhancing your expertise, in turn making you more competitive in the job market.The course has a strong project-based approach with opportunities to undertake research, allowing you to work on projects that can contribute to new discoveries and innovations. An interest in research during your MSc studies, can lead to further studies for an MPhil or PhD and subsequently to a research and innovation-oriented career.Our department is diverse, with students and staff from across the UK and overseas, and from a wide range of professional backgrounds. The course is challenging and provides the opportunity for personal growth, improved independence and confidence.This course is one of the few MSc programmes to offer the module ‘Safety Management Practices’, which offers exposure to best industry practices and much sought-after industrial training in an area critical to all Chemical Engineering.The course meets accreditation requirements for the Institution of Chemical Engineers allowing graduates to apply for chartered engineer status.