Chemical Engineering

Description

This professionally accredited degree is the broadest ranging of our MEng degrees and will equip you with knowledge and skills across the full spectrum of chemical engineering topics, allowing you to keep your career options open.

You'll learn the theory and practical application of chemical engineering, including how to use industrial apparatus in our very own pilot plant.

In your fourth year you complete a substantial research project and choose topics in advanced chemical engineering from across our specialisms, including:

• bioprocessing
• process control
• sustainable engineering

We are a top 5 UK university for Chemical Engineering and our degrees are designed in consultation with industry, ensuring your skills are in demand.

Quality and ranking

At Newcastle you will join a School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials with a long-standing reputation for teaching quality and student support.

The quality of the chemical engineering degrees at Newcastle University is recognised with a top five ranking in The Guardian University Guide 2014.

Chemical Engineering at Newcastle also ranks in the top 150 universities in the world in theQS World University Rankings by Subject 2014.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 15490 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 240 ECTS
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• CME1020 Chemistry
• CME1021 Thermodynamics
• CME1023 Transfer Processes
• CME1025 Principles of Chemical Engineering
• CME1026 Computing and Numerical Methods
• CME1027 Data Analysis in Process Industries
• ENG1001 Engineering Mathematics 1

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• CME2021 Safety and Engineering Practice
• CME2022 Separation Processes 1
• CME2023 Transfer Processes 2
• CME2024 Reactor Engineering
• CME2026 Design of Experiments
• CME2027 Chemistry 2
• CME2028 Thermodynamics 2
• CME2029 Process Measurement, Dynamics & Control
• ENG2011 Engineering Mathematics 2

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• CME3008 Process Control 2
• CME3032 Process Business Operations
• CME3033 Separation Processes 2
• CME3034 Advanced Design for Safety
• CME3035 Reactor Systems Engineering
• CME3036 Process and Product Engineering
• CME3039 Plant Design
• CME3040 Chemical Engineering Laboratory

Stage 4

Compulsory modules

• CME8038 Sustainable Industry
• CME8103 Process Control 3 - Design of Robust Control Algorithms
• CME8107 Process Intensification
• CME8109 Bioreactor Engineering
• CME8117 MEng Research Project
• CME8120 Advanced Design Project

Optional modules

You select 10 credits from the following optional modules:

• CME8037 Sustainable Design and Manufacture 1
• CME8119 Advanced Transport Processes
• CME8124 Multivariate Methods
• CME8104 Process Control 4 - Design of Digital Control Algorithms

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 TOEFL iBT® test : 90

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test. More About IELTS

Requirements

All candidates are considered on an individual basis.

If your qualifications are not listed here, please see our additional entry requirements pages to find out which other qualifications are considered.

If you dont have the right mathematics and/or science qualifications for direct entry, please see our Foundation Year information below.

- A Levels

AAA-AAB including Mathematics and Chemistry and preferably Physics and/or Biology but excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. Chemistry accepted at AS level (grade A or B) if offered in combination with A level Mathematics and Physics. GCSE Physics or Double Award Science (minimum Grade B) required if Physics not offered at A level.

- Scottish Qualifications

AA-AB in Mathematics and Chemistry at Advanced Higher.

- International Baccalaureate

36 points with Mathematics and Chemistry at Higher Level grade 5 or above.

- Irish Leaving Certificate

Candidates will normally only be considered for foundation year entry. All applications will be considered on an individual basis.

- Access Qualifications

Please see BEng entrance requirements. Accrediting body requirements will sometimes mean that students may only be considered for entry to BEng.

- BTEC Level 5 HND

Overall Distinction grades including Distinctions in mathematics and science units. Units must include both Analytical Methods and Further Analytical Methods or equivalent. Students studying the HND outside of the UK, and who have studied subjects corresponding in syllabus and level to Stage 1 of the degree and with Distinction in Mathematics and other engineering subjects, may be considered for Stage 2 entry.

- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

Candidates will be considered for Foundation Year entry. Please see Engineering with Foundation Year for specific entrance requirements.

- Cambridge Pre-U

D3, D3, D3 - D3, D3, M2 in Principal Subjects including Mathematics and Chemistry and preferably Physics and/or Biology. GCSE Physics or Double Award Science (minimum Grade B) required if Physics not offered at a higher level.

- PARTNERS - A Levels

ABB including Mathematics and Chemistry and preferably Physics and/or Biology but excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking . Chemistry accepted at AS level (grade A or B) if offered in combination with A level Mathematics and Physics. GCSE Physics or Double Award Science (minimum Grade B) required if Physics not offered at A Level.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle Universitys supported entry route for students from identified schools and colleges. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

- PARTNERS - BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

Candidates will be considered for Foundation Year entry. Please see Engineering with Foundation Year for specific entrance requirements.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle Universitys supported entry route for students from identified schools and colleges. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

- Foundation Year

If you dont have the right mathematics and/or science qualifications for direct entry, you can take a Chemical Engineering Foundation Year:

• Chemical Engineering with Foundation Year BEng Honours (H814)
• Chemical Engineering with Foundation Year MEng Honours (H816)

This will provide you with the knowledge you need to progress to one of our three- or four-year Chemical Engineering degrees.

- English Language Requirements

For this degree you will need a minimum score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Visit our International Students webpages to find out more about our English language admission requirements and English language support courses offered by INTO Newcastle University.

- International Foundation Programmes

If you are an international student and you do not meet the academic and English language requirements specified above, you should consider a preparation course at INTO Newcastle University, which will help to prepare you for study on this degree course.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• Flexible study schedule
• Experienced teachers
• Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Newcastle University.

Accreditation

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), providing industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

You will also have the opportunity to take modules that are professionally accredited by the Institute of Measurement and Control and the Energy Institute.