Newcastle University

Chemical Engineering with Industry MEng Honours
UCAS Code: H815 (4 Years)

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Chemical engineers are responsible for the chemical and biochemical transformations behind thousands of everyday products, in a wide variety of industries, from the manufacture of medicines to freeze-drying food. We'll teach you the theory and practical application of chemical engineering, including how to use industrial apparatus in our very own pilot plant.

This four-year MEng Honours degree enables you to study a broad curriculum and includes a 12-month paid placement in a chemical/process engineering company to enhance your practical skills and employability.

In your third year, you undertake a fully accredited, paid work placement with a chemical/process engineering company. On return to University in your fourth year, you study a selection of topics that are tailored to further develop the technical expertise you gain on your placement.

You also complete a substantial research project and enhanced design project.

Professional 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.

See the MEng or BEng section below for more information about professional accreditation and the difference between studying to BEng and MEng level.

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 ten ranking amongst UK universities teaching chemical engineering in The Guardian University Guide 2014 and The Complete University Guide 2014.

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

Teaching and assessment

Teaching is a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, computer practice sessions and an extensive hands-on laboratory practical component. You will also spend time working on industrially relevant case studies and design projects in small groups.

Assessment is by class tests, laboratory reports, multi-choice questions, project reports, oral presentations, closed book examinations, and interviews. Teaching and assessment methods may vary from module to module; more information can be found in our individual module listings.

Flexible degree structure

During the first two years you follow the same study programme as all of our Chemical Engineering students.

This shared curriculum provides you with a broad foundation of chemical engineering knowledge.

It also gives you the flexibility to transfer between our chemical engineering MEng degrees should your ideas change as your skills develop and you gain more experience of different aspects of chemical engineering.

Transfer to or from this degree to one of our other chemical engineering MEng degrees is possible up to the end of Stage 2, before your accredited industrial placement begins in Stage 3.

Work placement

All students have the chance to gain valuable workplace skills to make you stand out in the graduate market place. We have strong links with over 100 companies, including P&G, MSD and ExxonMobil. The School and the University Careers Service will help you to find potential employers and guide you through the application process.

• All chemical engineering students can undertake a paid industry placement after second year (BEng students) or third year (MEng students). This year does not count towards your final degree mark and extends your degree to four years for a BEng and five years for an MEng.
• Undertake an assessed year in industry through our accredited Chemical Engineering with Industry degree, making it possible for you to gain industrial experience without extending the length of your degree. You will work within a team of professional engineers and scientists to apply your knowledge to an industrial problem defined by your host company. Your technical skills will be assessed through an industrial design project. You also complete selected chemical engineering topics by distance learning.

School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials

As a chemical engineering student at Newcastle, you will join the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials. Our state-of-the-art labs and facilities have benefitted from considerable investment in the last few years, which includes:

• a recently upgraded pilot plant laboratory
• modern bench-top experimental equipment
• an interactive video teaching system
• high specification fume cupboards for handling volatile chemicals
• two dedicated computing suites, running specialised industry-standard computer software

Visit the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials' website, where you can:

• find out more about studying chemical engineering at Newcastle
• take a virtual tour of our facilities
• watch a video featuring some of our current students