Chemical Engineering (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Throughout the  Chemical Engineering (Hons) course from Lancaster University  you will develop valuable transferable skills that make you highly desirable to future employers, such as working in collaboration, communication, and using modern computer programs as part of the design and manufacturing process. You will grow skills in analytical thinking, logic and reasoning, digital proficiencies and the ability to consider and maintain work safety practices in a range of environments.

Career opportunities:

Chemical engineering is an innovative and interdisciplinary subject area, combining techniques and processes used across the STEM field in order to evolve the world around us. Chemical engineers are therefore in high demand across a huge range of sectors – and our graduates have gone on to pursue careers in energy, oil and gas, manufacturing and much more. Some have even gone on to pursue further study and embark on a career within academia, working at the forefront of scientific research and discovery. The highly-transferable skills you will acquire will make you a desirable employee in many fields – even those beyond traditional engineering career destinations. Graduates with our engineering degrees are well-paid too, with a median salary of £32,00015 months after graduation (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).

Here are just some of the roles that our BEng and MEng Chemical Engineering students have progressed into upon graduating:

• Engineering Consultant – Ernst & Young

• Wind Analyst – SSE Renewables

• HDD Design Engineer – O’Connor Utilities Ltd

• Graduate Chemical Engineer – Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

• Data Engineer – Cabinet Office

• Graduate Engineer – Engineering Analysis Services Specialists

• PhD Candidate – Lancaster University

• Project Engineer – Hydraulic Analysis Ltd

• Safety and Reliability Engineering Consultant – AFRY UK

• MPhil Advanced Chemical Engineering – University of Cambridge

• Graduate Process Engineer – Stantec

• Reliability and Integrity Engineer – Worley

• Graduate Paint Facilities Engineer – Nissan Motor Manufacturing

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, you also graduate with the relevant life and work based skills.