Chemical Engineering University of Cambridge

Overview

Through the Chemical Engineering programme from the University of Cambridge you'll learn the scientific principles used by both.

The skills you'll learn are essential to the development of processes and products that are needed to address some of the problems facing humanity. These include:

• the need for sustainable food and water supplies as climate change occurs
• the provision of improved global healthcare solutions and therapeutics
• the energy transition away from fossil fuels

As well as learning scientific theory, you'll work on projects that teach you about the practical side of process and product design.

We aim to produce graduates who meet the needs of today's process and biotech industries. To do this, we provide you with:

• a thorough understanding of the subject
• technical competence
• transferable skills

You can graduate after 3 years with a BA degree, but most students stay on for the fourth year which leads to the BA and MEng degrees.

Career opportunities:

There are many well-paid career opportunities within chemical engineering and biotechnology.

Some of our graduates go on to postgraduate study before entering employment.

Graduates may go on to work as:

• engineers in the process industries
• research scientists
• technical managers

The skills you learn on the course will also prepare you for careers outside of the subject. For example, previous graduates have gone into careers in finance and management consultancy.