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Chemical engineers invent, develop and design processes that convert raw materials into useful products - with minimal environmental impact. Chemical engineers are also involved with pollution control, protection of the environment and with energy conservation.

As populations grow and resources and energy reserves decline, the demand for chemical engineers increases. As a chemical engineer, you can work in a range of industries including the biotechnology, chemical, energy, environmental, food, mineral, nanotechnology, oil, paper, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.

In these industries you would most likely work in one of the following roles:

Process engineer - you solve production problems, develop new products, reduce energy usage and the carbon footprint, increase plant safety and efficiency, and oversee plant upgrades and expansions.

Design engineer - you work in a consultancy office, designing new plants for clients, as well as extensions to existing plants.

Research and development engineer - you work in a laboratory or a company, and develop new ways to do chemical engineering. You might develop new products or you might work on new catalysts to increase reaction efficiency.

Areas of study

LEVEL ONE: Core Units

• Computing for engineers
• Mathematics for engineering
• Engineering design A: lighter, faster, stronger
• Engineering design B: cleaner, safer, smarter
• Design C: engineering mobile applications

General Studies Unit

• Leadership and Innovation

Elective Units: Select two units from:

• Chemistry I advanced
• Physics for engineering
• Mechanics of fluids (level two)
• Telecommunications (level two)
• Digital systems (level two)
• Introduction to Systems Engineering (level two)

Course structure

The common first year lays a foundation in the basic sciences of mathematics, physics and chemistry and introduces the disciplines available to you for further study. You will learn to apply your developing maths and science knowledge to real-life problems and begin to understand the interaction between engineering and society. Depending on academic performance and quotas, you can pursue a specific discipline from your second year of study.

Career outcomes

Graduates can work in fields such ass:

• biotechnology
• building and construction
• computer programming
• food processing
• industrial electronics
• manufacturing
• mining
• nanotechnology
• power generation
• robotics
• sustainable technologies
• telecommunications
• transport.