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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hons)
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Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Our Chemical Engineering BEng degree is an innovative course that has been developed to equip you with a broad range of knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the chemical and biochemical industry. The course is internationally accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to a new, modern laboratory with equipment and rigs for your experimental work. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for you to use in the purpose-built computer laboratories. Our BEng chemical engineering course can be studied full-time over three years, or four years with a placement year. We encourage the placement year option because time spent in industry prepares you for the world of work and you’ll benefit from a year’s professional experience when you graduate. If you opt for the placement year, you could find yourself making a difference in the real world working in energy, pharmaceutical or consumer goods. At the end of their final year, engineering and maths students are invited to showcase their project work at Brunel Engineers +, an event that both celebrates their achievements and gives them the chance to network with industry figures and employers. National salary surveys consistently place chemical engineers at the top of the engineering pay scales, meaning you will be studying for a lucrative and successful career with our degree.
Solid foundation in engineering mathematics and introductory programming.
Continues the foundation in engineering mathematics and introductory programming.
Essential skills across engineering disciplines: problem solving, professional development, career planning, basic engineering design, project management, communication, teamwork and health and safety.
Grounding in measurement and uncertainty; applied physics relationships governing engineering systems.
Grounding in measurement and uncertainty; applied physics relations governing engineering systems within boundaries and variables of interaction.
Fundamental principles of engineering mechanics; Newton's laws applied to static problems.
Fundamental principles of engineering mechanics including statics and dynamics and common material properties for engineering applications.
Overview of the roles chemical engineers play in industry and research; basic principles of chemical engineering processes and applications, heat and mass balances, safety, sustainability and process economics.
Interpersonal skills, practical hands-on experience and tools for a modern chemical engineer: unit operations, process control, computer-aided simulation and all aspects of process safety.
Applied mathematics and statistical concepts to solve engineering problems; developing mathematical models, estimating parameters and solving differential equations, using R and Python.
Theory and applications of chemical-engineering thermodynamics: phase equilibria, solution thermodynamics, chemical-reaction equilibria, power generation systems and thermodynamic cycles.
Chemical and biochemical reaction engineering and basic (bio)reactor system design; principles of reaction kinetics and optimisation for homogeneous and heterogeneous processes.
The various forms of transport phenomena and their mechanisms (momentum, heat and mass transfer) applied to typical chemical engineering problems.
Fundamental chemical science knowledge and principles of scientific problem analysis and problem-solving through chemical concepts, materials processing and analytical methodology.
The basic concepts and governing laws of heat and mass transfer.
Unit operations of distillation, absorption/desorption, humidification, adsorption and solvent extraction based on equilibrium stage design and transfer rate limited operation; stage efficiency and scale-up.
Advanced principles, methodologies and considerations in the design of chemical processes and low carbon technologies; techno-economic, environmental and societal impacts, process safety and engineering management skills.
Full responsibility for a major design exercise in Chemical or Biochemical Engineering balancing technical risk versus profit with full economic evaluation; undertaken by teams developing transferable skills.
High-level knowledge and skills in materials processing and separation technology; unit operations incorporating adsorption and membrane technologies as alternatives to equilibrium stage processes.
Process synthesis through selection and integration; developing and evaluating reaction-operation-recycle flowsheets, process design optimisation, process safety concepts and design of experiment in quality engineering.
Grand challenges and key principles in energy, water and food sustainability; energy and economic policies, technology aspects and analytical methods to assess and compare energy systems.
How to design and implement control systems for continuous chemical processes; key process variables, control methods and control philosophy with examples for common unit operations.
Key concepts in Big Data Analytics; identifying advanced statistical methodologies to gain insights in process plant operations with practical use of advanced statistical packages (e.g. R).
Accommodation (on campus)- 690-1,094 per month
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