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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
University of Greenwich (Medway Campus)
Part Time
Sep 2026
6 Year
This chemical engineering degree will equip you to become a professional engineer able to solve real problems with practical solutions. Our three-year degree in chemical engineering explores a range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering. These topics include engineering science, particle technology, management, pharmaceutical development and bioengineering. Our undergraduate engineering courses share a common Year 1. You will then have the choice of continuing on the same course or switching to another if it better matches your interests. With the skills of a professional engineer, you'll be equipped to enter careers in the chemical and process engineering, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries.
This Module provides an introduction for engineering students to chemistry, including basic chemistry, stereochemistry, and analytical chemistry. Subjects taught include the Periodic Table, simple atomic models, orbitals and electronic configurations, shapes of molecules, equipping engineering students to be able to produce correct formulae and writing full balanced ionic equations. Students learn about measurement methods such as IR and MS spectroscopy of organic compounds. Industrial examples will provide the background for understanding general concepts in physical chemistry such as reaction kinetics, factors influencing reaction rates as well as entropy and free energy. Students are directed to explore different concepts in organic and inorganic chemistry by applying engineering problem-solving approaches to open-ended problems.
The module provides an introduction to the methods and practice of engineering design, allowing the student to become acquainted with the basic principles of design and the design process. This will include the important link between design and manufacture. Materials selection, an essential part of the design process, will be facilitated by an understanding of key materials properties, the basis for the selection of materials for a given application. The module also aims to develop the student`s visual thinking skills by giving them practice in sketching, and computational drawing and design tools specific to the student`s discipline. Finally, the development of transferable skills, including team working, verbal and written communication skills will be practiced during a group design and make exercise.
This module aims to provide students with an understanding of, and competence in the use of, mathematical techniques that are relevant to the solution of engineering problems. It will also give students a firm foundation from which to develop solutions to a wider and deeper range of engineering problems that they will encounter throughout their undergraduate engineering programme of study.
The aims of this module are to provide students with the pre-requisite knowledge and understanding of basic of engineering principles and applications, prior to following their chosen discipline. The module also aims to provide students with the communication and analytical skills which are required to maximise the benefit from laboratory and project work undertaken throughout the year.
The aim of this module is to provide all year-one engineering students with understanding through practice of the need for a high level of professional and ethical engineering conduct that is mindful of commercial, economic, and social context.
This module provides the introduction to chemical engineering for first year students. The material covered in the module will enable students to understand the professional role of a chemical engineer. The module introduces students to engineering problem solving approaches and applying fundamental principles to develop pragmatic solutions for topics such as process scale up. The methods applied are relevant tools used by chemical engineers in their day to day role. This module will also provide insights into the latest technology developments in the field of chemical engineering.
Thermodynamics in chemical engineering is one of the fundamental pillars for comprehending chemical engineering processes. Students will be able to calculate the thermodynamic properties of pure component systems, both ideal and non-ideal, as well as mixtures. Students will also learn how to calculate phase and chemical equilibria. Students will be able to understand many chemical processes using the knowledge they have gained. This competency is a foundation for chemical engineering specialized courses, such as chemical plant design and reactor engineering. The pressure/volume/temperature behaviour of fluids, as well as heat effects related with temperature change, phase change, and chemical reaction will be covered enabling for early application of the first law to real-world applications. The fundamental application of second law will be covered. A thorough examination of the thermodynamic properties of pure fluids allows for the universal application of the first and second principles. Clean power generation and cooling techniques are also discussed. The remainder of the course, which is focused on fluid mixtures, covers subjects in the specialised field of chemical-engineering thermodynamics. The framework of solution thermodynamics, which describes the analysis of phase equilibria, vapor/liquid equilibrium, chemical-reaction equilibrium, gas adsorption, and osmotic equilibria will be introduced to students.
To build on skills developed at level 4, strengthen and extend students? mathematical skills and enable them to appreciate the use of mathematics as a tool to solving engineering problems.
The aim of this module is to further develop knowledge and behaviours expected of professional engineers in the workplace. The module builds on concepts introduced in Engineering Professional Skills 1 and introduces new personal and professionally development topics, and exposes students to perspectives from practicing industry professionals.
This module introduces topics such as fluid mechanics and heat & mass transfer processes. The relevance of the topic will be demonstrated by examples from industry and the theory will by supported by problem- based case studies providing the possibility for students to apply the knowledge to unfamiliar problems related to fluids at rest and in motion as well as to heat and mass transfer processes. Characterising fluid problems and mass transfer processes are major aspects of chemical engineers. The introduction to engineering concepts and design strategies will help students to identify types of flows and to select appropriate models to develop new heat and mass transfer processes or improve existing ones. By working on practical exercises and projects; students will reinforce theoretical concepts of mass transfer operations in chemical engineering, with a specific focus on solid-liquid and solid-solid systems. The development of skills that help students to breakdown problems and identify relevant heat and mass transfer concepts is another important aspect of this module.
This module gives students an opportunity to experience the process of carrying out a short design project and the production of a design report containing specifications in accordance with given customer requirements. A key aim of the module will be to enable students to appreciate that design involves synthesising parameters which affect the eventual design solution considering systems thinking and sustainable design.
This module introduces students to process measurement and control strategies in chemical engineering processes. It builds a systematic understanding of control concepts and provides industry-based examples to raise awareness of the importance of control in chemical engineering. The module ensures that students understand the difference between open and closed loop control systems. Case studies provide students with open ended problems where they apply block diagrams and analyse system transfer functions to determine transient performance, stability, and steady-state errors of processes.
The students will acquire knowledge about different types of reactors considering ideal reactors (i.e. batch, CSTR, PFR, PBR) and bio reactors (i.e. for algae cultivation and wastewater treatment).
This module aims to ensure students gain an understanding of the importance of separation processes in chemical engineering plants.
This module is an overview of a range of industrial chemical manufacturing and processing with the inclusion of industrial planning, safety and social impact considerations.
The module sets to provide deep professional understanding and knowledge of best-practice engineering industry management and leadership, quality assurance, ethics, specialised IT, professional responsibility and commitment with an integrated view to develop professional IEng and CEng Professional Registration compatible inter-personal and communication skills.
To allow the student to study advance transport phenomena and its application to the practical design of process equipment in which, simultaneous momentum, heat and mass transfer are the predominant transfer mechanisms particularly involving fluids e.g. cooling towers, air conditioning systems and quench towers and solids driers or units where simultaneous absorption and liquid phase chemical reactions are taking place.
The individual design project is required for the Chemical Engineering Degree as it is indicated in the curriculum. Its main objective is the development of a project in which all basic, common and specific competencies defined for the degree are integrated paying appropriate consideration to: - A systematic appreciation and critical awareness of industrial scale process and equipment design and their importance to chemical industry.
To build a detailed understanding of principles governing the safety and environmental protection of the process plants. The Module moves towards developing a transcendence of knowledge regarding how the core process engineering fundamentals such as material and energy balancing, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid flow and reaction engineering underpin process safety from a systems perspective.
Multicomponent separation is the most commonly used industrial separation process and a sound understanding of the fundamental principles (material/energy balances, vapour-liquid, liquid-solid and liquid-liquid equilibrium, separation efficiency and system hydrodynamics) defining the operation of such equipment is essential to a graduate engineer.
112-120 Grades/points required
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