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Chemical Process Engineering MSc

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CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING MSc

Process engineering often involves close collaboration between engineers and scientists from a variety of disciplines. The Chemical Process Engineering MSc at UCL is specifically designed to facilitate this collaboration, and provides graduates from a variety of engineering and science disciplines with the advanced training necessary to enter the chemical or biochemical industries.

Degree structure
Mode: Full-time 1 year Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. The programme consists of three compulsory modules (45 credits), three optional modules (45 credits) and a project (90 credits).

Compulsory Modules
Fluid Particle Systems Advanced Safety and Loss Prevention Energy Systems and Sustainability Either Research Project or Advanced Design Project

Degree summary
The programme covers core chemical engineering subjects alongside a wide range of options. Students choose either a research or an advanced design project. The advanced design project option is aimed at students who have not undertaken a design project during their undergraduate degree and eventually seek to become Chartered Engineers.

Optional Modules
Process Dynamics and Control Chemical Reaction Engineering Advanced Process Engineering Transport Processes Advanced Process Modelling Advanced Bioreactor Engineering Environmental Systems Water and Wastewater Treatment With not more than one from: Law for Managers Project Management Mastering Entrepreneurship

UCL Chemical Engineering, situated in the heart of London, is one of the top-rated departments in the UK in both research and teaching. It is internationally renowned for its outstanding research. The programme is the first of its kind in the UK and is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) as meeting IChemE's requirements for Further Learning to Masters Level. This recognition will fulfil an important academic qualification for MSc graduates with suitable first degrees in eventually becoming Corporate Members of IChemE.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, and individual and group activities. Invited lectures delivered by industrialists provide a professional and social context. Assessment is through written papers, coursework, a report on the research or design project and an oral examination.

Dissertation/report
All MSc students undertake either a research project or an advanced design project, which culminates in a project report and oral examination.

Your career
Upon completion, our graduates can expect to play a major role in developing the technologies that make available most of the things that we use in every day life and provide the expertise and technology to enhance our health and standard of living. These activities may involve the development of new materials, food processing, water treatment, pharmaceuticals, transport and energy resources as well as being at the front line to address present environmental issues such as climate change. Typical destinations of recent graduates include:

Amec Process and Energy Bechtel British Petroleum Royal Dutch Shell Fluor Daniel National Grid Doosan Babcock Health & Safety Executive Atkins Aspentek Limited

Career profiles of some of our recent MSc graduates are available here.

Meeting employers
Every year about 550 employers/organisations attend events arranged by the UCL Careers Service, including careers fairs, employer presentations and sector themed weeks. Graduate employers often run practical sessions across the year on how to sharpen skills such as marketing yourself, networking, teamwork, and how to perform well at interviews.

How can UCL Careers Service Help?

UCL Careers Service has 15 Careers Consultants, including two international specialists, who can help you get the most out of your time at UCL and plan your next move. The UCL Careers Service has specialist programmes for postgraduates.

Masters QuickFix! Programme

A series of Careers Consultant led information sessions and workshops aimed at the needs of Master's students, whether your aim is to get a job on completion of your programme, or if you are aiming to stay in academia. There are a range of topics covered: Career Planning and Job Hunting, How to Find and Fund a PhD, Writing Effective Applications and Succeeding at Interviews and Assessment Centres.

Did you know?

UCL has the lowest academic to student ratio of any public UK university.* UCL is the second most cited European university and the UK university most cited by Health and Engineering research.** UCL was ranked third in the UK Research Assessment Exercise for the volume of its research rated in the highest category: world-leading. UCL is a dynamic multi-faculty institution with strength in breadth across an impressive array of disciplines. This has given it a significant advantage in pioneering interdisciplinary research. With permission from the authors, all UCL research is made publicly accessible in the online UCL Discovery repository.

Research Staff and PhD Students

Research Staff and PhD students have access to a specialist consultant in twice-weekly sets of appointments where you can discuss any career related issue, such as: CV, cover letters and application forms, decisions about what to do at the end of your studentship, planning your next steps to get where you want to be and how to market your research and other skills to recruiters.

*The Complete University Guide 2012 **Thomson Scientific Citation Index 2011

Fees and funding

UK & EU 2013-14 Overseas 2013-14 10,250 21,000

where you would like to go professionally with your degree

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

Full details of funding opportunities can be found on the UCL Scholarships website: www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships

Contacts
Contact Email: Telephone: Professor Haroun Mahgerefteh h.mahgerefteh@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3835

Key facts
RAE: 75% rated 4* (world-leading) or 3* (internationally excellent) Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering

Department: Prospectus Entry:

Entry requirements
Normally a minimum of a lower second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

Your application
You may choose to apply online or download application materials; for details visit www.ucl.ac.uk/gradapps The deadline for applications is 2 August 2013. Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines. The programme is suitable for graduates in disciplines such as chemical engineering, material science and chemistry and its allied fields. The multi-disciplinary nature of the programme coupled with extensive industrial input and the emphasis on safety and environmental issues has attracted outstanding students from many countries across the globe. When we assess your application we would like to learn:

why you want to study Chemical Process Engineering at graduate level why you want to study Chemical Process Engineering at UCL what particularly attracts you to this programme how your academic, professional and personal background meets the demands of this programme
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