Are your students/children showing an interest in chemical engineering? At Strathclyde, we're here to help them on their journey, providing them with access to expert teaching and top-of-the-range facilities.
Future chemical engineers
What do we look for in students, and what should students consider if they think chemical engineering is for them? Here are a few common areas:
- skills in maths & chemistry
- looking for career that involves chemistry but is not laboratory based
- good communication skills
- looking for a wide range of career options
Chemical engineers work on problems associated with:
- environmental protection
- process design
- safety
- advanced chemical processes
Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde was rated the best in Scotland in the last Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Teaching Quality Assessment.
Our courses
We're one of the few departments in the UK that offers fully accredited full and part-time courses at BEng, MEng and postgraduate MSc level. Accreditation from the Insitution of Chemical Engineers offers a direct route to Charter Engineer status - a big plus point for our students!
Take a look at our Chemical & Process Engineering course pages, where you'll find information on course content, entry requirements, fees and funding and much more.
Career opportunities
Chemical engineers are among the highest paid graduates in their first posts and remain so during their working life.
The nature of the chemical and process industries is such that many graduates will work overseas on short and long term secondments or move overseas permanently.
Many of our graduates work for major oil and gas and pharmaceutical companies.
We have links world-wide with major chemical engineering employers through:
- our unique, award-winning programmes in Chemical Engineering by distance learning
- our MEng final year placement scheme
Some of our graduates go on to work as researchers at the forefront of chemical engineering technologies.