Chemical Engineering, BEng (Hons)

Chemical engineers design, operate, and optimise chemical and physical processes to convert raw materials into valuable products while ensuring safe and environmentally responsible disposal of by-products. This course equips students with skills for modern process engineering, including analytical tools to solve industry-relevant problems and a foundation for achieving Chartered Engineer status. It features industrial visits to companies like Valero and Tata Steel, with modules covering areas such as fluid mechanics, reactor design, and applications in energy, health, food, water, and the environment. Facilities include atomic force microscopy, fermentation rigs, and membrane separation rigs.The program is professionally accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, offering industry recognition. We guarantee a conditional offer for Swansea University courses, subject to requirements; visit an Open Day or contact us for more details. Typical modules span chemical engineering science in year one, process design in year two, and applied engineering in year three.

Areas studied typically include: Year one: Chemical Engineering Science, Chemical Process Principles, Engineering Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Instrumental and Analytical Chemistry, Introductory Organic Chemistry Year two: Biochemical Engineering Principles, Fluid Flow, Instrumentation Measurement and Control, Process and Pilot Plant Operations, Process Design and Simulation, Process Modelling, Reactor Design, Separation Processes, Thermodynamics of Process Design Year three: Applied Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering Design Project, Energy and Low Carbon Technologies, Environmental Engineering Practice, Particulate Systems, Reactor Design, Safety and loss Prevention