Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor (Hons)

The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is a four-year specialized degree aimed at developing graduates with essential knowledge, technical expertise, and practical skills for modern engineering. It is structured around Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies, integrating coursework with work-integrated learning, co-curricular activities, and professional skills training.

Chemical engineering is an exciting and dynamic field and an ever-changing discipline due to evolutionary and revolutionary changes in technology and society. Chemical Engineering at UWA is designed to produce graduates who are not only capable of finding successful and rewarding lifelong careers as chemical engineers in existing industries, but who can also apply their skills and knowledge to new and emerging technologies in areas such as renewable and alternative energies and energy storage; process intensification and zero emissions technologies; and water reuse, recycling, purification and desalination. The Chemical Engineering major provides a solid foundation in the underpinning sciences followed by a broad chemical engineering education, giving you the requisite knowledge and hands-on skills, both technical and personal, required by industry. In addition, you can choose specialisation units to pursue higher learning in areas of interest as diverse as hydrocarbon-based energy, renewable energy, waste management, minerals processing, water treatment, biomedical applications, and applied digital technology. The major contains a design spine through all four years where you apply the knowledge and skills gained to complex open-ended chemical engineering problems. Chemical and process safety is woven throughout the course, as is sustainability, to ensure you meet current and future demands and expectations of employers and society at large. This ensures that, upon graduation, you are equipped to successfully embark on your career as a Chemical Engineer with the confidence of knowing you are fully equipped to tackle future challenges and opportunities in chemical engineering.