Chemical Engineering with Chemistry: The University of Manchester

Course description

Chemical Engineering concerns the science, technology and management involved in making the materials and products needed by the society.

You study a range of core materials incorporating the fundamentals of chemical engineering as well as supporting mathematics and science.

As well as core chemical engineering, you study further options in chemistry and learn how the skills of the chemical engineer and the chemist are brought together in order to design and manufacture products as far ranging as petrochemicals, pharmaceutical tablets, inkjet printing modules, deodorant sticks and chocolate. The course enables you to understand processes from the molecular level up to industrial scale.

Career opportunities

Many graduates enter roles in industry as design engineers, consultants or undertake research and development of new products. Others use the skills they have gained for a career in non chemical-engineering sectors such as business, finance, marketing, banking, insurance, accountancy and IT.

Many graduates move into senior management. Fields are as diverse as food and drink, chemicals, oil, gas and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, energy generation and disposal of waste. Graduates with a knowledge of chemistry as well as chemical engineering are particularly well placed to follow careers in product development.

Entry requirements

• English language: For example, GCSE grade C or above, IELTS: an overall band score of at least 6, with at least 5 in each component, TOEFL: a score of at least 540 in the paper test, 207 in the computer test or 76 in the internet test.
• A level: Grades AAB. This should include Mathematics, Chemistry and one other acedemic subject.
• Unit grade information: The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit grade information which, like all other available information, will inform the consideration of applications.  Unit grades will not normally form part of offer conditions, except for Mathematics programmes.
• GCSE: Minimum grade C in English Language, Mathematics and either Physics, Chemistry or Double Award Science.
• Key Skills qualification: The University warmly welcomes applications from students studying the Key Skills qualification. However, as the opportunities to take these modules are not open to all applicants, currently this is not an essential requirement of the University.
• International Baccalaureate: 35 points overall including 17 points at the Higher level including Mathematics and Chemistry.