MSc Advanced Process Integration and Design

Program Overview

The MSc Advanced Process Integration and Design is a specialized Chemical Engineering master's program that focuses on process design and integration in the petroleum, gas, and chemicals industries. The program equips students with a deep understanding of process design and integration principles, preparing them for careers as Process Engineers, Design Engineers, Research Scientists, and Project Managers. Students develop skills in engineering models, optimization, and process simulation, gaining practical experience through real-world research projects supported by leading industry partnerships.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The MSc Advanced Process Integration and Design is a specialized master's degree in Chemical Engineering, focusing on process design and integration within the petroleum, gas, and chemicals sectors of the process industries.

Objectives:

• Acquire a deep and systematic conceptual understanding of the principles of process design and integration.
• Develop skills in implementing engineering models, optimization, and process simulation using bespoke and commercially available software.
• Gain practical experience in applying process design and integration methodologies to a wide range of process technologies.
• Enhance research skills through critical assessment of research literature, group work, written and oral communication, time management, and research planning.

Outline:

First Trimester:

• Energy Systems: Develops systematic methods for designing heat recovery systems.
• Utility Systems: Focuses on the provision of heat and power in the process industries.
• Computer Aided Process Design: Develops skills for modeling and optimization of chemical processes.

Second Trimester:

• Electives (Choose three from the following):
• Reaction Systems
• Distillation Systems
• Distributed and Renewable Energy Systems
• Biorefining
• Oil and Gas Processing
• Research-Related Units (Two units):
• Develop research skills and prepare a proposal for the research project.
• Focus on critical assessment of research literature, group work, written and oral communication, time management, and research planning.

Third Trimester:

• Research Project: Students apply their knowledge and skills in process design and integration to investigate a wide range of process technologies and design methodologies.
Recent projects have addressed:
• Modeling, assessment, and optimization of petroleum refinery hydrotreating processes
• Crude oil distillation systems
• Power plants
• Waste heat recovery systems
• Refrigeration cycles with mixed refrigerants
• Heat recovery steam generators
• Biorefining and biocatalytic processes
• Waste-to-energy technologies

Careers:

The MSc Advanced Process Integration and Design prepares graduates for a variety of careers in the process industries, including:

• Process Engineer
• Design Engineer
• Research Scientist
• Project Manager
• Consultant

Other:

• The program is underpinned by research activities in the Centre for Process Integration within the School of Engineering.
• The research focuses on energy efficiency, the efficient use of raw materials, the reduction of emissions, and operability in the process industries.
• Much of the research has been supported financially by the Process Integration Research Consortium for over 30 years.
• Course units are updated regularly to reflect emerging research and design technologies developed at the University of Manchester and other research groups worldwide.
• The research results have been transferred to industry via research communications, training, and software, leading to successful industrial application of the new methodologies.
• The Research Consortium continues to support research in process integration and design in Manchester, identifying industrial needs and challenges requiring further research and investigation and providing valuable feedback on practical application of the methodologies.
• The Centre for Process Integration has a long history of delivering material in the form of continuing professional development courses, for example in Japan, China, Malaysia, Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Europe, the United States, Brazil, and Colombia.

• For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:
MSc (full-time) UK students (per annum): £15,000 International, including EU, students (per annum): £36,000

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