MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering

Program Overview

This MSc program in Advanced Chemical Engineering focuses on project-based learning and prepares graduates for careers in oil, gas, process, and chemical industries. It emphasizes Safety Management Practices and aligns with industry recruitment needs.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This MSc program in Advanced Chemical Engineering is designed for engineering graduates seeking careers in the oil, gas, process, and chemical industries. The program emphasizes a project-based approach and aligns with the recruitment needs of various employers. It is one of the few MSc programs to offer the module Safety Management Practices, providing exposure to industry best practices and essential industrial training. Students work with researchers on chemical engineering issues of the future.

Modules:

• Process Design Principles: Focuses on conceptual design, flowsheet development, energy utilization, and retrofit design.
• Advanced Process Design: Considers batch and semi-batch processes, project execution, and chemical product design.
• Project Scoping: Covers safety, risk assessment, library skills, proposal writing, and project costing.
• Individual Project: Application of core and advanced chemical engineering principles in a research setting.
• Molecular Simulation in Chemical Engineering: Explores molecular-scale processes and their impact on process-scale operations.
• Petroleum Engineering: Covers reservoir characterization, fluid properties, flow through porous media, and artificial lift systems.
• Safety Management Practices: Examines the role of management in safety and loss prevention, including hazard identification, accident investigation, and legal frameworks.
• Programming & Optimization: Provides a foundation in scientific programming and its application to optimization in engineering.
• Clean Combustion Technologies: Introduces combustion engineering fundamentals and clean combustion technologies, including boiler designs and emission control.
• Electrochemical Energy Devices: Covers electrochemical energy conversion devices, including batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers.
• Project Management: Develops skills in project planning, scheduling, controlling, and stakeholder management.
• Risk Analysis Management: Introduces risk management techniques and methods, including uncertainty and consequence modeling.
• Environmental Impact Assessment: Examines environmental impact assessment methods and their use in decision-making.

Assessment:

Assessment methods include class-based assessments, individual projects, and exams.

Teaching:

Classes are delivered over a 12-week period. The Emerging Technologies module features external speakers who are industry leaders. The Safety Management Practices module offers exposure to industry best practices and is one of the few MSc programs to provide essential industrial training.

Careers:

Graduates are in high demand for their ability to develop and apply advanced process technologies in chemical and process industries. Some may pursue PhD studies in the department or across the Engineering faculty.

Other:

• The program is accredited by the Institute of Chemical Engineers.
• The program is ranked 4th in the UK and 1st in Scotland for Chemical Engineering (The Times/ Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023).
• The department has state-of-the-art research laboratories and a dedicated computer suite with industry-standard software.

2024/25 Scotland£10,800 England, Wales & Northern Ireland£10,800 International£28,250