Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc Program at Imperial College London offers a comprehensive study in chemical engineering, providing students with advanced foundational knowledge and practical skills in sustainability, waste minimization, and clean technology. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary learning through optional modules in business, allowing students to tailor their education to their career aspirations in the chemical industry or beyond. Graduates are well-equipped with transferable skills for roles in various fields, including chemical engineering, finance, consulting, and data science.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This one-year Master's program provides advanced study in chemical engineering, broadening understanding of basic sciences, mathematics, and computing techniques. It equips students with a strong foundation in chemical engineering fundamentals and the ability to apply them in industry. The program emphasizes sustainability, waste minimization, clean technology, and green chemistry, enabling graduates to quantify the environmental impact of chemical engineering operations and design optimal pollution abatement strategies.
Outline:
The program is structured around core modules, optional modules, and a research project.
Core Modules:
- Advanced Process Design: Explores advanced topics in process design, focusing on process modeling, optimization theory, and associated software packages.
- Advanced Environmental Engineering: Analyzes the impact of chemical discharges on the planet, examining the causes of greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, smog formation, and acid rain.
Optional Modules:
Students choose a range of optional modules, including the opportunity to study one business module. Some modules are Level 6 or Level 7, with guidance provided on the number of Level 7 modules to complete.
Level 7 Optional Modules:
- Advanced Bioprocess Engineering: Reviews biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular biology fundamentals, exploring fermentation process principles.
- Advanced Process Optimisation: Develops optimization-based techniques and GAMs knowledge, covering advanced topics like deterministic global optimization and molecular design.
- Advanced Process Operations: Teaches formulation, solution, and interpretation of optimization problems using optimality conditions and common solution techniques.
- Applied Spectroscopy: Understands analytical techniques for addressing industry challenges, exploring leading spectroscopic methods.
- Colloid and Interface Science: Delves into the fundamentals of colloid and interface science, analyzing interparticle forces.
- Dynamic Behaviour of Process Systems: Develops models of transient behavior of process equipment using state-of-the-art modeling tools.
- Dynamical Systems in Chemical Engineering: Provides a fundamental understanding of nonlinear dynamical systems to appreciate complex phenomena in nature and various chemical and biological engineering processes.
- Machine Learning for Chemical Engineering: Develops understanding of advanced statistical learning and machine learning to solve real-life chemical engineering problems.
- Modelling of Biological Systems: Teaches basic tools for modeling intracellular processes, cellular modeling, and higher-level modeling.
- Molecular Modelling of Fluids: Understands the application of molecular theory and simulation in modeling fluids and fluid mixtures.
- Pharmaceutical Process Development: Applies scientific knowledge in a pharmaceutical development context, guided by industry partners.
- Practical Process Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry: Understands the workflows of facilities engineering teams and teaches process and pipeline hydraulics hand calculations.
- Product Characterisation: Develops knowledge and experience in experimental techniques, analyzing and applying them to selected products.
- Transport Processes in Biological Systems: Assesses fluid flow, heat, and mass transfer principles relevant to physiological and biological systems, including advanced mathematical models.
Level 6 Optional Modules:
- Advanced Fluid Mechanics: Applies mathematical techniques to derive and solve equations of motion for Newtonian and non-Newtonian, compressible and incompressible fluids.
- Carbon Capture and Clean Fossil Fuels: Understands the environmental impacts of fossil fuels and explores technologies for minimizing CO2 avoidance costs.
- Membrane Science and Membrane Separation Processes: Develops the ability to formulate and solve engineering problems involving membrane and membrane module design for gas separation, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and more.
- Nuclear Chemical Engineering: Provides a fundamental understanding of nonlinear dynamical systems to appreciate complex phenomena in nature and various chemical and biological engineering processes.
- Particle Engineering: Explores particle technology, developing skills in key principles, concepts, and technology for research and analysis of powder processing.
- Process Heat Transfer: Conducts process heat transfer calculations to understand basics and procedures for critically assessing commercial codes in industry.
- Sustainable Energy Technologies: Explores tools for applying new energy and renewable energy systems to address climate change and global energy security while transitioning to a zero-emissions economy.
- Biochemical Sensors: Gains biodevice fabrication techniques and applies them in industry through topics like microfluids, synthetic systems, and probes for innovative product design.
Business School (Level 6) Optional Modules:
- Accounting Online: Develops accounting-related skills and examines their relevance to financial decision-making and management control in organizations.
- Business Economics: Analyzes economic tools and explores microeconomic and macroeconomic topics, problems, and policies.
- Business Strategy: Examines the relevance of financial and management accounting techniques in financial decision-making and management control of organizations.
- Corporate Finance Online: Introduces financial markets, their role in the macroeconomy, and how business risk is transferred and priced in equity and debt securities.
- Entrepreneurship: Introduces entrepreneurship, using key methods, knowledge, skills, and tools for starting a new business, addressing challenges and issues encountered.
- Entrepreneurship Online: Introduces entrepreneurship, using key methods, knowledge, skills, and tools for starting a new business, addressing challenges and issues encountered. This course is self-guided.
- Finance and Financial Management: Enhances accounting-related skills and provides basic insight into business performance measurement.
- Managing Innovation: Equips students with skills for organizing and shaping the innovation process in firms, teaching how to evaluate managerial strategies.
- Managerial Economics Online: Explores the value of understanding economics, concepts, tools, and analytical frameworks for businesses, as well as the role of monetary and fiscal policy on business cycles.
- Leading Teams and Organisations: Develops and practices skills for identifying, diagnosing, and evaluating key organizational issues, teaching productive teamwork.
Research Project:
Students join one of the Department's research groups, focusing on at least one of the research themes, to conduct an independent research project. These projects are typically conducted at Imperial but can be undertaken in industry or at an approved institution. The thesis forms the majority of the assessment for the research project (80%), with 10% each awarded for a poster presentation and literature review.
Assessment:
The program utilizes a balance of assessment methods:
- Coursework: 45%
- Exams: 40%
- Practical: 15% Assessment methods include:
- Coursework
- Exams
- Practical
- In-class tests
- Individual and group reports
- Presentations
Teaching:
Teaching and learning methods include:
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Presentations
- Guest lectures
- Lab work
- Flipped teaching
- Virtual learning environment
- Team-based activities
- Independent study
- Skills workshops
Careers:
The program provides transferable skills relevant to careers in chemical engineering or similar fields. Graduates are highly sought after in various sectors, including:
- Chemical engineering
- Banking
- Finance
- Civil service
- Government
- Consulting
- Data science
- Energy
- Financial services
- IT
- Technology
Other:
The program is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, aiming to raise standards and foster good practice. Accreditation helps provide a pathway to qualify as a Chartered Chemical Engineer (MIChemE) and registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) with the Engineering Council. Accreditation for this course is due for renewal in late 2024.
- Home fee: £17,600
- Overseas fee: £40,900
- Tuition fee loan:
- Available to UK nationals and EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
- Maximum amount: £12,471
- Can be used towards tuition fees or living costs
Overview:
Imperial College London is committed to achieving excellence in research and education across science, engineering, medicine, and business, aiming to benefit society through its strategic vision. The college leverages its strong disciplinary foundations, collaborative culture, global partnerships, and top-tier ranking to address significant global challenges through its ambitious strategy, "Science for Humanity."
Mission and Values:
Imperial College London's mission is to harness science and innovation for the greater good, focusing on societal impact. The institution emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and aims to nurture talent, drive innovation, and tackle global grand challenges. Core values include a dedication to inquiry, precision, and a scientific mindset that drives understanding and transformation.
Unique Approach:
Imperial College London stands out for its commitment to interdisciplinary research and a comprehensive approach to addressing complex global issues. The college's strategy involves creating new cross-institutional Schools of Convergence Science, focusing on climate, AI, health, and space, among other areas. The Imperial Global network will enhance global collaboration to address grand challenges.
Academic Focus:
Imperial College London emphasizes a strong STEMB focus and interdisciplinary research to address complex challenges. The institution fosters connections across various disciplines and sectors to advance scientific knowledge and societal impact.
Student Life:
The college provides an inspiring environment for scientific inquiry and innovation, offering resources and support for students to explore, dream, and ask significant questions. It maintains a culture of discovery and entrepreneurial thinking.
Meaningful Impact:
Imperial College London operates with the agility and forward-thinking of a startup, pursuing breakthrough science with transformative impact. It is recognized as a trusted partner for research and innovation, contributing to the global landscape through its work in London.
Legacy of London:
Situated in a vibrant global city, Imperial College London benefits from London's energy, creativity, and opportunities, reflecting the city's diverse and dynamic character in its global impact.
Entry Requirements:
- Minimum academic requirement: 2:1 in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, life sciences or biomedical sciences.
- English language requirement: All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the university. For admission to this course, you must achieve the standard university requirement in the appropriate English language qualification.
- International qualifications: We also accept a wide variety of international qualifications. The academic requirement above is for applicants who hold or who are working towards a UK qualification. If you have any questions about admissions and the standard required for the qualification you hold or are currently studying then please contact the relevant admissions team.
Language Proficiency Requirements:
- All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the university.
- For admission to this course, you must achieve the standard university requirement in the appropriate English language qualification.
