Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical)

Entry Requirements

Successful completion of an Australian year 12 qualification with a minimum pass in an accepted English language subject.

English Language Requirements

IELTS: Overall 6.5 (Reading 6, Listening 6, Speaking 6, Writing 6); TOEFL: Internet-based: Total score of 79 with a minimum of 21 in Writing, 18 in Speaking and 13 in Reading and Listening; TOEFL Paper-based: Total score of 577 with a minimum of 4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE); Pearsons: Overall 58 (Reading 50, Listening 50, Speaking 50, Writing 50); Cambridge: Overall 176 (Reading 169, Listening 169, Speaking 169, Writing 169).

Course Details

Chemical engineers come up with the best ways to convert raw matter—like minerals or oils—into products we can use. They design renewable energy solutions, new and improved medicines, chemical plants, cosmetics and food factories.

Students commencing in July may have a slightly limited selection of courses.

Our Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Chemical) is interactive from the very first year. You’ll work with award-winning and industry-connected researchers and teachers as you:

use knowledge and skills from engineering, chemistry, maths and biology to produce chemicals, fuel, drugs, and food
learn how results in the lab scale up for commercial production
undertake projects with external groups such as Engineers Without Borders
benefit from tours, projects, and placements with companies like PepsiCo, Smiths Crisps, Jurlique, and BHP
complete an eight-week practical experience.

Majors are available in:

Minerals processing
Pharmaceutical engineering
Renewable energy

Career Readiness

The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical) provides graduates with the skills and knowledge for careers with national and global companies across a variety of dynamic settings.

Our graduates have been employed across a range of industries including:

winemaking
food production (e.g. beer, milk, cheese)
petrochemicals (e.g. oil refining and natural gas processing)
industrial bulk chemicals industries (e.g. production of chlorine and explosives)
plastic and rubber products industries (e.g. production of polymers from raw materials such as oil or wood, production of items from polymers ranging from cling film to rainwater tanks to high performance products for building, automotive and aerospace applications)
mining and minerals processing (e.g. concentrating minerals, production of iron ore, steel, aluminium, uranium and similar from minerals)
environmental engineering (e.g. air pollution control, water and wastewater treatment, waste disposal, resource management)
semiconductors and microelectronics (e.g. production of computer memory and central processing units, flat screen televisions)
nanotechnology (e.g. production of nanoporous materials for catalysis, separations and energy storage)
management consulting (e.g. engineering business and financial management).

Areas of Specialisation

Majors

A major is a great way to specialise and pursue topics of interest without narrowing future career options. All graduates of this degree—irrespective of their major—qualify as chemical engineers, and can pursue a career in any specialist field within the profession.

Majors are available across the following areas:

Minerals Processing: The Minerals Processing major explores the science and technology of extracting minerals from raw mined material, and converting them into products such as iron, steel, aluminium, copper, gold and uranium. Graduates can work in a range of roles across the resources industry.

Pharmaceutical Engineering: Pharmaceutical engineering involves the design, development, and operation of process systems to produce pharmaceuticals.
Pharmaceutical engineers contribute to the production of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and related products.

Renewable Energy: This major is for students interested in the production of renewable energy products. Graduates acquire the knowledge and skills required to improve and design ground breaking processes that are technically, economically, and environmentally sound.

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