This course offers you the chance to learn and practice the fundamentals of chemical engineering and gives you the flexibility to tailor the degree to your interests.
Chemical engineering addresses many of the world’s greatest challenges faced by society in areas such as energy, environment, health, water and food. The ability to solve problems, design and optimise processes means that chemical engineers are in high demand.
As we move to a more technologically advanced and sustainable future, chemical engineers will provide the innovation and leadership to decarbonise industry, manufacture products from sustainable feedstocks, advance healthcare by designing and manufacturing personalised medicines and digitally transform the chemicals industry.
Our team of expert academics will educate you in core chemical engineering subjects, along with chemical engineering practice and design.
Studying a chemical engineering degree at Leeds will provide you with the fundamental concepts and new skills used by the modern chemical engineer. You will develop the specialist knowledge, skills and experience you need to begin your career in this highly valued profession and make a real impact in the field of chemical sciences and engineering.
Year 1, 2 and 3
The first two years of our chemical engineering degree provide you with the fundamental training to become a practicing chemical engineer. Your abilities in mathematics and science subjects will be developed and you will learn how to apply those skills to solve chemical engineering problems.
You will learn about core chemical engineering topics including: material and energy balances; fluid mechanics; chemical thermodynamics; heat and mass transfer; reaction engineering; process optimisation and control; process modelling; separation processes; and process safety. To embed the learning, you will routinely apply your training so you become competent in chemical engineering practice and process design.
In year 3, you will learn more about sustainable chemical engineering and engineering management and have the opportunity to select your pathway of future learning in digital manufacturing and processes, energy, materials or nuclear, giving you the opportunity to broaden your education and prepare you for the next step in your chosen career. All your training will culminate in you delivering a major chemical plant design project where you will become a practising chemical engineer working collaboratively as part of a team to design a full chemical plant.
During the first three years of your degree, you will have lots of opportunities to develop laboratory skills. Chemical engineering labs go from the basic skills training in year 1 to you running several unit operations yourself in year 2 and then onto a challenging discovery lab in year 3, where you will design the experiment to test a hypothesis, collect and analyse data, and then iterate your approach to get to the solution.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE1100 | Professional Engineering Skills | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CAPE1150 | Engineering Mathematics | 10 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CAPE1320 | Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena Fundamentals | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CAPE1340 | Process Engineering Fundamentals | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE1350 | Mass and Energy Balances | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| CAPE1720 | Materials Science and Engineering | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following modules which will be selected for them based on entry requirements:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE1050 | Foundation Mathematics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CAPE1080 | Foundation Chemistry | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CAPE1090 | Foundation Physics | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CAPE1700 | Topics in Nanotechnology | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE2100 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Methods | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE2310 | Process Safety and Environmental Engineering | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CAPE2320 | Applied Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE2330 | Chemical Engineering Practice and Process Simulation | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE2340 | Separation Process Principles | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE2350 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOEN8001 | Industrial Placement Year | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE3000 | Design Project (BEng) | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| CAPE3300 | Process Engineering Operations | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE3301 | Separation Processes | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CAPE3320 | Reaction Engineering | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| CAPE3321 | Process Optimisation and Control | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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