Chemical Engineering

Highest starting salaries of all engineering subjects

Chemical Engineering at Swansea

From authoring definitive text books on chemical engineering to finding solutions to the world's water shortages, Swansea University has a proud tradition delivering pioneering innovative process engineering solutions.

Our engineering degrees build on established chemical engineering areas with application to energy, health, food, water and the environment.

One of our major strengths is our close and extensive involvement with local, national and international engineering companies, which includes:

- Acordis - Astra Zeneca - Avecia - BP Chemicals - Bulmers - Dow Corning - GlaxoSmithKline - Nestle - Murco - Phillips 66 - Unilever - Valero

Recent Year in Industry student placements have included the following companies:

- Dow Corning - Valero - Huntsman - Imerys - Murco - Solutia

Papers published by our academic staff are well-respected. Professor Nidal Hilal, and his colleagues, recently received an award for one of the Top Cited Papers for 2011 and 2012 for their paper on "Modelling and optimization of coagulation of highly concentrated industrial grade leather dye by response surface methodology", which is featured in the Chemical Engineering Journal.

Chemical Engineering postgraduate degrees

Graduate Diploma Chemical Engineering

MSc Chemical Engineering

MSc by Research in Desalination and Water Re-use

MSc by Research in Membrane Technology

PhD or MPhil Chemical Engineering

Engineering Doctorate (EngD)

The MSc and Graduate Diploma are accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

IChemE internationally accredited degree

Delyth Williams (CEng, MIChemE), Refinery Chemical Engineer at the Phillips 66 Humber oil refinery, Chemical Engineering graduate

Delyth says: "My time at Swansea gave me four years of fantastic experiences that have served me well in the challenging environment of the oil industry. Not only did Swansea give me the engineering skills required to progress with a career in the oil industry, it also provided me with many key life skills."