Graduates from this programme will advance their careers through a thorough understanding of advanced topics in Chemical Engineering and related topics in other major fields of engineering. In this way, they will prepare themselves for undertaking positions of responsibility within chemical-engineering practice, as well as learning a whole suite of advanced technical material and undertaking cutting-edge design and research projects. In particular, the latest state of the art in disparate areas of research-led process engineering, ranging in scope from materials to experimental design, alongside advanced transport phenomena, will afford the development of a very thorough fundamental understanding of advanced chemical-engineering practice. The learning environment is a supportive and research-led one, featuring open-ended projects as a cornerstone of the research-embedded educational ethos. Assessment will be via challenging projects and written and oral examination. In this way, key professional values of prepaing graduate for leading roles in industry, building on fundamental advanced understanding, will be imbued.
- School
- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Level
- Graduate Taught
- NFQ Level
- 9
- Award
- Master of Engineering Science
- Mode of Delivery
- On Campus
- Programme Director
- Dr Georg Pesch
- Overall Programme Credits:
- 90
- Programme Credits:
- Stage 1
Core/Option: 90 Electives: 0 - Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
- Stage 1: 90
Curricular information is subject to change.
The UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering is home to a 5 million euro state-of the-art microscopy laboratory which includes FIB-SEM, a Cryo-TEM and a high end XPS/AES/SIMS facility, as well as a range of analytical tools including AFM, FTIR, UV-Vis and chromatography (HPLC/GC-MS). Laboratory facilities available for project work include Multiphase Flow apparatus, Membrane Reactors, Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption for gas separations, Atomic Layer Deposition and Chemical Bath Deposition apparatus, a suite of photoelectrochemical facilities including solar simulators and potentiostats for solar cell work, and preparatory laboratories for the synthesis of proprietary materials and access to plasma deposition systems with concomitant analytical tools (e.g. ellipsometry).
2 - Sense of independence and self-starting skills fostered by carrying out a semester-long advanced research project, to a demanding and open-ended level.
3 - The ability to carry out an open-ended Design-of-Experiments analysis, in order to set up and analyses suites of experiments and for process and product optimisation.
4 - Time- and effort- management skills, in terms of multi-tasking and prioritising workflows, on an individual and group basis.
5 - The ability to think critically and solve industrially-relevant problems.
6 - The ability to carry out a comprehensive group-based and open-ended design project, to the rigorous standard set by the IChemE.
7 - Graduates will play an important role in the development, design and operation of chemical processes in industry at international level in the coming years.
Your career opportunities upon graduation from this programme are exemplary. Graduates will play an important role in the development, design and operation of chemical processes in industry at international level in the coming years.
Graduates can enter a wide selection of possible industries including fine chemicals (e.g. Proctor and Gamble), heavy chemicals (e.g. CRH), pharmaceuticals (e.g. Pfizer, Lilly, Merck), oil and gas (e.g. Conoco Philips, Exxon, Shell, Chevron), as well as consulting and business.
Stage 1
T218 MEngSc Chemical Engineering FT is a 1-year 90-credit full-time Masters Programme. The programme is designed for graduates of professionally unaccredited Chemical Engineering programmes (by IChemE) who wish to obtain an advanced qualification.
Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.
Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.
| Trimester | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN30010 | Chemical & Bioprocess Reaction Engineering | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40150 | Advanced Separation Processes | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40160 | Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40210 | Advanced Experimental Design | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40620 | Advanced Process Design | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN30200 | Chem & Bioprocess Eng Design | Spring | 10 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40010 | Environmental Engineering | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40440 | Chem Proc Sust & Ren Energy | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40510 | Advanced Characterisation Tech | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40560 | Process Control | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CHEN40450 | Chemical Engineering Project | Summer | 30 |
Module Weighting Info
| Award | GPA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
| MTEMP001 | Stage 1 - 100.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
| Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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| Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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| Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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- A Chemical Engineering honours undergraduate degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum upper second class honours or international equivalence.
- Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.
- Students meeting the programme’s academic entry requirements but not the English language requirements, may enter the programme upon successful completion of UCD’s International Pre-Master’s Pathway programmes. Please see the following link for further information: https://www.ucd.ie/alc/programmes/pathways/int%20pmp/
- These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes