Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is the discipline that transforms the discoveries of chemistry and biology into the large-scale industrial processes that produce the materials, fuels, medicines, and food that modern life depends on. It is concerned with how chemical and physical processes can be designed, scaled up from laboratory to industrial scale, and operated safely and efficiently. The discipline draws on chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biology, and it sits at the heart of industries including pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, food and beverages, energy, plastics, and environmental technology.
Studying it part-time at Teesside University allows you to develop engineering expertise while managing other professional or personal commitments.
The programme develops a thorough grounding in the mathematical skills that underpin engineering analysis, including algebra, trigonometry, calculus, vectors, and complex numbers, all of which are essential for solving the quantitative problems that chemical engineering presents. You will build on these foundations to study the core areas of the discipline: thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, process control, and separation processes. Teesside's strong connections with the process industries of the Tees Valley, one of the UK's most significant areas for chemical and process engineering, provide a distinctive professional context for your studies and practical learning.
Graduates from chemical engineering programmes go on to careers in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food processing, energy, water treatment, materials, and environmental engineering sectors. The quantitative and problem-solving skills developed through the degree are valued across a wide range of technical and managerial roles, from process engineering and plant management to environmental consultancy and research and development. Professional chartership through the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is the standard career milestone, and the degree provides the academic foundation for that pathway.