Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours)

University of Newcastle - Newcastle - Callaghan

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Overview

Want to use mathematics, science and creativity to overcome challenges and find solutions? Chemical engineers help develop everyday products like toothpaste, puff pastry, chocolate, lipstick, paracetamol and petrol. With a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours), you could work as part of a team developing high-efficiency insulation products that improve heating and cooling. You could work on biofuel production in remote communities, assisting with both waste disposal and energy production. Or you might work in the food industry, refining products for people with special dietary needs. The possibilities are diverse and exciting.

At the University of Newcastle, we train engineers capable of solving the greatest global challenges. As a Chemical Engineer, you will apply the fundamental principles of physics and chemistry, and more specialised disciplines such as bio- and nanotechnology, to analyse and design processes, plants and control systems for productivity, safety and sustainability.

Chemical engineers work in a vast range of industries, including both large-scale industries such as mineral processing and energy generation, down to the production of everyday products like toothpaste, puff pastry, chocolate, lipstick, paracetamol and petrol.

Majors

Areas of study

Chemical engineering with specific courses in catalytic processing, coal and mineral processing, design of clean and economical processes, environmental processing and safety, fundamental process-engineering, heat transfer and energy system design, kinetics and reaction engineering, liquids and gases, process control, project management and research, reactions and separations across solids, thermodynamics.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Biotechnology engineer, nuclear engineer, chemical safety manager, water treatment designer, mineral processing engineer, environmental remediation, engineer. Complete one extra year of study and broaden your options with the Master of Professional Engineering.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer92.597.6
Median rank to receive an offer86.1595.65
Lowest rank to receive an offer68.279.2

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Newcastle website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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