Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy) (double degree)

The Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy) provides students with training in minerals processing, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, and with knowledge of environmental considerations, mine finance and management. The Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) prepares graduates to design and manage industrial processes for the extraction, conversion and purification of raw materials. The processes include petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production, mineral processing, metal refining, fertiliser and cement manufacturing, water treatment, food processing and pharmaceuticals production. The combination of the two degrees provides graduates with versatility, which opens up a wide range of employment opportunities, as well as specialisation in the techniques of extractive metallurgy.

The first year of the course is common with other engineering programs. This is followed by studies in materials transport, reaction engineering, energy transfer, process control and product separation, with much of the extractive metallurgy content being studied in the third year of the course at the prestigious Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) in Kalgoorlie.