Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Program Overview

This Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)(Hons)/ Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences program combines chemical engineering principles with pharmaceutical industry applications. Students develop expertise in operating and designing chemical plants, with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector. The program includes laboratory work, industry placements, and research projects, preparing graduates for careers in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and environmental management.

Program Outline

Outline:

This program is taught predominantly at the City campus. Students may have to travel to the Bundoora campus for laboratory, WIL and/or capstone project work. This course builds on your chemistry, biochemistry and mathematics knowledge so that you understand the process of operating and designing chemical plants with an emphasis on how this may be applied and has relevance in the pharmaceutical industry. This program is taught predominantly at the City campus. Students may have to travel to the Bundoora campus for laboratory, WIL and/or capstone project work.

Careers:

As a graduate of the Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)(Hons)/ Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, major employment areas are to be found in: the chemical, petroleum, and petrochemical industries the food industry water environmental management and pollution control mineral and metallurgical industries plastics/polymers biomaterials and diagnostic agents pharmaceuticals and vaccines cosmetics electricity and gas utilisation research and development project design and consulting. Graduates have gone on to work at a range of organisations including: Basell BP Cadbury Cryovac CSL CUB ExxonMobil Kraft Moldflow Rio Tinto.