Chemical Engineering

Program Overview

McGill's Chemical Engineering program equips students to design, optimize, and scale up chemical processes and systems. Through hands-on learning, research opportunities, and expert faculty, graduates gain the skills and knowledge to address real-world challenges in industries such as pharmaceuticals, energy, and environmental engineering. The program emphasizes sustainability, resource conservation, and project management, preparing students for successful careers in the field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview: Chemical engineers design the processes and systems required to scale something a chemist produces in the lab (like plastics, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals) into mass-manufacturable products.
Studying chemical engineering at McGill will prepare you to design, run, model, and optimize all kinds of systems — these can range from production and manufacturing systems to corporate systems, economic systems, and even weather, population, or global systems.
• Objectives: The program aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to design, scale up, and optimize chemical processes and systems for various industries.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: The program employs a combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, and project-based learning.
• Faculty: The program is taught by a team of experienced and renowned professors, including experts in advanced materials and polymers, biotechnology, environmental engineering, energy, and plasma sciences and engineering.
• Unique Approaches: The program offers a strong emphasis on hands-on learning through laboratory sessions and project-based coursework.
Students also have the opportunity to participate in research projects and internships, providing them with practical experience in the field.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths: Graduates of the program can pursue careers in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, food and beverage processing, petrochemicals, energy, advanced materials, mining, environmental engineering, and production and manufacturing.
• Opportunities: Chemical engineers are in high demand across fields, with strong project management skills and the potential to advance to managerial and executive positions.
• Outcomes: Graduates of the program are well-prepared for successful careers in the chemical engineering field, with a strong foundation in the principles and applications of chemical engineering.
They are equipped to tackle real-world challenges and contribute to the development of innovative solutions in various industries.