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Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Brochure 2009 the Facts engineering and physical sciences Chemical Engineering undergraduate brochure 2009 the facts 34,000 students and 11,000 staff 500+ different degree courses Best careers service in the UK 23 Nobel Prize winners Alumni community of 212,000 in 200 countries Guaranteed accommodation 4 million books in one of the best libraries Fairtrade status since 2004 The most popular university – with more undergraduate applications than any other British university ‘It’s the most popular in the country... according to UCAS applications, and the most targeted by the UK’s top graduate employers.’ The Guardian University Guide 1 .manchester.ac.uk contents www The University of Manchester 2 Chemical Engineering 4 Course details 6 contents Accommodation 18 Manchester 20 Find out more 22 Campus map 26 City map 28 Contact details 29 2 university ‘It has a strong reputation and a graduate employment rate consistently above the national average.’ The Guardian University Guide 3 .manchester.ac.uk www The University of Manchester is Britain’s largest and most popular university, with a distinguished history of academic achievement and an ambitious agenda for the future, right at the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant cities. The University has a 180-year tradition of economist Joseph Stiglitz – who join the among the highest paid in the country. success in research and learning. Many of distinguished list of 23 Nobel laureates who university The University is a truly cosmopolitan the major advances of the 20th century have worked or studied here. community: our students come from began here, such as Rutherford’s splitting With more than 500 degree courses to around 150 countries. And it may be big, of the atom and the development of the choose from your opportunities here are but our campus is compact and friendly. world’s first modern computer in 1948. unrivalled. And it’s not just what we do, The benefits of a £650 million pound The pioneering work continues today and it’s the way that we do it. The investment in new buildings are every one of our students benefits from the University’s academic excellence is immediately obvious. High-tech teaching fact that we are one of the country’s big complemented by our worldwide facilities and striking new buildings are five research universities. We lead the world reputation for pioneering problem-based popping up everywhere, between the in ground-breaking research in areas as learning; for courses that combine face- impressive Victorian architecture we’re diverse as cancer studies, poverty reduction to-face tuition with online learning; and famous for. We have our own museum, and nuclear science and our teaching is for innovative schemes where you can art gallery and theatre and the informed by the very latest cutting-edge work on community projects while you magnificent gothic John Rylands Library. developments and discoveries. study or experience life at the very best The Students’ Union has its own shops, institutions in the world as part of your cafés and bars and four live venues, Our target is to become one of the top degree. including the Manchester Academy, 25 universities in the world by 2015 and which has just won the award for best the university that the best students, As a Manchester graduate, you will be entertainment venue in Manchester. teachers and researchers choose to come joining an illustrious group. Our worldwide to. We have backed up this plan with a community of 212,000 graduates can be Our support services, sport and social huge investment and are well on the way found in top positions in business, sport, facilities are second to none and, unlike to achieving our ambitious goals. politics, the media and the arts. at many universities, we can guarantee you somewhere to live in university We have some of the world’s leading Your job prospects after studying at accommodation for your first year (or academics including writer Martin Amis; The University of Manchester are excellent. your whole course if you are an political scientist, Robert Putnam; and Nobel Employers recognise the value of a international student). Prize Winners, geneticist John Sulston and degree from here and our graduates are 4 chemical engineering A chemical engineering degree from The University of Manchester will give you great choice in your future career and a head start when you come to look for a job. We have a long tradition of innovation You can expect high quality teaching on We have close links with industry and and excellence, being the birthplace of your degree course. We achieved the our excellent reputation means that our the discipline of chemical engineering! excellent result of 22 out of 24 in the former students are very well thought George E Davis delivered the first series teaching quality assessment by the of. Our graduates are the most sought of lectures on the subject here in 1887 Higher Education Funding Council for after by employers in industry and and published the first ever chemical England. This is one of the highest scores business. The most recent National engineering book. awarded. In the assessment of research Signposts to Employability Survey quality we were awarded the (Performance Indicator Project) found Our students tell us that we are a very outstanding mark of 5. that employers prefer to recruit our friendly School. We have around 380 former students over any other undergraduate students as well as a engineering graduates. A chemical thriving postgraduate community. engineering degree from the University of Manchester will give you great choice in your future career and a head start when you come to look for a job. Abigail Ee The School has excellent laboratories BEng Chemical Engineering including the unique pilot-scale I am from Singapore and came to laboratory which contains equipment as Manchester because it has an used in a real chemical manufacturing excellent reputation. I am enjoying plant. It is the only one of its type and the course and the way lectures are size in a UK university. We also have conducted. I particularly like the way powerful, extensive computing facilities. that the whole teaching environment is much more informal than at home. All the lecturers have been very helpful and friendly. 5 .manchester.ac.uk/ceas www The benefits of the pilot-industrial scale Study resources laboratory are: in-house industrial Scholarships and and facilities experience as part of the course; an Bursaries enhanced understanding of theory; The pilot-industrial scale Morton practical experience of safety issues; A range of scholarships and bursaries are Laboratory is the only one of its type and practical insight into start-up and available for students who choose to study size in a UK university. It is used for shutdown principles; and experience of Chemical Engineering at The University of undergraduate students to work with writing technical reports. Manchester. Details of University large-scale laboratory equipment. This is There are also several smaller-scale scholarships are outlined on page 23. very different to working in a normal sized laboratories where you learn how to plan In addition, for international students the laboratory and will help you to understand and undertake experiments, evaluate and School of Chemical Engineering and the practical problems of controlling operate laboratory equipment, appreciate Analytical Sciences will award up to ten processes on an industrial scale. the safety requirements, and analyse ‘Morton Scholarships for International experimental data using graphical and Excellence’, worth up to £4,000 (£1,000 statistical methods. per year of the course), for those You will have access to computer clusters international students who demonstrate overall academic excellence. across the campus and in halls of engineering chemical residence as well as over 100 computers The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Daniel Lipin in the School dedicated to chemical Sciences offer scholarships of £2,000 per year MEng Chemical Engineering with engineering students. for well qualified international undergraduate Industrial Experience You will use the John Rylands University students. For details of eligibility please see I am from Seattle, USA. I decided to Library, one of the largest academic www.eps.manchester.ac.uk/intschol study chemical engineering as I liked libraries in Britain, with over 3.5 million chemistry at school but it was too books and journals. This includes general small a subject – I wanted to apply and specialist materials as well as a it to a wider context. I was looking variety of electronic resources. for a place that didn’t just teach theory – I liked the look of the pilot-scale laboratory and wanted to get in there. Also, the lecturers on the course are people at the forefront of research. 6 course details Entry requirements English language requirement Chemical Engineering IELTS 6, TOEFL 540, Internet Based TOEFL 80 with Study in Europe MEng 4yrs (Minimum of 20 in each component), Chemical Engineering BEng 3yrs UCAS Code H810 Computer Based TOEFL 207 UCAS Code H800 GCSE or Equivalent Chemical Engineering MEng 4yrs Other subjects C English Language & B in the Language to be General Studies and Key Skills welcomed but UCAS Code H801 studied will NOT form part of the standard offer Chemical Engineering GCE A-level / Unit Grades with Biotechnology MEng 4yrs AAB including Maths & a Science subject UCAS Code H8C5 GCE AS-level Acceptability Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Acceptable only in combination with A-levels
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