Chemical

Overview

This course is discontinued and is no longer available for admissions.

Chemical engineers invent, design and implement processes through which raw materials are converted into valuable products such as petrochemicals, fertilisers, paints and detergents. Chemical engineers also work to process waste products to safer, more environmentally-friendly materials. Career opportunities are extensive and include the fields of environmental consulting, minerals processing, materials and food, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacture.

Last updated: 13 November 2024

Structure

300 credit points

Subject Options

Total 300 points - 262.5 points core (compulsory) plus 37.5 points elective subjects from the list below. Students must complete all 300 points of subjects, including all core subjects, or have advanced standing or exemption.

The core and elective subjects are those listed below. The order of subjects below is one way of progressing through the course - students who meet subject requisites may tailor their individual study plan to take into account advanced standing and their study load. Students plan their study online and can seek further advice from Stop 1 on individual study plans.

Suggested first 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the first 100 points:

• 100 points core subjects from the list below (including one selective):

• Selective (choose one) 

Suggested second 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the second 100 points:

• 75 points core subjects from the list below:

• AND a 25 point project subject from the list below:

(Note: enrolment in CHEN90028 Chemical Engineering Internship is subject to approval from the Course Coordinator)

Suggested third 100 points:

Suggested study plan for the third 100 points:

• 62.5 points core subjects from the list below:

• AND 37.5 points elective subjects chosen from the list below

Electives

Note:

• Students may opt to complete a second 25 point project subject to account for the 25 points in elective subjects;
• Students completing the first 100 points prior to 2013 will have taken ENGR30001 Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics instead of ENGR30002 Fluid Mechanics. Credit cannot be obtained for both subjects;
• Credit cannot be obtained for both BIEN30001 Bionanoengineering and BMEN90012 Soft Matter Engineering;
• From 2015, CHEN20010 Materials and Energy Balances and CHEN20011 Chemical Process Analysis have replaced CHEN20007 Chemical Process Analysis 1 and CHEN20008 Chemical Process Analysis 2.

Links

http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-engineering-chemical/overview

Last updated: 13 November 2024