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Ask a final year Engineering student anything

Like the title states, ask away;

I'm studying Chemical Engineering btw


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Reply 1
Original post by NuriaM
Like the title states, ask away;

I'm studying Chemical Engineering btw


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Where do you study?
Reply 2
would be doing a third year of a levels be frowned upon??
Reply 3
Original post by jay2013
Where do you study?


I'm studying at Teesside University in the North East (Middlesbrough)


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Original post by fuzka
would be doing a third year of a levels be frowned upon??


Really depends on the grades u got before that or if ur reason for doing a 3rd year. If ur doing multiple A levels it could be seen as u don't knowing what u want to do, or not having a sense of direction in terms of Uni course. U would need to have some explanation about y ur doing a 3rd year as some Uni's ask for A level completion within 2 years. But if u have a valid reason then it should be fine :smile:


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got BBB and that isnt good enough for chemical engineering
Reply 6
Original post by fuzka
would be doing a third year of a levels be frowned upon??


My mate did an extra year for his A Levels (3 years in total), although he studied medicine.
Reply 7
Original post by jay2013
My mate did an extra year for his A Levels (3 years in total), although he studied medicine.


Wow, I thought that universities wouldnt allow third year resits for medicine applicants
Reply 8
Original post by fuzka
Wow, I thought that universities wouldnt allow third year resits for medicine applicants


I honestly don't know about medicine applicants and third year A Level resits! But this was a few years ago anyway (he started medicine in 08 and has just graduated this summer).
Reply 9
Original post by fuzka
got BBB and that isnt good enough for chemical engineering


Do u mean to ask if it's good enough?
Depends on the Uni eg I believe Aston Uni, Teesside Uni, Hull etc. accept students with that grade.



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Original post by fuzka
Wow, I thought that universities wouldnt allow third year resits for medicine applicants


Yh me too I thought the same thing


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What are your job prospects like?. Do you have a graduate job already lined up?. and paid internships?
Reply 12
Original post by fuzka
What are your job prospects like?. Do you have a graduate job already lined up?. and paid internships?


The job prospects at my Uni is very good according to their statistics 90% of engineering graduates have a grad position 6 months after graduating. I've done quite a lot of work experience during Uni, two years in industry (3 summer internships 4 months each and a year placement) plus a year as lab technician assistant at the Uni. This had opened a lot of doors for me and I have 4 offers lined up for grad positions I just need to go to the assessment centres or do an interview when the time comes. Of course doing a year placement and extra curricular activities is enough or getting any sort of industrial placement ie summer placements is very good :smile:. All the internships have been paid.


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Did you do Meng or Beng and do you have to do a year placement?
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Original post by fuzka
What are your job prospects like?. Do you have a graduate job already lined up?. and paid internships?


All have been paid apart from the assistant lab tech at the Uni which was voluntary


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Reply 15
Original post by fuzka
Did you do Meng or Beng and do you have to do a year placement?


I'm doing a Beng and I completed a placement year. U don't need to do a placement year it's optional, I decided to because I was given an opportunity after completing a summer placement. Regardless of whether ur doing a Beng or Meng u will be given the chance to do a year placement


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At which companies did you do your placements with?
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Original post by Phlange
At which companies did you do your placements with?


- ConocoPhillips for my year placement
- Sembcorp utilities (a Singaporean energy company based in the north east)
- Air products (for the build of their new energy from waste plant)
- Sonangol oil and gas (this company was abroad in Angola, this is Angola's biggest oil and gas company and was a jointed placement with Bp and ExxonMobil as they were working on a project together)


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What language do you think in?
Example first year timetable?

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