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Hi there, don't think anyone's started a thread for Chemical Engineering applicants for 2017 entry so thought I'll start one. There's a few links below which I hope will be helpful for people to get started with and feel free to tell me if there's anything I should add. I just finished my A2 exams and I'm taking a gap year to apply for Chemical Engineering so I guess I'll have to see what I get on results day. I'm curious as to what courses/universities everyone's looking at but feel free to ask any questions and talk about applying for Chemical Engineering! (And yes, I'm using Comic Sans...deal with it)
Popular Chemical Engineering Courses: Note: Most of the courses below are MEng degrees but most of the universities also offer BEng degrees. The entry requirements shown are the requirements for a MEng degree. Typically, the entry requirements for a BEng degree is lower (AAB instead of AAA).
Key: Interview/Visit Day Required for Offer No Interview/Visit Day Required for Offer
University of Cambridge (Entry Requirements: A*A*A):
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Imperial College London (Entry Requirements: A*A*AA/A*A*A):
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University of Bath (Entry Requirements: A*AA):
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University of Birmingham (Entry Requirements: A*AA/AAAA):
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University of Edinburgh (Entry Requirements: AAA or A*AA in One Sitting for Direct Second Year Entry):
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University of Manchester (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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Newcastle University (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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Loughborough University (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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University of Nottingham (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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University of Leeds (Entry Requirements: A*AA):
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Lancaster University (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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Swansea University (Entry Requirements: AAA-AAB):
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University of Aberdeen (Entry Requirements: ABB):
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University of Sheffield (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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University of Surrey (Entry Requirements: AAA):
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University College London (Entry Requirements: A*AA):
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University of Bradford (Entry Requirements: AAB):
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I'll add more in the upcoming few days. Please let me know if some of the links are wrong.
Hi I've been switching back and forth between studying maths and chemical engineering, but most likely going to do chemical engineering. I think I'll be applying to UCL, Imperial, Bath, Newcastle but I don't know for the 5th option :/
Hi I've been switching back and forth between studying maths and chemical engineering, but most likely going to do chemical engineering. I think I'll be applying to UCL, Imperial, Bath, Newcastle but I don't know for the 5th option :/
I might be a bit biased but why not consider Cambridge?
They are all solid choices; I would also have a look at Birmingham, Edinburgh and Manchester. You can also go down one of the league tables and have a look at all the unis that offer Chemical Engineering.
Thank you, I actually applied for chemistry this year (my A2 year) but I decided later into the year that I wanted to study ChemEng instead so I'm now taking a gap year and reapplying. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
I suppose it would be possible depending on how you word things. You can definitely make links between chemistry and chemical engineering but it is important that you understand the differences between them. Most courses in chemical engineering contains very little to almost no chemistry and therefore going into detail into some aspects of chemistry or chemical engineering might go against you in the other subject. Especially if you do get invited to an interview, you must be able to show why you're passionate about that subject and not the other. I would say that some safe topics to talk about that can apply to both courses would be topics such as thermodynamics, kinetics and equilibria; essentially the physical chemistry side of things as that would be the most applicable to a chemical engineering course as well. Good luck tho!
I've managed to secure a YINI placement for the year so I'm basically gonna work for the whole year. It's likely I won't finish until the start of September and if my uni doesn't start until October, I'm thinking of spending a few weeks in a building/disaster relief project in Nepal or somewhere. I'm also thinking I might learn something like Java programming and I recently decided I wanted to learn the violin tho I'm not sure if I'll be able to learn it without a teacher
I think you probly can learn an instrumemt with free time and dedication to that instrument all about practice practuce practice and constantly trying to improve
I think you probly can learn an instrumemt with free time and dedication to that instrument all about practice practuce practice and constantly trying to improve
I recently did my Grade 7 Piano so I'm sound with all the music theory and sight-reading etc. It's just things like specific techniques and correct posture that would be hard to learn by myself.
I've managed to secure a YINI placement for the year so I'm basically gonna work for the whole year. It's likely I won't finish until the start of September and if my uni doesn't start until October, I'm thinking of spending a few weeks in a building/disaster relief project in Nepal or somewhere. I'm also thinking I might learn something like Java programming and I recently decided I wanted to learn the violin tho I'm not sure if I'll be able to learn it without a teacher
Are you going into your A2 year?
Ah cool, what's a YINI?
Yes I'm starting A2 in september, I finished earlier this week. I'll be doing maths, physics and chemistry.