Would Chemical Engineering be right for me?

Hi all

Recently I have had a complete change of heart towards university subjects. I was originally going for a VetMed course but now I have developed a strong interest in Chemical Engineering.

However, I have an issue in the fact that i have not taken Maths or physics at A Level (got all A's and A*'s at GCSE though) and am currently taking Chemistry, biology and geography. I'm predicted A's in them.

I know i could take a foundation year before my course, but I am just wondering if the jump up to the foundation year would be too much / if one year would be long enough to develop my maths and physics skills enough from a basic GCSE level? I do have a strong work ethic and enjoy chemistry a lot, but the areas the chemical engineering covers seem far more interesting than the basic chemistry degree.

Also, would taking the foundation year (and passing) give me direct access to the chemical engineering course, or would i still have to go through the process of interviews for both the degree and foundation course? and would student finance cover the cost of the tuition for the foundation, as well as the degree?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Hi all

Recently I have had a complete change of heart towards university subjects. I was originally going for a VetMed course but now I have developed a strong interest in Chemical Engineering.

However, I have an issue in the fact that i have not taken Maths or physics at A Level (got all A's and A*'s at GCSE though) and am currently taking Chemistry, biology and geography. I'm predicted A's in them.

I know i could take a foundation year before my course, but I am just wondering if the jump up to the foundation year would be too much / if one year would be long enough to develop my maths and physics skills enough from a basic GCSE level? I do have a strong work ethic and enjoy chemistry a lot, but the areas the chemical engineering covers seem far more interesting than the basic chemistry degree.

Also, would taking the foundation year (and passing) give me direct access to the chemical engineering course, or would i still have to go through the process of interviews for both the degree and foundation course? and would student finance cover the cost of the tuition for the foundation, as well as the degree?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Hi all

Recently I have had a complete change of heart towards university subjects. I was originally going for a VetMed course but now I have developed a strong interest in Chemical Engineering.

However, I have an issue in the fact that i have not taken Maths or physics at A Level (got all A's and A*'s at GCSE though) and am currently taking Chemistry, biology and geography. I'm predicted A's in them.

I know i could take a foundation year before my course, but I am just wondering if the jump up to the foundation year would be too much / if one year would be long enough to develop my maths and physics skills enough from a basic GCSE level? I do have a strong work ethic and enjoy chemistry a lot, but the areas the chemical engineering covers seem far more interesting than the basic chemistry degree.

Also, would taking the foundation year (and passing) give me direct access to the chemical engineering course, or would i still have to go through the process of interviews for both the degree and foundation course? and would student finance cover the cost of the tuition for the foundation, as well as the degree?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Hiya,

I don't know much about the application process but I do know a little bit about chemical engineering (I was going to do it but picked chemistry instead!)

I know that in the foundation year you'd be able to cover the physics and maths but it'll be very hard trying to fit it all into one year. Chemical engineering is more physics based than chemistry based and it's mathematically very heavy. Many people applying would have done further maths at a level although if you haven't this is caught up in the 1st degree year.

I think it's good that you've had a change of heart though because there's no point in doing something when really you want to do something else

Can I ask what influenced you to pick chemistry over CE? As I have been considering chemistry for a while but the sort of content in the CE course seems more what I would want to do compared to chemistry - but I could be wrong as I have done very little research about the chemistry degree...