Which one is better Chemical or biochemical engineering?
I am now choosing course for my application and kinda confused which one to choose. I need suggestion for engineering courses. Thanks in advance.
I study Chemical and would definitely pick it over Biochemical if I had to make the choice again. Certainly biochemical engineering is becoming ever more important, but I've seen first hand how poor the future prospects for pharma companies in the West are and feel much more comfortable with a less specialised degree. With that said, there's not a huge difference in employment prospects between one and the other and I'd welcome the thoughts of someone from the gooey side of the discipline to see how they feel about it
Chemical, most of the teachers at Manchester's Biochemcial school have Chem Eng degrees from what they told me
Original post by MasterPotatoHead
Chemical, most of the teachers at Manchester's Biochemcial school have Chem Eng degrees from what they told me
well that's mostly because biochem eng didnt really exist as a course before... it still isn't fully incorporated into most unis.......... so you will deffo get lecturers for biochem who are chem eng.
it's like when chem eng started out, students were getting lectured by physicists, materials scientists etc.
Original post by HiBear
well that's mostly because biochem eng didnt really exist as a course before... it still isn't fully incorporated into most unis.......... so you will deffo get lecturers for biochem who are chem eng.
it's like when chem eng started out, students were getting lectured by physicists, materials scientists etc.
it's like when chem eng started out, students were getting lectured by physicists, materials scientists etc.
Ahh, that makes sense haha, I was wondering why biochem engineers were not up to scratch...
Original post by gordoxo
Original post by gordoxo
I study Chemical and would definitely pick it over Biochemical if I had to make the choice again. Certainly biochemical engineering is becoming ever more important, but I've seen first hand how poor the future prospects for pharma companies in the West are and feel much more comfortable with a less specialised degree. With that said, there's not a huge difference in employment prospects between one and the other and I'd welcome the thoughts of someone from the gooey side of the discipline to see how they feel about it
Now I hav more idea bt chemical and bichemical engineering. =)
Although this is probably of little use now, Biochemical Engineering is not as specialised as the name suggests, or even as I originally thought (I'm a 2nd year Biochemical Engineer).
The difference between the two courses at my University (UCL) is quite pronounced, but this would not be the case at other universities. This is because they are separate departments at UCL. Most Universities will probably share the same first 2 years between the two courses, and as such you won't be "specialising" until at least half way through the degree. At UCL, only some modules are shared between the two throughout the degree, and the two are more separate, with Biochemical Engineering doing considerably more Biochemistry (obviously), and with the Chemical Engineers going into a lot more Physics.
The difference between the two courses at my University (UCL) is quite pronounced, but this would not be the case at other universities. This is because they are separate departments at UCL. Most Universities will probably share the same first 2 years between the two courses, and as such you won't be "specialising" until at least half way through the degree. At UCL, only some modules are shared between the two throughout the degree, and the two are more separate, with Biochemical Engineering doing considerably more Biochemistry (obviously), and with the Chemical Engineers going into a lot more Physics.
according to me, i see more and more projects in chemical engg are related to biochemical process. hence may be biochemical engg as a branch has grown far more these days...
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