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Is UCL competitive for chemical engineering?

I went to the UCL open day but forgot to ask the number of applicants they receive per place. I was told that in one lecture there are about 100 students; does this mean it is competitive or doesn't receive many applicants?
Original post by zxcvbnm909
I went to the UCL open day but forgot to ask the number of applicants they receive per place. I was told that in one lecture there are about 100 students; does this mean it is competitive or doesn't receive many applicants?


Depends. Which qualification are you looking at? BEng or MEng
Check out these two undergrad course links and they should answer your questions as to how many apps per place. :smile:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/engineering-chemical-meng/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/engineering-chemical-beng/
Either way, the competition in BEng and MEng seems to be about the same.
You can also look at the 2017 entry to see the apps per place in 2015, that way you can see if the competition increased of decreased from 2015 to 2016

Hope this is of some help to you. Good luck! :smile:
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Original post by kqsruno
Depends. Which qualification are you looking at? BEng or MEng
Check out these two undergrad course links and they should answer your questions as to how many apps per place. :smile:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/engineering-chemical-meng/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/engineering-chemical-beng/
Either way, the competition in BEng and MEng seems to be about the same.
You can also look at the 2017 entry to see the apps per place in 2015, that way you can see if the competition increased of decreased from 2015 to 2016

Hope this is of some help to you. Good luck! :smile:


Thanks!
Reply 3
Original post by zxcvbnm909
I went to the UCL open day but forgot to ask the number of applicants they receive per place. I was told that in one lecture there are about 100 students; does this mean it is competitive or doesn't receive many applicants?


Applicants per place doesn't really tell you much.

The offer rate is more useful:
87% https://university.which.co.uk/university-college-london-university-of-london-u80/engineering-chemical-4-years-9000-h801

And you can also try out USAS's Offer Calculator
https://www.ucas.com/advisers/offer-rate-calculator/
I graduated from UCL last year after I did 4 years of chemeng and trust me it's a uni that you do not want to go to unless you are well connected with people. After working my ass off doing coursework that is due in a few weeks before exams- I barely get time to study since I do a lot of coursework and when I mean a lot I mean a LOT. A lot of people that arent hardworking do not go through this process- they get sends off similar coursework from the year above or from other students and they collaborate and spend less time on cwk and work more for exams. This is if you are well connected and within the circle, if you are not you are in trouble my friend. You will have to work your ass off the entire degree whilst you see people chill and still get higher marks than you. If you are religious, good for you because societies in the years above will let you access to their work and hence you will end up doing less work. If you enter uni outside of this loop then you're in trouble. Other universities change their exams and courseworks greatly over the years but UCL does not and hence quite a large fraction of students end up doing dubious things. Furthermore, you do not get as much coursework in other universities and you are more likely to enjoy chemical engineering and learn a lot more without killing yourself over it.
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Do you have any suggestions for getting Ms Chemical engineering at UCL
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Original post by hashhashdontknow
I graduated from UCL last year after I did 4 years of chemeng and trust me it's a uni that you do not want to go to unless you are well connected with people. After working my ass off doing coursework that is due in a few weeks before exams- I barely get time to study since I do a lot of coursework and when I mean a lot I mean a LOT. A lot of people that arent hardworking do not go through this process- they get sends off similar coursework from the year above or from other students and they collaborate and spend less time on cwk and work more for exams. This is if you are well connected and within the circle, if you are not you are in trouble my friend. You will have to work your ass off the entire degree whilst you see people chill and still get higher marks than you. If you are religious, good for you because societies in the years above will let you access to their work and hence you will end up doing less work. If you enter uni outside of this loop then you're in trouble. Other universities change their exams and courseworks greatly over the years but UCL does not and hence quite a large fraction of students end up doing dubious things. Furthermore, you do not get as much coursework in other universities and you are more likely to enjoy chemical engineering and learn a lot more without killing yourself over it.



Just out of curiosity, was it easy to find a job after graduating if you don’t mind me asking ? As i am starting chemical engineering at Loughborough/ leeds 2020

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