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Chemical Engineeringundergraduate brochure 2009

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the facts

Its the most popular in the country...according to UCAS applications, andthe most targeted by the UKs topgraduate employers.

The Guardian University Guide

34,000 students and 11,000 staff

500+ different degree courses

Best careers service in the UK

23 Nobel Prize winners

Alumni community of 212,000 in 200 countries

Guaranteed accommodation

4 million books in one of the best libraries

Fairtrade status since 2004

The most popular university with moreundergraduate applications than any otherBritish university


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The University of Manchester 2

Chemical Engineering 4

Course details 6

Accommodation 18

Manchester 20

Find out more 22

Campus map 26

City map 28

Contact details 29


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A chemical engineering degree from The University of Manchester will giveyou great choice in your future career and a head start when you come to

look for a job.We have a long tradition of innovation

and excellence, being the birthplace of

the discipline of chemical engineering!

George E Davis delivered the first series

of lectures on the subject here in 1887

and published the first ever chemical

engineering book.

Our students tell us that we are a veryfriendly School. We have around 380

undergraduate students as well as a

thriving postgraduate community.

You can expect high quality teaching on

your degree course. We achieved the

excellent result of 22 out of 24 in the

teaching quality assessment by the

Higher Education Funding Council for

England. This is one of the highest scores

awarded. In the assessment of research

quality we were awarded the

outstanding mark of 5.

We have close links with industry and

our excellent reputation means that our

former students are very well thought

of. Our graduates are the most sought

after by employers in industry and

business. The most recent National

Signposts to Employability Survey

(Performance Indicator Project) found

that employers prefer to recruit our

former students over any other

engineering graduates. A chemical

engineering degree from the University

of Manchester will give you great choice

in your future career and a head start

when you come to look for a job.

The School has excellent laboratories

including the unique pilot-scale

laboratory which contains equipment asused in a real chemical manufacturing

plant. It is the only one of its type and

size in a UK university. We also have

powerful, extensive computing facilities.

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chemical engineering

Abigail Ee

BEng Chemical Engineering

I am from Singapore and came toManchester because it has an

excellent reputation. I am enjoying

the course and the way lectures are

conducted. I particularly like the way

that the whole teaching

environment is much more informal

than at home. All the lecturers have

been very helpful and friendly.


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Study resourcesand facilities

The pilot-industrial scale MortonLaboratory is the only one of its type and

size in a UK university. It is used for

undergraduate students to work with

large-scale laboratory equipment. This is

very different to working in a normal sized

laboratory and will help you to understand

the practical problems of controlling

processes on an industrial scale.

The benefits of the pilot-industrial scale

laboratory are: in-house industrial

experience as part of the course; an

enhanced understanding of theory;

practical experience of safety issues;practical insight into start-up and

shutdown principles; and experience of

writing technical reports.

There are also several smaller-scale

laboratories where you learn how to plan

and undertake experiments, evaluate and

operate laboratory equipment, appreciate

the safety requirements, and analyse

experimental data using graphical and

statistical methods.

You will have access to computer clusters

across the campus and in halls of

residence as well as over 100 computers

in the School dedicated to chemical

engineering students.

You will use the John Rylands University

Library, one of the largest academic

libraries in Britain, with over 3.5 million

books and journals. This includes general

and specialist materials as well as a

variety of electronic resources.

Scholarships andBursaries

A range of scholarships and bursaries areavailable for students who choose to study

Chemical Engineering at The University of

Manchester. Details of University

scholarships are outlined on page 23.

In addition, for international students the

School of Chemical Engineering and

Analytical Sciences will award up to ten

Morton Scholarships for International

Excellence, worth up to 4,000 (1,000

per year of the course), for those

international students who demonstrate

overall academic excellence.

The Faculty of Engineering and Physical

Sciences offer scholarships of 2,000 per year

for well qualified international undergraduate

students. For details of eligibility please see

www.eps.manchester.ac.uk/intschol

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Daniel Lipin

MEng Chemical Engineering with

Industrial Experience

I am from Seattle, USA. I decided to

study chemical engineering as I liked

chemistry at school but it was toosmall a subject I wanted to apply

it to a wider context. I was looking

for a place that didnt just teach

theory I liked the look of the

pilot-scale laboratory and wanted to

get in there. Also, the lecturers on

the course are people at the

forefront of research.


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course details

Entry requirements English language requirementIELTS 6, TOEFL 540, Internet Based TOEFL 80

(Minimum of 20 in each component),

Computer Based TOEFL 207

Other subjects

General Studies and Key Skills welcomed but

will NOT form part of the standard offer

Chemical Engineering

with Chemistry MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code H8F1

GCSE or Equivalent

C English Language

GCE A-level / Unit Grades

AAB Including Maths & Chemistry

GCE AS-level Acceptability

Acceptable only in combination with A-levels or

Advanced Highers

GCE A-level Double Award

AA-AB any other academic subject

GCE AS-level Double Award Acceptability


Advanced Highers

BTEC National Diploma

DDM any technical subject, providing Maths and

Science modules at Level III are included

Welsh Baccalaureate (inc A-levels)

Pass & AA including Maths & a Science subject

Scottish Advanced Highers

AAB including Maths & Chemistry

Scottish Highers


Advanced Highers

Irish Leaving Certificate

AAABBincluding Maths & Chemistry

International Baccalaureate

Contact the University for further information

English language requirement

IELTS 6, TOEFL 540, Internet Based TOEFL 80



Other subjects

General Studies and Key Skills welcomed but

will NOT form part of the standard offer

Chemical Engineering BEng 3yrs

UCAS Code H800Chemical Engineering MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code H801


with Biotechnology MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code H8C5


with Industrial Experience MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code H803

Chemical Engineering with

Environmental Technology MEng 4yrsUCAS Code H8F8


(Business Management) MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code HN82

GCSE or Equivalent

C English Language


AAB including Maths & a Science subject



Advanced Highers


AA-AB Any other academic subject



Advanced Highers


DDM Any technical subject, providing Maths

& Science modules at Level III are included


Pass & AAincluding Maths & a Science subject



Scottish Highers


Advanced Highers


AAABB including Maths & a Science subject




with Study in Europe MEng 4yrs

UCAS Code H810

GCSE or EquivalentC English Language & B in the Language to be

studied





Advanced Highers


AA-AB one other academic subject


Acceptable only in combination with A-levels orAdvanced Highers


DDM any technical subject, providing Maths

& Science modules at Level III are included


Pass & AA including Maths & a Science subject



Scottish HighersAcceptable only in combination with A-levels or

Advanced Highers


AAABB Maths & Science subject



English language requirement

IELTS 6, TOEFL 540, Internet Based TOEFL 80



Other subjects

General Studies and Key Skills welcomed butwill NOT form part of the standard offer


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Chemical engineering is sometimes called

process or manufacturing engineering.

It concerns the science, technology and

management involved in making thematerials and products society need.

These include substances such as oils,

acids and solvents, used to create

everyday essentials such as plastics,

drugs, fuels and foodstuffs. Without

chemical engineers, we wouldnt have

chocolate, beer, painkillers, antibiotics,

paper, ink, detergents, petrol, paint,

toothpaste or plastic bags. Chemical

engineers are widely employed by majormanufacturing companies and are

amongst the highest paid of the

engineering fields.

Chemical engineers generally work in

industry, generating profit for companies

by adding value to raw materials in a

safe and cost-effective way. A chemical

engineers job can focus on any part of

the process, and some examples are:

designing and selecting equipment;

solving process problems

carrying out financial calculations

designing procedures to ensure safety

and minimise environmental impact

managing a team of operators

researching new productsEngineering operations include

everything from extracting raw materials,

to generating energy, to manufacturing

intermediate materials and producing

finished goods, to the disposal of waste.

What will I learn on a chemicalengineering course?

The technical aspects of chemical

engineering revolve around managingthe behaviour of materials and chemical

reactions. This means predicting and

manipulating compositions, flows,

temperatures and pressures of solids,

liquids and gases. Chemical engineering

students discover how to understand

chemical, physical and biological

processes using mathematical equations

as well as, on the more practical side,

learning about the equipment and

techniques used by industry for large-

scale manufacturing. Business, safety and

environmental issues are also studied in

some depth. You learn skills which will

be of great use to you in your future

career such as team working, problem

solving, communication and the use of

information technology.

How does chemical engineeringcompare to chemistry?

Chemists design chemical reaction routes

to produce desirable products or

processes, working on a molecular level.

Chemical engineers then find ways to

put these into practice in a cost-effective

and safe way on an industrial scale, using

real equipment to move, mix, react, heat

up, cool down, and separate materials.

How does this relate to subjectsstudied at school?

In physics and mathematics courses at

school, you will have learned basic heat-transfer (eg conduction, convection and

radiation) and calculations of motion and

momentum. From chemistry classes, you

have probably carried out process

operations such as distillation and

filtration on a small scale and you may

have studied the gas laws and factors

influencing chemical reaction rates. These

are some of the issues that chemical

engineers study in depth.

For more information about chemical

engineering see the Institution of

Chemical Engineers website:

www.whynotchemeng.com

Helen Sloman

University Programme

Development Officer

When I graduated I started out

working for ExxonMobil as an

investment planner at an ethylenecracker in Scotland. I now manage an

MSc training programme for industrial

professionals in Environmental

Management and Technology. This

role requires expertise in marketing

and finance combined with a

thorough understanding of the

environmental subject area.


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Your careeropportunitiesChemical engineering graduates are in

great demand for all kinds of jobs - and

not just in the chemical engineering sector.

This is because students are encouraged to

develop valuable skills during the degree

course. A survey by Trotman Publishing

(2002) asked 200 diverse employers to

rank the qualities they most seek in

graduates. Top of the league was verbal

communication followed by enthusiasm,written communication skills, problem

solving ability, numeracy, business

awareness and group working - all skills

learnt by our students.

Jobs in the chemicalengineering sector

Chemical engineering jobs are in all kinds

of industries - examples are food anddrink, pharmaceuticals, energy, oil and

gas, water, chemicals, materials such as

plastics, metals and ceramics and

products such as toiletries, fertilisers and

detergents. They are also involved in

assessing health, safety and

environmental issues. So you could do

anything - from working out how to

manufacture life-saving vaccines to

creating a revolutionary new type of ice-cream to managing a project for the

treatment of wastewater.

Information Technology is also very

important. You could be using

sophisticated Computer Aided Design

and virtual reality software to simulatewhat will happen, for example, when

you design a process to manufacture a

product such as toothpaste.

The types of jobs within these sectors are

varied - design of products; research and

development; construction and

installation of industrial plant;

manufacturing and production; project

management; sales and marketing;

finance; policy-making and management.Many chemical engineering graduates

reach senior managerial positions and it

is not unusual to find them on the

boards of large multi-national companies.

Jobs outside the chemicalengineering sector

Chemical engineering graduates have

easily transferable skills and the ability totake an overview of a situation. For this

reason they are in demand in the areas

of management, finance, accountancy,

marketing, banking, information

technology, computing and consultancy.

All around the world

There are many opportunities for

chemical engineers around the world. For

example, you could be located in Africa,

working on providing basic facilities for

communities, or in the USA contributing

to the design and manufacture of

advanced materials for spacecraft.

Wherever you are based there will be

opportunities for travel as part of the job.

How much will I earn?

Chemical engineering is one of the best-

paying professions in the UK. The Times

(23 May 2005) showed chemicalengineers to be the highest paid

graduates after medicine and dentistry. A

survey in 2001 found that the median

salary of a chartered chemical engineer

was 59,749 compared with 52,246 for

a chartered electrical engineer, 48,229

for a chartered mechanical engineer and

42,260 for a chartered civil engineer.

The 2004 IChemE Salary Survey revealed

that the median salary for a chemicalengineer in the oil business is 27,000

for those under 25, reaching 77,250

between the ages of 55 and 59. Similar

salaries were reported for chemical

engineers in other business sectors. Top

earners in the finance sector were

earning 130,000 per year!


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Core Chemical Engineering Topics

Level One

Course units cover topics including:physical and organic chemistry,

engineering mathematics,

thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid

mechanics and information technology.

Case studies, project work and

laboratories develop additional material on

process design and economics, reaction

engineering and environmental issues.

Level Two

Course units cover topics including:

design of separation processes, reaction

engineering, materials science,biochemistry, engineering mathematics,

environmental science and technology.

Case studies, project work and

laboratories develop additional material

on process modelling, multiphase

processing, process control and

biochemical engineering.

Level Three

Course units cover topics including:

polymers, biotechnology, fine chemicals,

risk analysis, advanced reactionengineering, process dynamics and

control. Case studies, project work and

laboratories develop additional material

including process synthesis, design and

economics, process safety and

sustainable development.

Specialist subjects

On the MEng courses you can also

choose to study a specialist subject in

greater depth. The specialist themes are:

advanced chemical engineering science,

business management, environmental

technology, biotechnology, chemistry or

language (French, German or Spanish)

including studying at a university in

Europe, as explained in more detail later.

There is also the option of gaining

experience in industry for one year.

Martin Hyde

MEng Chemical Engineering

I enjoy the breadth of the subject, it

spans most disciplines. The scope for

future employment also excites me.

Chemical engineers are not employed

to do small things.

Rebecca Burton

MEng Chemical Engineering with

Environmental Technology

The course is challenging and makes

you think about solving problems.


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Three Year BEng Hons

If you want the option of completing

your degree in just three years, then thiscourse leading to the award of BEng

(Hons) may be for you. It includes all the

core course units as well as developing

skills such as problem solving,

communication and working in teams.

All the chemical engineering subjects that

employers will be looking for are covered.


Four Year MEng Hons

This course enables you to gain deeper

understanding of fundamental chemicalengineering science. This is for you if you

want to become an expert in pure

chemical engineering and learn about

the subject in more detail.

You study the specialist course units in

the third and fourth years, alongside the

core chemical engineering subjects. You

undertake a detailed research project in

the fourth year.

Specialist subject areas inAdvanced Chemical EngineeringScience

Transport phenomena, modelling and

simulation, adsorption and ion exchange,

advanced mathematical methods,

molecular basis of product and process

design and interface and colloid science

of multiphase products and processes.

Chemical Engineering(Business Management)

Four Year MEng Hons

Chemical engineers can play many rolesin industry and if they want to be in a

position to make things happen they

often move into management. A high

proportion of our graduates have

successful management careers. Many

senior managers were initially trained as

chemical engineers.

This is the first degree course of its kind

in the United Kingdom and will improvethe career prospects of graduates within

the chemical engineering sector. It can

also enhance their opportunities to

follow other career paths in areas such as

finance, consulting, marketing and

accountancy.

You can decide to make business

management your specialist subject by

choosing to study the introductory course

unit in the second year. You then study

the specialist units in the third and fourth

years, alongside core chemical

engineering. You undertake a detailed

research project in the fourth year.

Specialist subject areas inBusiness Management

Management concepts in context,

business economics, accounting formanagers, operations and quality

management, marketing, project and

financial management, corporate finance

and strategic planning.

Martin Burke,

Oil & Gas Consultant

Woodhill Frontier Ltd

(part of Wood Group of companies)

Since graduating from UMIST with

an MEng in 1996, I have worked

mainly in the oil and gas

consultancy industry, designing

platforms for the North Sea and

onshore processing facilities in

Russia, Africa, the Middle East and

the Far East. I have also carried out

a number of safety-related projects,

including significantly improving thesafety of a number of multi-

platform oil and gas installations in

the North Sea. Im currently

employed as a Senior Engineer - I

carry out engineering design work,

manage large projects, supervise a

team of staff, regularly travel abroad

and earn in excess of 45k a year.


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Chemical Engineering withEnvironmental Technology

Four Year MEng Hons

Chemical engineers can make a realdifference to the environment by reducing

pollution, minimising waste, creating more

efficient manufacturing processes and

using clean technology. The preservation

and improvement of our environment is

becoming increasingly important.

Chemical engineers solve pollution

problems and develop industrial processes

that are less harmful to the environment.

Specialists in environmental technology

can find employment in industry, in the

regulatory authorities and increasingly

as consultants.

You can decide to make environmental

technology your specialist subject by

choosing to study the introductory course

unit in the second year. You then study

the specialist units in the third and fourth

years alongside core chemical

engineering. You undertake a detailed


Specialist subject areas inEnvironmental Technology

Introduction to environmental

technology, environmental managementand legislation, mathematical methods,

waste minimisation, sampling,

measurement and monitoring, risk

analysis and reliability engineering, water

and wastewater engineering,

environmental dispersion and waste

management and green chemistry.

Chemical Engineeringwith Biotechnology

Four Year MEng Hons

Biochemical engineering is the subjectthrough which the science of living

organisms and systems is translated into

economic and safe products and

processes.

Its applications are in the fields of

healthcare, nutrition and the

environment. Some examples are the

manufacture of medicines, the use of

genetic engineering to treat illnesses,food processing, treating industrial and

human waste and finding ways of using

renewable resources.

You can decide to make biotechnology

your specialist subject by choosing to

study the introductory course unit in the

second year. You then study the specialist

units in the third and fourth years,

alongside the core chemical engineering

subjects. You undertake a detailed


Specialist subject areasin Biotechnology

Introduction to biotechnology,

biochemistry, biochemical engineering,

cereal biotechnology, metabolic

engineering, cell and tissue engineering

and applications of biotechnology.

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Chemical Engineeringwith Chemistry

Four Year MEng Hons

This course will give you an insight intounderstanding processes from the

molecular level up to industrial-scale and

enable you to learn the chemistry behind

the manufacturing processes.

The skills of the chemical engineer and

the chemist are brought together in

order to design and manufacture

products as far-ranging as

petrochemicals, pharmaceutical tablets,inkjet printing modules, deodorant sticks,

hair products and chocolate.

The chemistry course units are introduced

in the first year with an introductory

course unit. The second, third and fourth

years of the course introduce specialist

chemistry subjects which are studied

alongside core chemical engineering. You

undertake a detailed research project in

the fourth year.

Specialist subject areasin Chemistry

Organic chemistry, functional group

chemistry, stereochemistry, carbanion

chemistry, amino acids, peptides and

carbohydrates, aromatic and heterocyclic

chemistry, solutions and electrochemistry,

heterogeneous catalysis, molecularmodelling, molecular simulation and

design, molecular crystals, solids and

surfaces, reactive intermediates, small

ring synthesis, environmental chemistry

and organic synthesis.

Chemical Engineering withIndustrial Experience

Four Year MEng Hons

Would you like to spend the third year ofthe degree course learning skills and

gaining experience in industry and be

paid a salary at the same time?

For the third year of the degree course a

company will employ you on single or

multiple projects in areas such as process

and plant evaluation, design,

construction and operation. During the

year you keep a logbook/careerdevelopment diary, produce a dissertation

in the form of a book and give a poster

presentation about your experience.

Whilst working in industry you can

expect to experience the following:

Enhanced, in depth and leading edge

chemical engineering

Extended, broadening study of

chemical engineering, other science,technology and non-engineering

subjects such as business or language

Enhanced and extended skills such as

project work, design work or industrial

applications

It is expected that during the placement

you will have the opportunity to

participate in the company staff

development scheme and learn about

the following:

Safety, health and environment issues

in industry

Achieving targets and objectives

Efficiency and cost effectiveness

Company organisation and structure

Legal constraints within industrial

practice Personal effectiveness

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The department has excellent contacts

with industry and maintains a database

of potential companies for placements.

Although it is your responsibility to find

a placement we will do our best to help

you. Some participating companies are

Schlumberger, Chevron Texaco, Lubrizol,

Emerys, Conoco, AstraZeneca, ICI Paint,

British Sugar, Exxon Mobil, Eli Lilly & Co.

Ltd, Acordis, Syngenta, BNFL, Cabot

Carbon, Kraft Foods, BP Exploration, BP

Amoco Chemical, Lucite International UK

Ltd, Dupont UK.

You take an introductory course unit in

the second year and a course unit by

distance learning during the year out in

industry. In order to qualify for an

industrial placement you need to have

achieved an average mark of over 60%

at the end of your first and second years.

During the year you will be a registered

student and will be liable for fees (at a

reduced rate). You will also be an

employee of the company hosting your

placement and will therefore receive a

salary. International students do not need

to obtain a work permit.

Adam Cowling


I enjoyed physics, chemistry and

mathematics at school and decidedthat I wanted to do something with

the applications of these subjects

rather than just the theory. The course

is a good balance between theoretical

and hands-on experience. I enjoy the

laboratories and design projects and

my fourth year research project will

also be laboratory based.

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Chemical Engineeringwith Study in Europe

Four Year MEng Hons

Would you like the exciting opportunityto live and work in another culture for a

year? This course enables you to spend

your third year in France, Germany or

Spain, becoming familiar with a different

social and technical culture, greatly

improving your language skills and

enhancing your career prospects.

Chemical engineers with sufficient

knowledge of another language have

career opportunities all around the world.

You will have three hours of language

tuition per week in the first two years of

the degree course. This includes spoken

language, grammar and some technical

vocabulary.

During the year abroad in the third year

you will:

Extend your chemical engineering

knowledge by studying furthersubjects and undertaking additional

projects

Attend lectures and tutorials

conducted in the local language

Participate in group work in

laboratories and on projects

Write reports and take examinations in

the local language.

Make a presentation in the local

language about your project

A student from the country may be

assigned to act as your mentor and staff

from the University of Manchester will

visit you at least once a year. The

European university will arrange your

accommodation in student residences.

Normally at least grade B at GCSE or

equivalent qualification in the language is

needed. An 'A' level in the language is

not required.

During the year you will be a registered

student and will be liable for fees (at a

reduced rate).

The European universities where you can

choose to spend your year out are:

France

Nancy (www.ensic.u-nancy.fr) and

Toulouse (www.ensiacet.fr)

Germany

Stuttgart (www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/) and

Furtwangen (www.fh-furtwangen.de)

Spain

Oviedo (www.uniovi.es) and

Cadiz (www.uca.es)

Liane Turner


I like the laboratories and practical

work which show how chemical

engineering is used in practice.

Mas Norailin Momin

BEng Chemical Engineering

I love the challenge of coming up

with our own ideas and creations in

certain processes and designs.

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Practical and project work

The degree course is structured so that

about one third is practical and project

work, with the remainder being made upof lectures and problem solving classes.

The benefit of this is that you have the

opportunity to relate theory to practice, so

enhancing your understanding.

First Year

projects focused on equipment and

process design

laboratory experiments introducingsafety and good laboratory practice

use of information technology to assist

with writing reports, calculations, design,

programming and library research

Second Year

industrial-sized experiments in the

pilot-scale laboratory

small-scale experiments in thelaboratories

project on computer flowsheet design

Third Year

(This is the fourth year for Chemical

Engineering with Study in Europe or

Industrial Experience)

design project where as part of agroup of students you design a

complete process plant. This involves

equipment design, costing and

profitability, control, start up and shut

down of the plant and assessment of

hazards. The project is set up jointly

with an industrial company which

means that it will relate to real life.

detailed large experiments in the pilot-

scale laboratory

Fourth Year

a research project, which you can

choose, to examine a scientific or

technical problem relating to your

specialist area. You report the work

and its outcomes in a dissertation in

the form of a book, in a short

academic research paper and as aposter presentation.

International opportunities

Would you like to spend some time in

another country as part of your

studies? The department has severallinks with universities abroad and

encourages students to gain wider

experience in an international context.

We are able to offer great

opportunities for students on the

MEng courses to undertake their final

year research project in Singapore,

France, Germany, Spain, or the USA.

The enterprise option

Have you got a fantastic idea for a

new invention and for starting your

own business?

If you are interested in becoming an

entrepreneur you can apply to take the

enterprise option. You apply for an

Enterprise Scholarship to work at the

Manchester Science Enterprise Centre

during the summer vacation after the

third year. There you spend

approximately 8 weeks researching the

technology and market in relation to

your particular project and producing a

business plan. In the fourth year of the

course your final research project is

based on this venture.

Matthew Cook

Chemical Engineer, Foster Wheeler

I enjoyed the course which is not allabout technical ability, it also

teaches you how to tackle

problems, and in the design project

especially how to work effectively

as a member of a team.

On graduation I was offered a

position with Foster Wheeler. My

work is very varied and I may be

working on a small pharmaceuticalproject one month and looking at

the ways IT can help the design

process become more efficient the

next. In years to come I expect to

be involved in, refinery production

in the Middle East, pharmaceuticals

in Singapore, or an oil platform in

the Arabian Gulf.


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accommodationAs long as you apply by the deadline, first-year students are guaranteeduniversity accommodation in one of our halls of residence. For internationalstudents this promise is extended to the full duration of your studies.

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All new undergraduate students at

Manchester are guaranteed a place in a

University flat or hall of residence for their

first year. If youre an international

student, this promise is extended to the

full duration of your studies.

The University offers a wide range of

residential accommodation, ranging from

modern self-catering flats right through

to traditional collegiate-style halls of

residence. There are more spaces in

university-managed accommodation here

than at practically any other UK university.

Your hall is the place where youll meet

new friends and spend a lot of your free

time. They are self-contained

communities with their own bars,

common rooms, leisure facilities and a

hectic programme of social activities.

Most of our accommodation is either on

campus, in the neighbouring suburb of

Victoria Park or a mile or so away in

Fallowfield. These neighbourhoods are

bustling with bars and shops catering forthe student community.

Each hall is unique, but all halls have

single study-bedrooms and, with the

exception of some family

accommodation, each has network points

for email and internet use. If you opt for

one of the self-catering halls, you will

have your own room, but you will

probably share a bathroom, living room

and/or kitchen with the other students in

the flat, although rooms with en-suite

bathrooms are also available. Catered

halls include meals, which makes

budgeting easier, and typically they also

provide small kitchens for the preparation

of drinks and snacks. A high level of

security is provided; the majority of halls

have swipe card access systems, and

there are extensive CCTV networks and

24 hour security.

Some halls have specially adapted flats or

rooms for students with a disability and

catered halls are able to assist if you havespecial dietary requirements. If you do

have any special needs, just get in touch

with the Accommodation Office as soon

as possible.

When you apply for accommodation, you

are asked to select three hall preferences.

Around 82% of applicants are placed in

one of their options. If you are undecided

about which halls to choose, come andsee for yourself: applicants are welcome

to make appointments to visit any of the

residences, though the best opportunity

to see what is available is the

Accommodation Offices Open House

held annually in March when all

undergraduate halls are open for full

viewing (details can be found on the

Accommodation Office website).

Costs vary, depending on facilities, but

2008 prices range from around 71 per

week for a self-catering room with shared

facilities to 91 per week for a room with

en-suite facilities. You can expect to pay

from 97 per week for a room in a hall of

residence with meals provided. All fees

include the cost of utilities, insurance of

personal possessions and internet

connection.

A brochure providing information on all

the residences is available from the

Accommodation Office, University Place,

The University of Manchester, Oxford

Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.tel +44 (0)161 275 2888

fax +44 (0)161 275 3213

email [email protected]

Detailed information on halls can be

found at www.manchester.ac.uk/

accommodation

In addition to the Universitys halls of

residence, Manchester has a sizeable

stock of private accommodation for rent.tel +44 (0)161 275 7680

fax +44 (0)161 275 7684

email

manchesterstudenthomes@manchester.ac.ukwww.manchesterstudenthomes.com

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Manchester is a city of contrasts: A big

city with a compact and friendly city

centre. A trendsetting music and style

capital that still has a place for traditional

street markets and local pubs. A bustling

metropolis whose famous Victorian

architecture sits happily alongside

stunning new developments.

Manchester is the shopping capital of the

North West. Theres an enviable range of

flagship high street chains and designer

stores. Highlights include Selfridges and

Harvey Nichols in the heart of the city,

but there are plenty of independent

shops with a more hip feel in theNorthern Quarter.

As a student here, youll be spoilt for

choice for food. Theres a range of

restaurants to rival any international city.

Manchester has the largest Chinese

community outside of London with a

huge range of restaurants. Other Far

Eastern communities are no less well

represented, from Thai to Vietnamese,Malaysian to Indonesian. Another great

Manchester experience is the fabulous

curry mile in Rusholme. The range is

enormous not surprising for Europes

highest concentration of Asian eateries.

Manchester has launched some of the

great names in music history... and this

legacy lives on today in the citys vibrant

music scene. For big name live music

theres the award-winning Academy at

our own Students Union, the Apollo and

the MEN Arena. For smaller bands and

unsigned talent youll find a host of small

venues. There are also vibrant folk and

northern soul and jazz scenes.

If classicals more your thing - the Hall

and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras play at

the Bridgewater Hall and closer to home

are the performances of University and

Royal Northern College of Music students.

Manchesters landmark galleries and

museums like Daniel Libeskinds ImperialWar Museum North, the Museum of

Science and Industry, the Manchester Art

Gallery or the Universitys own

Whitworth Art Gallery, John Rylands

Library and Manchester Museum give

you lots of opportunity to see fantastic

permanent and touring exhibitions.

Those of a more theatrical persuasion

can make a night of it at one of the

many theatrical and concert venues

Manchester has to offer. The Lowry arts

centre, which includes two theatres as

well as galleries and restaurants, presents

contemporary productions, including

Opera North. Back in town, the Royal

Exchanges in-the-round productions

include everything from Shakespeare to

Noel Coward. Fans of musicals and west

end hits head to the Palace Theatre and

the Opera House, which hosts

productions such as Phantom of the

Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Manchester is top of the internationalsporting league. Our footballing pedigree

speaks for itself being home to rivals

Manchester City and probably the citys

most famous export Manchester

United. If youre not a football fan,

theres lots more on offer: national and

international cricket at Lancashires Old

Trafford Ground, rugby union at Sale

Sharks and super league rugby at nearby

Warrington and Wigan.

The legacy of world-class sporting facilities

left by the 2002 Commonwealth Games

including the Manchester Aquatics

Centre, on the University campus and the

National Cycling Centre has been built

upon ever since. The most recent, and

striking, addition being the UKs longest

and widest indoor ski slope.

And if you get tired of all this city living ashort trip will take you to two great

national parks, the Lakes to the north

and the Peak District to the east. The

historic towns of Chester and York are

also in easy reach, as are the varied

delights of the north west coast.

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Admissions and how to apply

The University welcomes applications from

people from all backgrounds, and is fully

committed to equality of opportunity. Find

out more at www.manchester.ac.uk, orfrom the Undergraduate Admissions

Office (+44 (0)161 275 2077).

All applications for full-time

undergraduate courses in higher

education are coordinated by the

Universities and Colleges Admissions

Service (UCAS). Students must apply

online at www.ucas.com. Applicants

who are unable to access the internet are

advised to contact the UCAS CustomerService Unit on +44 (0)871 468 0468.

Tuition fees and Student loans

In 2008/09, all new full-time home/EU

undergraduate entrants will be charged

3,145 per year tuition fees for all courses

of study. This is likely to increase with

inflation for 2009/10. You can defer

payment of your tuition fees by taking outa student fee loan. Repayments begin the

April after you leave higher education and

earn more than 15,000 per year. Full

details of tuition fees for home/EU and

international students can be found on

our website at www.manchester.ac.uk/

undergraduate/fees

Scholarships and bursaries

In addition to any financial support that

you receive from the government the

University offers a generous range of

bursaries and scholarships to help preventfinancial hardship and reward excellence.

You could receive up to 3,000 per annum

to help you to pay your course fees and to

support your living expenses. More

information, including eligibility and how

to apply, can be found at

www.manchester.ac.uk/

undergraduate/funding

International studentsThe University of Manchester is a

multicultural environment and home to

more than 8,000 international students

from 165 countries.

A range of services is available for

international students, to help you both

before and during your studies in

Manchester. This includes an airport

collection service, orientation courses andspecialist student advisers.

Visit the International Office website

www.manchester.ac.uk/international

for more information including material

specific to your country, such as entrance

requirements and useful contacts.

Disability support/applicantswith additional support needs

We welcome applications from people

with additional support needs and all

such applications are considered onexactly the same academic grounds as

other applications. If you have additional

needs arising from a medical condition, a

physical or sensory disability or a specific

learning disability you are strongly

encouraged to contact the Universitys

Disability Support Office to discuss your

needs, any arrangements that may be

necessary and the extent to which

appropriate support is available.

tel +44 (0)161 275 7512/8518

fax +44 (0)161 275 7018

minicom +44 (0)161 275 2794


www.manchester.ac.uk/disability

Information is also available from the

Students Union Welfare Officer

+44 (0)161 275 2945

www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk

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Careers Service

Manchesters Careers Service has toppedemployer and student satisfaction polls formany years. We help students find part-time,

volunteering and work experienceopportunities as well as jobs after graduation.

We email thousands of vacancies to studentsthroughout the year. As one of the mosttargeted universities by recruiters,Manchesters students have manyopportunities to meet employers including:nine major careers fairs a year; presentationson campus; accredited careers modules; andmentoring programmes which match

students to employers. We also run theprestigious Manchester LeadershipProgramme, which combines academic studyon leadership with volunteering.

Many of these services and more can beaccessed via our comprehensive website or atour Careers Resource Centre staffed byteams of professional careers consultants andinformation staff.

email [email protected]/careers

Library and information services

The John Rylands University Library (JRUL) is

one of the best-resourced academic libraries

in the UK and is widely recognised as one of

the worlds great research libraries.

www.manchester.ac.uk/library

IT services

We have one of the largest academic IT

services in Europe supporting world-

class teaching and research.

www.manchester.ac.uk/manchestercomputing

Sport

We have an active Athletic Union, vibrant

Campus Sport programme, and a huge

variety of health and fitness classes, as well as

volunteering and scholarship opportunities.

www.manchester.ac.uk/sport

Students UnionThe University of Manchester Students

Union (UMSU) is the largest Students

Union in Europe, offering everything from

live bands to welfare advice, cheap

stationery to student representation.

UMSU has some of the largest and most

active student societies in the country, as

well as support and welfare services.

www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk

Student supportWhatever the issue financial, personal,

academic or administrative we have

experienced and sympathetic people,

support groups and advice centres to help

you.

www.manchester.ac.uk/student

supportandservices

Student Services Centre (SSC)

The SSC provides a single point of access

where you can complete all your

administrative transactions with the

University. A team of specialist advisers isavailable to provide advice and

information.

tel +44(0)161 275 5000


www.manchester.ac.uk/ssc

Religious support

There are two chaplaincy centres for the

major Christian churches. St Peters

House provides chaplains for theAnglican, Baptist, Methodist and United

Reformed Churches, while the Roman

Catholic Chaplaincy is at Avila House.

Hillel House provides facilities for Jewish

worship. There are prayer facilities on

campus for Muslim students and student

societies for many religions.

Childcare

There are two centres for children

between six months and five years of age.

tel +44 (0)161 272 7121

(Dryden Street Nursery)

+44 (0)161 200 4979 (Echoes Nursery)

www.manchester.ac.uk/

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1 Sackville Street Building

2 Lambert Hall

3 Fairfield Hall

5 Chandos Hall

6 Echoes Day Nursery

7 Paper Science Building8 Renold Building

9 Barnes Wallis Building/Students'

Union/Wright Robinson Hall

10 Vision Centre / Moffat Building

11 The Manchester Conference Centre

and Weston Hall

12 Pariser Building

13 Staff House Sackville Street

14 The Mill

15 Morton Laboratory16 Manchester Interdisciplinary

Biocentre - John Garside Building

17 George Begg Building

18 Faraday Tower

19 Faraday Building

20 Ferranti Building

21 Maths and Social Sciences Building

22 Sugden Sports Centre

23 Oddfellows Hall

24 Grosvenor Halls of Residences

25 Materials Science Centre

26 Manchester Business School East

27 Bowden Court

28 Ronson Hall

29 Manchester Business School West

30 Precinct Shopping Centre

Harold Hankins Building

Devonshire House

31 Crawford House

32 St Peters House/Chaplaincy

33 Crawford House Lecture Theatres

34 Prospect House

35 Humanities Bridgeford Street

36 Arthur Lewis Building37 University Place Visitors Centre

37a University Place Hall

38 Waterloo Place

39 Kilburn Building

40 Information Technology Building

41 Dental School and Hospital

42 Martin Harris Centre for Music

and Drama

43 Coupland Building 1

44 The Manchester Museum45 Rutherford Building

46 Alan Turing Building

47 Coupland Building 3

48 John Owens Building

49 Beyer Building

50 Whitworth Hall

51 Whitworth Building

52 Williamson Building

53 Roscoe Building

54 Schuster Building

55 The John Rylands Library

56 Schunck BuildingBurlington Rooms

57 Student Services Centre

58 Christie Building

59 Simon Building

60 Zochonis Building

61 Chemistry Building

62 Dryden Street Nursery

63 Staff House Burlington Street

65 Mansfield Cooper Building66 Stephen Joseph Studio

67 Samuel Alexander Building

68 Students' Union Oxford Road(also at number 9)69 William Kay House

70 Dover Street Building

71 Michael Smith Building72 Vaughan House

73 Avila House RC Chaplaincy

74 Holy Name Church75 AV Hill Building

76 AQA

77 Ellen Wilkinson Building78 The Academy

79 Stopford Building80 Horniman House

81 The Manchester Incubator Building

82 Whitworth Park Halls of Residence83 Grove House

84 The Whitworth Art Gallery

85 Opal Hall86 Core Technology Facility

87 Denmark Building88 Newman Building

89 Lamb Building

91 McDougall Centre

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This brochure is prepared well in advance of theacademic year to which it relates. Consequently,details of courses may vary with staff changes.The University therefore reserves the right tomake such alterations to courses as are found to

be necessary. If the University makes an offer ofa place, it is essential that you are aware of thecurrent terms on which the offer is based. If youare in any doubt, please feel free to ask forconfirmation of the precise position for the yearin question, before you accept the offer.

admissions tutor

Dr Stuart Holmes

address

School of Chemical Engineering

and Analytical Science

The University of ManchesterPO Box 88

Sackville Street

Manchester

M60 1QD

tel +44 (0)161 306 9331

email [email protected] www.manchester.ac.uk/ceas

From Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station

Take a short walk, or the Metrolink tram,

to Piccadilly Railway Station. Follow the

directions given from Piccadilly Rail Station.

From Piccadilly Railway Station

2 minute walk. Follow the signs for Taxis

and exit on Fairfield Street. Turn right and

cross London Road. Walk towards the

railway arch, immediately after you have

walked under the arch, turn right onto

Altrincham Street for access to The Mill.

From Oxford Road Railway Station

5 minute walk. Descend the station

approach and cross Oxford Street into

Whitworth Street with the Palace

Theatre on your left. After 600 metres

you will see the Sackville Street

Building in front of you at the

intersection of Whitworth Street and

Sackville Street. Turn right onto

Sackville Street and continue down

Sackville Street for access to The Mill.

From Victoria Railway Station

Take the Metrolink tram to Piccadilly

Railway Station. Follow directions

given from Piccadilly Rail Station.

Parking

Parking is available at the Charles

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