This is a 4-year level 8, honours degree programme. This programme is IChemE-accredited.
The central tenet of the degree programmes offered by the School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering is to educate undergraduate students to assume responsible roles at a range of levels within the Chemical/Bioprocess Engineering profession and society.
Our programmes are designed to produce graduates who are technically, environmentally, ethically and socially aware, and who have the capability to work to the highest engineering and managerial levels in diverse sectors, in Ireland and internationally. Our graduates have contributed directly and significantly to the development of the strong and prosperous Irish chemical and pharmaceutical industry; they are active in the burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry.
The calibre of our graduates is acknowledged through formal accreditation by the Institution of Chemical Engineers ((opens in a new window)IChemE ) since the early 1960s. Of particular note is the IChemE accreditation of the BE Programme in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering at the Master's level since 2004.
Programme content
Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering (CBE) deals with the ingenious transformation of matter and energy into products and services. More specifically, it addresses the design and operation of facilities needed to achieve this transformation in a technically, economically and environmentally acceptable manner.
Examples of products include petrochemicals, (bio)pharmaceuticals and nano-materials. Examples of services include energy supply (from carbon-based to renewable resources), clean air and CO2-sequestration.
As a Chemical & Bioprocess Engineer, you’ll use the sciences as the basis for understanding these transformations; you’ll apply mathematical and engineering principles to realise them on the appropriate scale. If you seek invention, and want to work at the interface between the sciences, mathematics and engineering, with a broad and well-paid portfolio of career opportunities, strongly consider CBE.
More details
Full details of all Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering programmes are available on the UCD Engineering & Architecture Programme Office here
Undergraduate programme options
This is a 5-year, level 9, programme and includes an extended, credit-bearing industrial placement and is designed to meet both IChemE and Engineers Ireland accreditation requirements.
This is a 4-year, level 8 honours degree programme and allows students to specialise in Biochemical/Biopharmaceutical Engineering. This programme is designed to meet the IChemE accreditation requirements.
This is a 5-year, level 9 programme.
This programme allows students to specialise in Biochemical/Biopharmaceutical Engineering and also includes an extended, credit-bearing industrial placement. The programme meets both IChemE and Engineers Ireland accreditation requirements