Master of Engineering Science (Chemical Engineering)

The Master of Engineering Science (Chemical Engineering) is a two-year full-time, postgraduate degree that gives you advanced technical, process design and project management skills. Make the most of our leading facilities in the UNSW School of Engineering as you focus on the following areas:

• Environmental engineering
• Water treatment
• Design
• Process systems
• Heat transfer
• Fluid mechanics

Flexible learning is a keystone of the program, allowing you to broaden your career prospects through cross-training, re-training and specialisation. This program is the perfect next step if you’re a chemical engineering graduate, with graduates in food science and engineering or biomedical engineering also considered.

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UNSW Engineering achieved a top ERA research excellence ranking in 2019, adding to our status as Australia’s largest and longest standing engineering faculty. Our selection of engineering degrees is all encompassing, allowing you to find the perfect degree for you.

The UNSW School of Chemical Engineering is consistently ranked as one of the top chemical engineering schools in the nation, renowned for offering some of the best research training.

When you choose a degree in chemical engineering as part of a Master of Engineering Science, you’ll explore efficient process design and look at robust, objective analyses of chemical plants, industrial processes and general operations in the chemical industry. Your studies will include extensive coverage of current business and environmental issues in the chemical and food industry.

There are two entry points into this Master of Engineering Science specialisation depending on your cognate background. This provides a structured and supportive option for students with a non-cognate background, while enabling students with cognate backgrounds earlier flexibility in their course selection. Both entry points equate to the same duration of 2 years (96 UOC), and differ only in the order and structure of core foundation courses.

Students with a cognate background:

Entry into the Master’s program requires completion of a 4-year Bachelor of Engineering degree (or equivalent) or 3-year Engineering Science degree in a cognate discipline. A minimum 65% average, or its equivalent, throughout the qualifying bachelor’s degree is mandatory.*

Students with a non-cognate background:

Students with a non-cognate background can enter the Master of Engineering Science via the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Science/Master of Engineering Science pathway.

Entry into the pathway requires completion of a 4-year Bachelor of Engineering degree (or equivalent) or 3-year Engineering Science degree in any engineering discipline.

A minimum 65% average, or its equivalent, throughout the qualifying bachelor’s degree is mandatory.*

Successful applicants will be offered entry to the Master of Engineering Science via the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Science/Master of Engineering Science pathway. Students can transition to the Master of Engineering Science after passing 18 UOC of foundational courses. The total study duration is the same as the entry point for students with a cognate background (2 years/ 96 UOC). There is no separate application required for this pathway. Applicants with non-cognate backgrounds must apply for the Master of Engineering Science to be considered for this entry.

*Qualifications from non-211 Chinese Universities will require a 70% average