• Question: hi, what types of jobs would a chemical engineering degree get you and what would these involve

    Asked by OllieBartlett to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Tartanish.
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      Angela Stokes answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Hi OllieBartlett
      The best person to answer this question will be Claire as this is her area of expertise.

      As a pharmaceutical industry person, I would guess that with a chemical engineering background you would be looking at jobs in the oil and gas industry, water treatment, food and drink, plastics and toiletries industry. In the pharmaceutical industry chemical engineers are used to build anufacturing ‘plants’ and scale up manufacturing processes.

      I am sure Claire can give you a much more detailed answer.

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      Sarah Harris answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Hi Ollie,

      I agree – this is exactly Claire’s area of expertise! In the meantime you could check out the website she manages for more info, which is all about chemical engineering and the careers you can get from it – http://www.whynotchemeng.com/

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      Claire Cooke answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi Ollie,

      Angela and Sarah have pretty much answered this question between them – you can certainly find more detailed information in the following two pages of our website:

      http://www.whynotchemeng.com/information/job-roles
      http://www.whynotchemeng.com/information/what-do-chemical-engineers-do

      but feel free to ask me any further questions.

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