Chemical engineering

Yojimbo01 said:
Well so glad to see many good ocuk people in the chem eng field. Nuclear also is a good idea that we have been told. From what the SONG group have told me on the ICHEME student group website, oil and gas is a lucrative area and one not to be ignored. However I have to get some mass balances/fluid mechanics done before I understand wth is going on (and they said first years are fun!!?).
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I am a mechanical engineer in the Energy/Nuclear industry working for a large consultancy and I reckon if you had a good Chem Eng Degree and interviewed well then they'd bite your hand off.

Nuclear industry is a good one to go into as there is a massive skills gap at the moment. Most of the UK's nuclear experience lies with the old beardy genius types who are all retiring or due to retire and there's not many (good quality) people between grads and beardies. Promising to be a lucrative industry over the next few decades......
 
Maths and sciences are my strongest subjects so maybe engineering might be better. I like the idea of progression in a career rather than being a partner for 15 years at a dentists. The mental challenge also seems to be lacking in dentistry, it just seems very simple and my work experience confirmed this. The only reason I would be attracted to dentistry is the pay and the hours and that isn't the best reasoning imo. I think I would prefer engineering but what type? Chemical does sound appealing.
 
Would you recommend further maths over biology?

For a levels I'm considering
Maths
Further maths
Chemistry
Physics

Would you do biology?
 
Like i say it depends what you plan on doing in O&G, most of my stuff is 'number crunching' / modelling and maths based for which we don't / can't use off the shelf industry standard packages so we have to design something, oftern in excel, several people have maths at Degree or higher level and it's set them up very well within the industry.
 
You will need to do degree level mathematics as part of you engineering degree. I did the Scottish 5year MEng, maths in first year was equivalent to what they called SYS (sixth year studies) maths in my day which I guess would be equivalent of A-Level maths in England? After that, every year the maths got harder and harder.

Since graduating though, I've never used any of it!
 
I knew I'd read a thread about chemical engineering on here a few years ago...

Anyhow, after doing pretty well in my A-Levels 8 years ago (and then doing very badly in my degree, to the point where I had to drop out), I find myself stuck in a job that I have absolutely no passion for.

As a result, now, at age 26, I am putting together my UCAS application to go and study MEng Chemical Engineering in order to get my career aspirations back on track.

A couple of questions for those that studied/are studying Chemical Engineering (or any type of engineering really):

1) Were there any 'mature' (i.e. age 25+) students on your course?
2) If you were recruited into a grad scheme upon completion of your degree, were there any mature grads also accepted onto the scheme?
3) Which uni would you recommend? London is out of the question for me. I'm considering Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Loughborough and Bath. Decent?

Many thanks in advance! :)
 
Loughborough and Bath are v good for chem eng. The company I used to work for and work for now take on a lot of students from both.
 
Yojimbo01 said:
Hi guys. I am doing a BEng/MEng degree at Leeds uni and was wondering if there are any fellow chem engers out there (not necessarily from Leeds).

Cheers,

Dave
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Working in Mechanical Engineering at Leeds University here :p. I also do some stuff with the Chem Eng department there (CFD). I'm not a chemical engineer though, or even a mechanical one! Background is in maths and physics, but to me that's what engineering really is ;).
 
Nice to see my old thread bumped up. Having finished the 4 years and earned a 2:1 MEng hons it's time to search for a job.

Course was certainly a fun one and kept me on my toes :)
 
del_piero said:
I knew I'd read a thread about chemical engineering on here a few years ago...

Anyhow, after doing pretty well in my A-Levels 8 years ago (and then doing very badly in my degree, to the point where I had to drop out), I find myself stuck in a job that I have absolutely no passion for.

As a result, now, at age 26, I am putting together my UCAS application to go and study MEng Chemical Engineering in order to get my career aspirations back on track.

A couple of questions for those that studied/are studying Chemical Engineering (or any type of engineering really):

1) Were there any 'mature' (i.e. age 25+) students on your course?
2) If you were recruited into a grad scheme upon completion of your degree, were there any mature grads also accepted onto the scheme?
3) Which uni would you recommend? London is out of the question for me. I'm considering Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Loughborough and Bath. Decent?

Many thanks in advance! :)
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Always regretted turning down chemical engineering (which I'm naturally good at though don't really have a passion for) for IT which I have/had more of a passion for but hasn't really been a great career path for me in the long run - being closer to 35 than 25 though its a bit late really for me to get back into it.
 
Jokester said:
Since graduating though, I've never used any of it!
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Exactly this!

Just finished throwing out my final few boxes of uni notes, why on earth I kept 8 of them, I do not know.

Yojimbo01 said:
Nice to see my old thread bumped up. Having finished the 4 years and earned a 2:1 MEng hons it's time to search for a job.

Course was certainly a fun one and kept me on my toes :)
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Try and get into O&G, if you might be interested in such a thing.

If you're not a hermit and come up to Aberdeen, then we'll show you a good time :D
 
Firestar_3x said:
It's ok, the real perks of the industry is being flown all over the world to do work, that's why i'd always pick a job in the Oil & Gas sector over Nuclear, plus the Nuclear work is harder :p
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I did the flying around the world thing for 6 or so years - never again. Don't mind the odd trip now and again, but being constantly away from where I want to be is not for me!

I think nuclear is a great place to start focussing attention on. That or renewable energies.
 
del_piero said:
I knew I'd read a thread about chemical engineering on here a few years ago...

Anyhow, after doing pretty well in my A-Levels 8 years ago (and then doing very badly in my degree, to the point where I had to drop out), I find myself stuck in a job that I have absolutely no passion for.

As a result, now, at age 26, I am putting together my UCAS application to go and study MEng Chemical Engineering in order to get my career aspirations back on track.

A couple of questions for those that studied/are studying Chemical Engineering (or any type of engineering really):

1) Were there any 'mature' (i.e. age 25+) students on your course?
2) If you were recruited into a grad scheme upon completion of your degree, were there any mature grads also accepted onto the scheme?
3) Which uni would you recommend? London is out of the question for me. I'm considering Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Loughborough and Bath. Decent?

Many thanks in advance! :)
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No mature students

I was not recruited into a grad scheme however I do not recall any mature students on any recruitment days or interviews

I went to Heriot Watt, so cannot comment on the ones in question

In general, the industry is looking for enthusiastic people who generally keep their knowledge up to date, I don't think age should factor into it (so long as you can stand to be around 18 year olds...)

I went back to Uni to do an MSc. The age range of the course was massive, but it did not seem to hinder any of us finding jobs.
I joined the company I am with now at 26 and am still considered young (within the company) at 29. I wouldn't worry about that.
 
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