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Enhance your expertise in chemical engineering and develop the ability to recognize and solve intricate challenges.
The Master of Chemical Engineering (Professional) program prepares chemical engineers for higher-level leadership positions.
You'll gain skills in defining and tackling complex issues, including navigating the multidisciplinary aspects of transforming raw materials into market-ready products on an industrial scale.
This program includes a two-semester research project or professional industry placement component.
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
a 4-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (see below), or
a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) which includes all of the relevant discipline content (see below), or
to have successfully completed 3 years of study towards an approved qualification at an overseas partner institution, with a formal pathway to the Master of Chemical Engineering (Professional).
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 5.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
Relevant disciplines for previous qualifications
Relevant disciplines include chemical engineering, process engineering, or chemical technology and engineering.
If your bachelor's degree was not awarded in these disciplines, you must have successfully completed all of the following discipline content in your tertiary studies:
advanced/higher/engineering mathematics
statistics
programming
chemistry
mass and energy balances
transport and transfer
reaction engineering
separation process technology or unit operations
process synthesis and flowsheeting
English language requirements
IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.
TOEFL PB - Overall 570, listening 54, reading 54, writing 59/5.
Pearsons - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.
BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.
CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.
OET is not accepted.