Get ready for a fulfilling career in chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sciences.
As the pharmaceutical industry expands in Australia and world-wide, your understanding of the engineering process and other scientific fields involved in drug development and production, will ensure you’re well equipped to work across a range of roles.
You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the principles of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sciences, allowing you to apply your knowledge to large scale production in the pharmaceutical industry.
You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design-and-build projects, as well as taking part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge — a humanitarian-focused course offered in all RMIT engineering degrees.
To ensure you graduate job-ready, you’ll also have an opportunity to undertake a work-integrated learning (industry experience) elective.
As a graduate of the Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours) / Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, major employment areas are to be found in:
the chemical, petroleum, and petrochemical industries
the food industry
water
environmental management and pollution control
mineral and metallurgical industries
plastics/polymers
biomaterials and diagnostic agents
pharmaceuticals and vaccines
cosmetics
electricity and gas utilisation
research and development
project design and consulting.
Graduates have gone on to work at a range of organisations including:
Basell
BP
Cadbury
Cryovac
CSL
CUB
ExxonMobil
Kraft
Moldflow
Rio Tinto.
To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.