Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc

The University of Edinburgh

From carbon capture to sustainable water resources, from alternative energy technologies to advanced pharmaceutical processes, chemical engineers address the frontiers of important global challenges: they formulate and solve today the design problems for the technologies of tomorrow.

This one-year MSc programme at the University of Edinburgh will immerse you in cutting-edge developments in these and many more multidisciplinary fields, through a combination of taught modules, coursework and design projects, guest lectures, workshops, an MSc Research Dissertation and a number of career supporting activities. The particular emphasis is on multi-scale approaches and integrated solution to chemical engineering problems, from the nano-scale to the process scale.

Learn from industry specialists

A unique feature of our MSc programme in Advanced Chemical Engineering (ACE) is the strong and committed involvement of the UK and EU chemical engineering industry. The programme is advised by an Industrial Advisory Board, and all our MSc Research Dissertation projects are formulated and co-advised by industrial partners, with a wide range of topics:

• novel processes and materials for carbon capture and storage against climate change

• innovative solutions for energy storage and fuels

• efficient process systems for pharmaceuticals, food and drink manufacturing

• modern concepts and prototypes in healthcare, biomedicine and biotechnology.

A total of more than 60 graduates and current students from 4 continents and over 20 countries illustrate the great diversity of our MSc programme, while more than 40 industrial partners have already actively participated in the inception and supervision of MSc Research Dissertation projects.

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Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations.