Engineering - Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering industry in Ireland is one of its strongest exporting sectors and is representative of the chemical process industries worldwide. Opportunities for employment exist in a broad range of areas including: the pharmaceutical industry, the petrochemical and energy industries, the ICT industries including medical devices, and the heavy chemicals industries. The MEngSc in Chemical Engineering offers advanced level education for students with primary degrees in chemical engineering/technology programmes. On this programme you will improve your conceptual and practical skills in both the fundamental and applied principles of chemical engineering practice. The programme covers advanced topics in chemical engineering and includes extensive project work in both design (featuring both individual and team elements/efforts) and in an individualised research project.



The UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering is home to a 5 million euro state-of the-art microscopy laboratory which includes FIB-SEM, a Cryo-TEM and a high end XPS/AES/SIMS facility, as well as a range of analytical tools including AFM, FTIR, UV-Vis and chromatography (HPLC/GC-MS). Laboratory facilities available for project work include Multiphase Flow apparatus, Membrane Reactors, Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption for gas separations, Atomic Layer Deposition and Chemical Bath Deposition apparatus, a suite of photoelectrochemical facilities including solar simulators and potentiostats for solar cell work, and preparatory laboratories for the synthesis of proprietary materials and access to plasma deposition systems with concomitant analytical tools (e.g. ellipsometry).

Stage 1 Core Modules

CHEN30010 Chemical & Bioprocess Reaction Engineering Autumn 5

CHEN40150 Advanced Separation Processes Autumn 5

CHEN40160 Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Autumn 5

CHEN40210 Advanced Experimental Design Autumn 5

CHEN40620 Advanced Process Design Autumn 10

CHEN30200 Chem & Bioprocess Eng Design Spring 10

CHEN40010 Environmental Engineering Spring 5

CHEN40440 Chem Proc Sust & Ren Energy Spring 5

CHEN40510 Advanced Characterisation Tech Spring 5

CHEN40560 Process Control Spring 5

CHEN40450 Chemical Engineering Project Summer 30

A Chemical Engineering honours undergraduate degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum upper second class honours or international equivalence.



Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.



Students meeting the programme’s academic entry requirements but not the English language requirements, may enter the programme upon successful completion of UCD’s International Pre-Master’s Pathway programmes.

Please see the following link for further information: https://www.ucd.ie/alc/programmes/pathways/int%20pmp/



These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes.



You may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), as UCD recognises formal, informal, and/or experiential learning. RPL may be awarded to gain Admission and/or credit exemptions on a programme. Please visit the UCD Registry RPL web page for further information. Any exceptions are also listed on this webpage.

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1 year full-time.

DELIVERY: On Campus

T218 MEngSc in Chemical Engineering Master of Engineering Science Full-Time

Commencing September 2025

Graduate Taught

Career & Graduate Study Opportunity

Your career opportunities upon graduation from this programme are exemplary. Graduates will play an important role in the development, design and operation of chemical processes in industry at international level in the coming years.

Graduates can enter a wide selection of possible industries including fine chemicals (e.g. Proctor and Gamble), heavy chemicals (e.g. CRH), pharmaceuticals (e.g. Pfizer, Lilly, Merck), oil and gas (e.g. Conoco Philips, Exxon, Shell, Chevron), as well as consulting and business.