Modern society relies on the work of chemical engineers, they help to manage resources, protect the environment and control health and safety procedures, while developing the processes that make the products we desire or depend on.This chemical engineering course provides a deep understanding of chemical processes and also the products resulting from chemical reactions.<br><br>On the course, you will learn how raw materials can be transformed into useful products in a safe and cost effective way. For example petrol, plastics and synthetic fibres such as polyester and nylon, all come from oil. Chemical engineers understand how to alter the chemical, biochemical or physical state of a substance, to create a range of products as diverse as cosmetics and fuels.<br><br>The course covers energy resource exploitation and management, industrial practices and processes, chemical thermodynamics and reaction engineering, process design and control, health and safety and protection of the environment, and petroleum and chemical refining.<br><br>If you take chemical engineering in its broadest sense it is the UK's leading industrial contributor to the national economy. Chemical engineers are involved in so many fields that they touch almost every facet of daily life. Chemical engineers produce the food we eat, the clean water we drink, they produce the medicines that make us well, they make sure our skin and hair are clean and provide the energy that lights our modern world. Almost everything we touch will have involved the skills of the chemical engineer to ensure, for example, paints and coating last and are safe, plant grow and are free from pests, that petroleum products and their renewable replacements are made and used efficiently, and all of his without harming the environment. Currently the Chemistry-using industries contribute around £195bn to the UK economy with approximately £45bn from food manufacture, £10bn coming from chemical manufacturing and £9bn from pharmaceutical manufacturing, now is the time to be part of this exciting and rewarding area of engineering and science.<br><br>Also be aware that many chemical engineers use the skills they have developed to find fantastic careers in so many places: merchant banking, the law, advertising and intellectual property to name just a few.