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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

- For progression to Year 4 students must -
Pass at least 80 credits a SCQF level 9 or above, and have an overall average of 40% or more for 120 credits of study taken in the year.

- Entry to Year 4 MEng -
Entry to Year 4 of the MEng programme normally requires an average of 55% in third year, at the first attempt. Those not achieving an average of 55% or above will be required to transfer to Year 4 of the BEng programme.

Compulsory courses

Chemical Engineering Design: Projects 4

Must be taken during Full Year

Fluid Mechanics (Chemical) 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Chemical Reaction Engineering 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Chemical Engineering Design 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Engineering Project Management 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Course options

Optional courses in semester 1 are only available in Year 4.

No more than 30 credits of Optional Courses at SCQF level 10 (indicated by a 4 in the course title) may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined, i.e. 120 credits at SCQF level 11 (indicated by a 5 in the course title) must be taken over 4th and 5th year combined.

A maximum of 20 credits may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined from the list of Outside Options as detailed in the Year Guide. You may wish to consult your Student Adviser about your choice of options.

It cannot be guaranteed that all combinations of courses will be timetable compatible.

Chemical Engineering Study Project 4

Batchwise and Semibatch Processing 5

Polymer Science and Engineering 5

Adsorption 5

Molecular Thermodynamics 5

Gas Separations Using Membranes 5

Separation Processes 5

Nanomaterials in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 5

Electrochemical Engineering 5

Advanced Process Safety 5

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 5

Water and Wastewater Systems 4

Computational Fluid Dynamics 5

Oil and Gas Systems Engineering 5

AND

A maximum of 20 credits may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined from the list of Outside Options as detailed in the Year Guide. You may wish to consult your Student Adviser about your choice of options.

Fire Science and Fire Dynamics 4

Learning from Engineering Failures 5

Supply Chain Management 4

Operations Management 4

Technology and Innovation Management 5

Technology Entrepreneurship 5

Year 5 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

- University Progression and Graduation Rules -
In Years 3, 4 and 5 the University progression and graduation rules normally require full passes in 80 credits of courses with an overall average of 40% or more for the 120 credits of study taken in the relevant honours year.

Compulsory courses

Advanced Chemical Engineering Design 5

Course options

The industrial placement/research project runs from June - December, the report is submitted in January.

Chemical Engineering Industrial/Overseas Research Project 5

OR

The Chemical Engineering Research Project is a first semester project; the report is submitted in January.

Chemical Engineering Research Project 5

AND

Optional courses in semester 1 are only available in Year 4.

No more than 30 credits of Optional Courses at SCQF level 10 (indicated by a 4 in the course title) may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined, i.e. 120 credits at SCQF level 11 (indicated by a 5 in the course title) must be taken over 4th and 5th year combined.

A maximum of 20 credits may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined from the list of Outside Options as detailed in the Year Guide. You may wish to consult your Student Adviser about your choice of options.

It cannot be guaranteed that all combinations of courses will be timetable compatible.

Batchwise and Semibatch Processing 5

Polymer Science and Engineering 5

Adsorption 5

Separation Processes for Carbon Capture 5

Gas Separations Using Membranes 5

Separation Processes 5

Nanomaterials in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 5

Electrochemical Engineering 5

Advanced Process Safety 5

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 5

Water and Wastewater Systems 4

Oil and Gas Systems Engineering 5

AND

A maximum of 20 credits may be taken over 4th and 5th year combined from the list of Outside Options as detailed in the Year Guide. You may wish to consult your Student Adviser about your choice of options.

Learning from Engineering Failures 5

Supply Chain Management 4

Technology and Innovation Management 5

Technology Entrepreneurship 5

Bio-Inspired Engineering 4

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