Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Chemical Engineering Beng (Hon)

<strong>Our foundation programme paves the way to a degree programme in BEng or MEng Chemical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Course outline</strong><br/><br/>In our chemical engineering foundation programme, you will be equipped with the essential groundwork for your future undergraduate studies, offering a clear path towards BEng or MEng Chemical Engineering. <br/><br/>On this programme, you will learn, collaborate, and flourish through a blend of academic modules, specific subject knowledge, and project-based learning with students in other engineering areas and foundation students across different frameworks. This approach mimics the real-life working world, where your career will be enriched by working alongside people with different skill sets, viewpoints, and approaches, while also supporting a wider community of learning and building the specific skills for your progression.<br/><br/><strong>Key benefits</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Where can this degree take me?</strong><br/>Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering degree course.<br/><br/>The transferable skills that our chemical engineering programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:<br/><br/><br/>• Graduate engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Process engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Quality assurance engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Data analyst<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Project engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Technical consultant<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Graduate process design engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Development operations consultant<br/><br/><br/><br/>Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Severn Trent Water, Veolia, Procter & Gamble UK, Mott MacDonald, NHS, Capgemini, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), and Amazon.

Aston University was ranked 22nd in the Guardian University Guide, 2023, and aims to be the UK's leading university for students aspiring to succeed in business. Located in Birmingham, Aston’s inspiring teaching, original research, and enterprise expertise deliver impact locally and around the globe.<br/><br/>Aston is a Top 25 University (Guardian, 2023) as well as being in the top 20 for Earnings, with graduates’ average salary being £34,800 five years after graduation (Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2022). We are ranked 16th in UK by this measure.<br/><br/><br/>Students are supported on their path to well-paying jobs by over 2,000 Undergraduate work placements (academic year 2021-22), helping them gain real world experience whilst they study.