Chemical, biological and process engineers design industrial processes to transform raw materials and energy into everyday products that society wants in a safe, sustainable and cost-effective way. By studying chemical and biological engineering, you will learn a holistic approach to problem solving and gain essential skills for tackling global sustainability challenges in food, energy, water and waste.
Hamilton NZ, New Zealand
48 Months
NZ$ 39,770
IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90
Through our programme, you will learn how to manipulate driving-forces inherent with pressure, temperature and concentration differences, combined with the laws of thermodynamics, to create innovative and sustainable process design solutions. Our holistic focus on the molecular through to the macro scale equips you with highly transferable skills to work across many industries from banking to boardrooms, not just in processing factories and engineering consultancies.
The programme includes electives in the third and fourth years, giving you an opportunity to choose up to two areas of further specialisation. These areas cover the critical sustainability topics of:
renewable and sustainable energy engineering,
bioprocessing and food engineering,
water management and waste minimisation engineering, and
materials engineering.
Programme Elective Papers
Year 1
Choose 15 points from the following:
BIOMO101 Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
CHEMY102 Chemical Reactivity
Year 2
Choose 15 points from the following:
BIOMO203 Microbiology
ENGMP211 Materials 1
Year 3
Choose 15 points from the following:
CHEMY201 Organic Chemistry
CHEMY202 Physical Chemistry
BIOMO303 Advanced Microbiology
CHEMY303 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEMY304 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
ENGCB523 Advanced Energy Engineering
ENGEN390 Special Topics in Engineering 1
ENGEV341 Environmental Engineering 2
Year 4
Choose 30 points from the following (with no more than one 300 level paper):
BIOMO303 Advanced Microbiology
CHEMY303 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEMY304 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
ENGCV323 Water Engineering 2
ENGEN391 Special Topics in Engineering 2
ENGEV341 Environmental Engineering 2
ENGCB523 Advanced Energy Engineering
ENGCB527 Advanced Biological Engineering
ENGEV541 Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering
ENGEV542 Waste Minimisation Engineering
ENGME580 Product Innovation and Development
Entry into the BE(Hons) in the specified programme of Chemical and Biological Engineering will be guaranteed to applicants who gain:
University Entrance
16 credits in Mathematics with Calculus in NCEA at Level 3 (or equivalent), preferably including:
Apply the algebra of complex numbers in solving problems (91577)
Apply integration methods in solving problems (91579)
14 credits in Physics in NCEA at Level 3 (or equivalent), preferably including:
Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems (91524)
Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems (91526)
16 credits in Chemistry in NCEA at Level 3 (or equivalent)
Students who are yet to meet these requirements should consider joining the Engineering Jump Start programme, held in February each year prior to the start of A trimester. All other applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Estimated Fees* (International): $39,770 per year (any of years 1-3)
Chemical Engineer
Process Engineer
Bioprocess Engineer
Biochemical Engineer
Food Processing Engineer
Process Design Engineer
Production Engineer
Process Control Engineer
Environmental Engineer