Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (Honours)

Massey University

Become a chemical and bioprocess engineer who designs, optimises, and operates industrial processes. Chemical and bioprocess engineering is the industrial processing of raw materials to higher value products through combinations of physical, chemical or biochemical action. These processes can be very diverse and chemical and bioprocess engineers design, optimise and operate these processes. Examples include fermentation of sugars to alcohol, production of pharmaceutical products, extraction of high value compounds, composting of organic waste, conversion of milk solids to dairy ingredients, conversion of wood into paper and the production of fuels from waste streams. The distinctive feature of this course at Massey is that as well as equipping you with core chemical engineering skills for more traditional industries oil, gas, there is a focus on innovative approaches such as nanotechnologies, biocatalysts, and clean processing techniques based on our excellent research. The first year of study builds a solid platform of science principles with an engineering context, in common with the other BE majors. Projects are used to illustrate the application of these principles to real engineering problems and introduce the role and functions of the professional engineer. In the second year you will build further on these fundamental sciences and their application to chemical and bioprocess engineering systems.