Investigate the behaviour of materials under different conditions, to support advances in technology in a range of industries.

Polymers are the most rapidly growing sector of the materials industry. Polymers are found in everything from compact discs to high-tech aerospace applications. As polymer production has grown, so has the number of people who work in this field. Today, it’s estimated that 50 percent of the chemical engineers and chemists in the United States work in the polymer industry.

Polymer engineers need to apply the traditional skills of chemical engineers, such as plant design, process design, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena, to various problems involving the production and use of polymers. Many of the engineers currently working in industry trying to solve thes problems have background in either chemical engineering or polymers.

Level 8 Honours degree