UCL BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CONTACT Undergraduate Admissions Contact Information undergraduate-admissions@ucl.ac.uk Teaching Contact Information biochemeng@ucl.ac.uk Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/biochemical-engineering
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT UCL
All details correct at time of printing: July 2018
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WHAT IS BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING? Biochemical engineers translate exciting discoveries in life sciences into practical materials and processes contributing to human health and wellbeing. The potential impact is huge, as findings could mean the creation of new medicines, sustainable biofuels or chemical synthesis.
At each stage the biochemical engineer is required to link knowledge of biological science with fundamental engineering principles. This could be to create new routes of manufacture, transformative technologies or clinical processes. It is a challenging process as not all methods are affordable – sometimes, entirely new biochemical knowledge is required.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT UCL UCL pioneered the teaching of biochemical engineering and has been providing the process industries with highly-trained graduates ever since the inception of the discipline in 1956.
We are home to the most comprehensive biochemical engineering facilities of any university in the world. Constructed at a cost of £30 million, they attract leading industrial and academic collaborators.
The department has a unique national and international network of industrial contacts, which help it to maintain its position at the forefront of education and research.
The department was awarded the Queen’s anniversary prize for higher and further education in 2013, in recognition for its ‘outstanding excellence’. These awards are the most prestigious form on national recognition open to a UK academic or vocational institution.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING & BIOPROCESSING UNDERGRADUATE STUDY: DEGREE PROGRAMMES BIOPROCESSING OF NEW MEDICINES (BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT)
ENGINEERING (BIOCHEMICAL)
Qualification: BSc (UCAS Code: CN72)
Subjects: Mathematics required, plus one from Biology, Chemistry or Physics
Subjects: Biology, Chemistry or Physics required
HOW WE TEACH Our world-class teaching is focused on producing engineers who understand the context of their work, who are independent and self-directed, and who want to have an impact in their field. Our integrated undergraduate framework offers disciplinespecific, technical programmes, while bringing students together for a broader range of multi-disciplinary projects. Alongside this, transferable professional skills, such as communication and ethics, are taught alongside engineering design using real world examples tailored to each subject.
Entry Requirements: AAA
Qualification: BEng (UCAS Code: H811)
Entry Requirements: AAA Qualification: MEng (UCAS Code: H813)
This applied approach to learning is known to create well-rounded graduates with a strong grasp of the fundamentals of their discipline and with a broad understanding of the complexity and context of engineering problems.
BIOPROCESSING OF NEW MEDICINES (SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING)
Subjects: Mathematics required, plus one from Biology, Chemistry or Physics
Qualification: BSc (UCAS Code: B190)
Entry Requirements: AAA
For further details please see our website at www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/integrated -engineering
For GCSE requirements please see www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/gcse-requirements
Subjects: Biology & Chemistry required Entry Requirements: AAA
EXAMPLES OF GRADUATE CAREERS DESTINATIONS – Biotechnologist, Lonza
– Process Engineer, GlaxoSmithKline
– Supply Chain Graduate, RB (Reckitt Benckiser)
– Full-time student, EngD in Biochemical Engineering and Bioprocess Leadership
Part of the Integrated Engineering Programme