Best University to Study Chemical Engineering??

[BaconAndAvocado]

DS1 wants to study Chem Eng in 2016.

So far he has looked at Leeds, Imperial, Loughborough, UCL and heading off to Manchester this weekend.

His dream Uni would be Imperial, but he realises it's very hard to get in.

Does anyone know anything about these courses/universities?

His AS grades were As in Maths and Chemistry, B in Physics and C in Economics (he's now dropped Economics)

He's just informed me that his predicted A2 grades will be As in Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics.

I've recently started working full time so feel very much out of the loop re Uni applications.

He showed me his personal statement last night which looked very complicated and not some,thing I feel I can help him with!

Baconandavocado . There is a huge amount of support available at.Uni. My DS has been allocated a mentor and an assistant almost 500 hours for the year in total as part of the Disabled Student Allowance, which he will be eligible for with ASD. Start looking at applying for your DS as soon as he gets his offers so that you are not caught up in the backlog after A2 results. If your DS decides not to go to Uni this year they will put it on hold until he does. My DS is loving Uni so far, although now that real lectures have started - it might be a different story next week!

I cannot comment on pastoral care offered by the universities but Sheffield and Newcastle are very different to UCL and Imperial in terms of student profile. There are high numbers of foreign students in London and therefore support from fellow students could be limited. There will be MN people saying this is not so, but the nationalities do often stick together and often live well. They socialise together. Living at "home" tends to separate a student out too but I can see why it is attractive financially.

DS1 has just started his second year of chem eng at Leeds, and is absolutely loving it! The course, the uni, and the city!

have had DC's at both UCL and Loughborough.
Loughborough has fantastic campus so much going on, admittedly the town isn't london but that makes accommodation much cheaper after first year.

UCL accommodation very expensive
Loughborough is better at communication.
Both DC's were taught well, and both ended up with jobs appropriate to their degrees.

Caramel - The offer from Leeds is A*AA for MEng or BEng in Chemical Engineering. A B in maths simply does not cut it these days. My DH is from the CCC days too! Times have changed.

There is a clear distinction between MEng and BEng regarding career progression and MEng is likely to be preferred by employers - so say Leeds. A year out is great, and can make young people more employable, but it might put you back getting chartered these days because it is usually BEng courses that offer it leading to Incorporated Engineer status in the first instance. The high flyers are doing MEng courses.

Caramel's DH probably graduated back before the MEng requirement was introduced. Before then everyone did a BEng as the standard degree and it was accepted by the engineering institutes for chartered status. And before that, in my day, everyone did a BSc.

There are MEng courses with a year in industry - Bath, Surrey and Heriot Watt spring to mind, there are probably others. Others give opportunities for six months in industry - Strathclyde, Edinburgh and doubtless others do this. Time in industry during university does not affect the time to get chartered after graduation, but a year in industry will presumably make the programme a year longer ie 5 years in England.

DH is BEng and is pretty ancient. But, as an employer, knows the career progression of graduates. I think a trawl through the courses is the only way to find out if they do a year in industry and are MEng courses. Some could end up being 5 years.

Well.....

He didn't get an offer/interview from Imperial

But he's got an offer for Leeds and interviews at Loughborough and Manchester.

Haven't heard from UCL yet....