Why Study Chemical Engineering

Job opportunities for women and men working as chemical engineers are many and varied with activities divided into the following broad categories:

• Process design
• Process operation
• Management and marketing
• Research and development
• Environmental management
• Contracting or consulting

The traditional areas include:

• Petroleum and petrochemicals
• Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• Minerals processing
• Materials processing
• Energy related industries
• Food processing
• Paper, cement, glass, ceramics manufacturing
• Environmental engineering and pollution control.

New and developing areas:

• Bioprocessing
• New materials
• Microelectronics
• Pharmaceuticals

For more information, please see Why Not Chemeng.