Courses
Curtin offers a good balance of theoretical background and practical experiences throughout the duration of your course of study. As a University of Technology, Curtin has always placed considerable emphasis on giving students the practical skills necessary to begin effective professional practice immediately on graduation and the understanding necessary to keep up with developments in technologies used by professional engineers.
Academic staff present the units of the course in a way which emphasises the significance of the academic material to applications in engineering design and operations. Project and research work is conducted in association with industry and ranges in scope from fundamental studies to topics directed at development of processes or plant.
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers the following undergraduate programs, which are accredited by IEAust (Institution of Engineers, Australia) and IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK).
Undergraduate
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
Double Degrees
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)/Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Extractive Metallurgy)
Postgraduate
Several Postgraduate programs are also available, either by coursework or by research:
- Programs by coursework
- Postgraduate Certificate
- Postgraduate Diploma
- Master of Chemical Engineering
- Master of Process Management
- Programs by research
- Master of Applied Science (Engineering)
- Master of Engineering
- Doctor of Philosophy

