Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Full Time: 5 Academic Year(s)
Total Credits: 300
Delivery Method: In-Person
Connected Curriculum: - Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Good Health and Well-being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequality
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Responsible Consumption and Production
- Climate Action
- Partnerships to Achieve SDGs
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement): Yes
No student may register for Fifth Year of the ME in Process and Chemical Engineering until he/she has passed the Fourth ME Pathway University Examination in Process and Chemical Engineering. In order to be admitted to the Final ME (Examination in Process and Chemical) Degree Examination a student must have satisfactorily attended, subsequent to passing the Fourth ME Pathway University Examination in Process and Chemical Engineering, prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| CE1003 | Introduction to Structural and Civil Engineering | 5 |
| CE1005 | Engineering Computation and Problem Solving | 5 |
| CM1001 | Chemistry for Engineers | 5 |
| EE1007 | Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 5 |
| MA1011 | Mathematical Methods I | 5 |
| MA1012 | Mathematical Methods II | 5 |
| ME1002 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 5 |
| NE1001 | Introduction to Energy Engineering | 5 |
| PE1003 | Introduction to Process and Chemical Engineering | 5 |
| PY1006 | Physics for Engineers II | 5 |
| PY1012 | Physics for Engineers 1 | 10 |
| |
| EG2001 | Engineering Mechanics with Transform Methods | 5 |
| EG2002 | Numerical Methods and Programming | 5 |
| CE2001 | Solid and Structural Mechanics I | 5 |
| CE2003 | Fluids I | 5 |
| CM2010 | Introduction to Organic Chemistry for Process and Chemical Engineers | 5 |
| PE2003 | Heat Transfer | 5 |
| PE2004 | Communication and Ethics in Engineering | 5 |
| PE2005 | Introduction to Biochemical Engineering | 5 |
| PE2008 | Phase Equilibrium and Mass Transfer | 5 |
| PE2009 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 5 |
| PE2013 | Data Analysis for Process and Product Development | 5 |
| PE2014 | Experimental Methods in Chemical Engineering | 5 |
| |
| CM3029 | Organic Chemistry II for Process and Chemical Engineering | 5 |
| CM3030 | Intermediate Stereochemistry, Reactivity and Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry | 5 |
| PE3001 | Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics | 5 |
| PE3002 | Unit Operations and Particle Technology | 5 |
| PE3005 | Process Equipment; Design, Integrity & Materials | 5 |
| PE3007 | Process Dynamics and Control | 5 |
| PE3011 | Sustainability and Environmental Protection I | 5 |
| PE3012 | Separation Processes | 5 |
| PE3014 | Food and Bioprocess Engineering | 5 |
| PE3015 | Process Safety | 5 |
| PE3016 | Process Design and Feasibility Analysis | 5 |
| 5 |
| Energy in Buildings | |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering | |
| |
| PE4007 | Mechanical Design of Process Equipment | 5 |
| PE4016 | Pharmaceutical Process Validation | 5 |
| PE4050 | Design Project | 15 |
| NE3003 | Sustainable Energy | 5 |
| or PE4010 | BioPharmaceutical Engineering |
| PE6060 | ME Work Placement | 30 |
| |
| NE6015 | Data Analytics for Engineering | 5 |
| PE6030 | Industrial Process Safety; Applications and Control Systems | 5 |
| PE6033 | Sustainability and Environmental Protection II | 5 |
| PE6035 | Complex Separation Processes | 5 |
| PE6039 | Manufacturing Excellence in the Bioprocessing Industries | 5 |
| PE6050 | ME Research Project | 20 |
| NE6004 | Sustainability, Bioenergy and Circular Economy Systems | 5 |
| PE6032 | Pharmaceutical Industry Advances and Developments | 5 |
| 5 |
| Management in Practice (5) | |
| Optimisation and Continuous Process Improvement (5) |
| Total Credits | 300 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for ME (Process and Chemical) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Systematically apply advanced knowledge from mathematics, science and engineering to solve complex and/or unbounded problems in Process and Chemical Engineering;
- Apply information technology and software development techniques to visualise, analyse and solve a broad range problems in Process and Chemical Engineering to an advanced level;
- Demonstrate the ability to adjust, self-evaluate and critically alter practice in response to evolving project requirements;
- Design components and systems to the standard required of a professional engineer demonstrating logical thinking and imaginative skills to provide the most appropriate solution;
- Critically evaluate the engineering, economic, environmental and societal impacts of proposed solutions;
- Critically evaluate published work at the forefront of the field in the context of a particular engineering solution;
- Work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multi-disciplinary settings with the ability to appropriately plan and meet the role responsibilities, including leadership qualities;
- Communicate effectively engineering-related information and the results of one's own work (in both oral and written form) while demonstrating appreciation of the expertise of the target audience;
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the need for high ethical standards in their professional practice of engineering to the standards expected of a Chartered Engineer.
