COURSE OVERVIEW
Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July.
From authoring definitive text books on chemical engineering to finding solutions to the world's water shortages, Swansea University has a proud tradition delivering pioneering innovative process engineering solutions.
Our research builds on established process engineering areas with application to energy, health, food, water and the environment.
There is a wide range of research at Swansea University. This includes:
- Bioengineering, biomedical engineering
- Desalination
- Pharmaceutical engineering
- Polymer engineering
- Separation processes
- Transport processes
- Water and wastewater engineering
One of our major strengths is our close and extensive involvement with local, national and international engineering companies.
How you are Supervised
Your supervisor will:
- Help you develop your research plan
- Advise on research aims and objectives and suggest relevant training or skills courses
- Provide direction in terms of relevant literature and sources
- Give guidance on gathering, recording and analysing data
- Supervise your written work, providing constructive criticism and ensuring you keep to deadlines
- Support and advise you when it comes to presenting papers at conferences, publishing your work and attending your viva (the final oral examination of your thesis)
Find out more about some of the academic staff researching in the discipline of Chemical Engineering:
- Dr Robert Lovitt
- Dr Paul Williams
- Dr Darren Oatley
- Professor Nidal Hilal
- Dr Chedly Tizaoui

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