Benefits and salaries

Chemical engineering is a degree that is well respected in industry and commerce.

A chemical engineering degree will equip you with skills that are easily transferable and graduates invariably take on considerable responsibility within a few years of graduation.

For this reason job prospects are excellent and often involve the chance to reach senior managerial positions at a young age.

A career in chemical or biochemical engineering includes:

  • Excellent job prospects
  • Competitive starting salaries in the region of £28,000/y*
  • High earning potential throughout your career - salaries for Chartered Chemical Engineers rival those of doctors, lawyers and accountants
  • Opportunities to travel
  • Plenty of variety, exciting challenges and real responsibility
  • The potential to help in creating a sustainable planet


*Source: Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Salary Survey 2011


The table below shows chemical engineering as the third highest-paid profession behind dentistry and medicine:

 Profession                         

                          

Graduate Salary 

 

 Dentistry         £29,805
 Medicine £28,913 
 Chemical engineering £28,415 
 Economics £25,726 
 General engineering £25,455 
 Veterinary medicine £25,206
 East & South Asian studies £24,769
 Building £24,755
 Civil engineering £24,473
 Mechanical engineering £24,446
 
*Source: published in The Times newspaper on Thursday May 27th 2010