The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology course at Cambridge will teach students how to design and operate industrial processes that convert raw materials into products. The increasing importance of sustainably manufacturing products expands the need for understanding the biological aspects of the circular economy and means that chemical engineers and biotechnologists are in great demand. The Cambridge course aims to produce highly qualified graduates with transferable skills who understand the fundamental science underpinning the subject and can apply their skills to a wide range of process industries.

Cambridge’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is relatively small. It has an intake of about sixty undergraduates each year, of whom typically 3-4 would come from Trinity.  The College’s Director of Studies in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is Professor Andy Sederman.  College supervisions in the first, second and third years – approximately three hours per week – are largely given by Professor Sederman or other members of the Department.  In the fourth year students are supervised by specialists in their chosen options.  Professor Sederman is a Fellow of the College and his research interests at the Magnetic Resonance Research Centre lie in the development and application magnetic resonance methods to process and reaction engineering and in particular the understanding of multi-component reaction, diffusion and flow processes.  Professor Gladden is also a Fellow of the College and runs fourth year research projects within the department.