Overview
Our School is one of the largest and most diverse schools within our discipline in the world, comprising 55 members of academic staff, 50 dedicated contract researchers and 60 technical and administrative support staff.
Academic staff at the School are at the forefront of their research fields and their enthusiasm for their subjects has given our teaching a reputation for excellence throughout the world.
At any one time, around 350 students are undertaking an undergraduate degree in the School, and about 280 postgraduate students are studying for an MSc, MPhil or PhD. Our courses include traditional fulltime degrees and also distance-learning courses, modular part-time courses and continuing professional development (CPD) short courses open to the public.
We own a wide range of state-of-the-art research equipment, including high-class forensic and analytical laboratories. The Morton Laboratory (our pilot-scale process plant) situated on campus, was refurbished in 2003 at a cost of £6.6 million, and gives us what are widely regarded as the best facilities of any Chemical Engineering or Analytical Science school in the UK.
We carry out research into a wide range of subjects related to the process industries. Each year, our research staff publish more than 150 peer-reviewed papers about our research in academic journals. The School's research work ranges from traditional chemical engineering subjects to software development by our Process Integration specialists to biotechnology research in the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB).
Each year we secure about £4 million of grants and contracts to fund our research work. Much of our research is carried out in collaboration with industrial companies, sometimes part funded by the Government through a collaborative funding scheme. We also carry out research funded by Government funding councils such as the EPSRC and BBSRC.
Chemical Engineering teaching has a long tradition in Manchester, having been started here in 1887 when the discipline itself was born. We believe we are are uniquely placed to become World leaders in our discipline and will continue to strive to fulfil our vision.