Master of Chemical Engineering
Course code: MC-CHEMENG
3 years full time / 6 years part time
2 years full time (or part time equivalent) with relevant prior qualifications
March, July
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
Access Melbourne is available
March, July
AUD $62,976 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 6.5: with no band less than 6.0
Career outcomes
Overview
Careers
As a chemical engineer, you could work in a diverse range of industries, such as petrochemicals, minerals processing, mining, pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, natural gas and environmental consulting.
Transferable skillset
You’ll gain a transferable skillset that will be highly valued in management consulting, finance, business analysis, project management and many other areas.
Our graduates are working in a diverse range of sectors such as:
- Bioremediation
- Chemical manufacturing
- Consultancy
- Cosmetics
- Food and beverage Production
- Minerals and energy
- Oil and gas
- Petrochemicals
- Petroleum
- Pharmaceutical
- R&D
- Waste and water treatment
- Accenture
- Arup
- BP
- Bulla Dairy Foods
- Carlton & United Breweries
- CSL
- ExxonMobil
- Fonterra Australia
- Macquarie Group
- Mars Chocolate Australia
- Melbourne Water
- Mondelez International
- Origin Energy
- Rio Tinto
- SPC Ardmona
- thyssenkrup
- WorleyParsons
- Consultant
- Chemical Engineer
- Development Chemist
- Operations Analyst
- Process Engineer
- Quality Control Engineer
- R&D Scientist
- Project Engineer
- Control System Engineer
- Production Engineer
- Facilities Engineer
- Technical Development Engineer
- Supply Engineer
Accreditation
An internationally recognised qualification
The Master of Chemical Engineering is professionally accredited by the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE®).
The Master of Chemical Engineering is professionally recognised under EUR-ACE® (accrediting agency: ASIIN) and the Washington Accord (through Engineers Australia). This means you can work as an engineer in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, US, and more.
Profile
Rika Enriga Hobart
My university degree has been helpful in giving me a baseline knowledge of the types of unit operations available to us, finding technologies that might work, allowing me to know what to search for and what type of outcomes I might be able to expect. From my industry experience, I retain the respect for the operators and the importance of considering the workflow and logistics of the operations we design.
Graduate pathways
Once you've completed your undergraduate degree, you can go on to gain employment or begin a graduate degree and work towards a professional qualification such as law, engineering or medicine. Or you could join our graduate research community and contribute to our world-changing research.
Your graduate degree will be internationally recognised, and set you apart from those who study a traditional Australian single or double degree.
Explore the graduate pathways available once you complete your undergraduate degree here.