Adelaide University
Master of Professional Engineering (Chemical)
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 month
- Course Type: Master's
Design processes for producing medications and vaccines, food and beverages, cosmetics and textiles.
Course overview
The Master of Professional Engineering (Chemical) is designed to challenge and extend your skills, enabling you to take your chemical engineering career to the next level.
With our elective-driven degree structure, you can tailor your studies to your specific chemical engineering interests and career goals. Whether that’s metallurgical processes, upstream bioprocessing, food processing and safety, brewery engineering or something else entirely, you’ll have plenty of options.
Core courses in engineering management and data analytics enable you to deepen and formalise your project management expertise.
Put your learning into practice through capstone design projects, a major research project and up to 450 hours of industry placement.
These experiences will ensure you’ll graduate with the advanced technical and professional skills to achieve your career goals.
Key features
- Expand your knowledge with advanced courses in process dynamics and control, separation process engineering, reaction engineering and more.
- Take specialised elective courses, aligned to your specific interests and career goals.
- Undertake up to 450 hours of professional experience, applying your skills in industry settings.
- Formalise your project management skillset through courses in engineering management and data analytics.
- Sharpen your research skills through capstone design and research projects.
- Complete your studies at a pace that suits you with our stackable qualifications.
CSP Subsidised Fees Available
This program has a limited quota of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). The indicative CSP price is calculated based on first year fees for EFT. The actual fee may vary if there are choices in electives or majors.
Key facts
Mawson Lakes Campus
July, 2026
What you will study
Students must complete 96 units comprising:
- 54 units from core courses.
- 12 units for all work-integrated learning.
- 30 units for electives.
Unless otherwise indicated, each course is worth six units.
Complete 54 units for all of the following:
- Separation Process Engineering
- Reaction Engineering
- Plant Equipment Design
- Professional Engineering Management
- Engineering Data Analytics
- Master's Engineering Research Project A
- Master's Engineering Research Project B (12 units)
- Process Dynamics and Control
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
A completed four-year bachelor's or bachelor's honours degree or higher in a field relevant to the chosen engineering specialisation from a recognised higher education institution.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Adelaide University is committed to recognising the contribution of students’ prior learning towards their program requirements.
Credit may be granted for formal, informal and non-formal learning, with guidance on eligibility provided to prospective students in a clear, transparent and publicly available credit framework.
Credit determinations will be:
- Evidence-based, equitable and transparent.
- Academically sound.
- Applied consistently, fairly and subject to review.
Credit will be granted for prior learning that is relevant and equivalent to the learning required for the courses for which credit is sought.
Credit will only be granted if it:
- Maintains the credibility and integrity of the program for which credit is sought.
- Does not contravene the conditions of the program’s professional accreditation.
- Does not disadvantage the student’s ability to achieve the expected course or program learning outcomes.
For more information, contact the university or visit its website.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
You could develop processes that enable the production of personalised medicines, tailored to an individual patient’s genetic profile. Maybe you’ll pioneer new and innovative methods for recycling waste materials to create valuable products, reducing our dependence on landfills or perhaps you’ll undertake breakthrough work in environmental remediation, utilising nanomaterials to help break down pollutants and toxic substances in air and water.
No matter your area of interest, career paths are available in a wide range of sectors, including:
- Agriculture and Agrochemicals
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Consumer Products
- Energy and Fuels
- Environmental Engineering
- Food and Beverage
- Healthcare and Medical Devices
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mining and Minerals
- Petrochemicals
- Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
- Renewable Resources
- Research and Development
- Textiles and Fibres
- Water and Waste Management
Fees and CSP
Estimated student contribution amount per 1.0 EFTSL (48 units) in 2026: $9,537 (Commonwealth Supported Place)
Commonwealth-supported students are charged a portion of the cost of their higher education through a student contribution. Where the duration of the program is less than one year, the total cost of the program is displayed.
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)
A Commonwealth Supported Place is a higher education place where the Australian Government subsidises your fees so that you only pay a portion through a student contribution amount.
The amount of student contribution you’ll pay depends on:
- Number of courses you are enrolled in.
- Unit value of courses.
- Funding cluster your courses fall under.
A HECS-HELP loan allows students to borrow from the Australian Government to cover some or all of their student contribution. To be eligible for HECS-HELP, you must be studying in a Commonwealth Supported Place.