Course summary
The Formulation Engineering EngD is a four year postgraduate programme consisting of study and research, mainly based in industry. You will be placed within your sponsoring company and carry out industry-focused research. This is an EPSRC-sponsored doctoral research and training programme. You combine a research project based in industry with a Masters-level training and development programme. The programme has been recognised by the IChemE as counting towards Chartered Engineer status. The programme focuses on research into the physical, chemical and biological processes that create product structure, and the maintenance or breakdown of that structure in use. An important feature of the approach is that it is focused on achieving the desired performance of the product and the means to achieve this, rather than on characterisation of existing processes. This is a different approach from the traditional one in chemical engineering, and places new demands on interdisciplinarity and innovation. You will take an inherently multidisciplinary approach, involving the component disciplines of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics and Biosciences, to a largely undeveloped area. The intention is to develop a framework of understanding for the design, manufacture and performance assessment of formulated products. You will also develop personal, scientific and business skills to enable them to carry out the joint industry-academia research programme. The programme aims to produce graduates able to take charge of development teams in the most competitive markets
Modules
Foundation modules: process engineering fundamentals (may not be taken by someone with a chemical engineering or related degree); bioscience for graduates from other scientific disciplines (may not be taken by someone with a bioscience or related degree). Core modules: modern genome-based bioscience; measurement techniques; colloids and rheology; supplementary colloids and rheology; molecular delivery; supplementary molecular delivery; mathematical modelling of time-dependent processes; developing food structure through thermal processing; hygienic food processing; food flavour; manufacturing principles in pharmaceutical production; from bench to market: the development of pharmaceutical drug products; design and development of drug delivery systems; particle technology; food structure change through physical processing: low water content (Nottingham); biological product formation and delivery (UCL); clean technology and sustainability (Surrey). Management and marketing skills modules: effective project management; business methods and industrial economics; marketing and quality management.
Assessment method
Research project.
How to apply
International applicants
English language requirements may apply for international students
This course has a subject classification which requires students whose nationality is outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to have an ATAS certificate, irrespective of country of residence at the point of application.
Further information can be found on the UK Government's website: www.gov.uk/academic-technology-approval-scheme
Entry requirements
A 2:1 Honours degree in Chemical Engineering, Biological or Physical Sciences, or Mathematics.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For more detailed information on available funding and fees for postgraduate courses please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/fees-funding
Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT