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Process Safety (Online) at University of Aberdeen - UCAS

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Course summary

Become a qualified process safety engineer, ready to work in any chemical processing sector. Join an IChemE-accredited online degree you can fit around full-time work. Join our accredited MSc and become a world-class process safety engineer. Process safety protects society. With this degree, you’ll gain the skills to prevent and control events that can potentially release hazardous materials and energy.

  • Learn to understand and manage risk.
  • Study current industry trends.
  • Train in the tools and processes engineers use to identify, assess and control risk across industries.
You’ll graduate with detailed knowledge of operational safety, risk assessment and management. And you’ll be ready to seek work across a multitude of chemical processing sectors. You’ll study flexibly, part-time, with a university recognised as a major centre for safety engineering in the UK. We’ve been focused on safety-related teaching and research for over 25 years. Who can study this online Process Safety degree This distance-learning MSc is open to students with a background in chemical, petroleum or mechanical engineering. This online MSc is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). It’s the leading professional qualifying body for chemical, biochemical and process engineers.

Modules

Teaching is delivered through MyAberdeen, our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It holds all the materials, tools and support you’ll need in your studies. In this degree, you’ll be given access to and training in a range of software used throughout industry. You’ll learn to use UniSim, Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, Anysys Fluent, MATLAB and MATLAB Simulink.

Assessment method

This degree is assessed online. We’ll use a range of online assessment methods throughout your studies. These may include: written coursework, online tests, reports and projects.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of

How to apply

International applicants

This distance learning MSc in Process Safety is delivered flexibly, 100% online. You can learn with us anywhere in the world, no student visa required, and set your study hours to suit you.

Entry requirements

2:1 (upper-second) UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, or 2:1 (upper-second) UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Petroleum Engineering with evidence of your strengths in key aspects of Chemical Engineering, or a high 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Engineering and at least two years’ relevant industry experience. Key subjects you must have covered: Mathematics and Thermodynamics. These are our minimum entry requirements. They are given as a guide and do not guarantee entry.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5Overall - 6.5 with: Listening - 5.5 or above; Reading - 5.5 or above; Speaking - 5.5 or above; Writing - 6.0 or above. IELTS Indicator or IELTS General Training are not accepted.
TOEFL (iBT)90TOEFL iBT and TOEFL Home Edition: Overall - 90 with: Listening - 17 or above; Reading - 18 or above; Speaking - 20 or above; Writing - 21 or above. DI code is 0818
PTE Academic62Overall - 62 with: Listening - 59 or above; Reading - 59 or above; Speaking - 59 or above; Writing - 59 or above. Online Test is not accepted
Institution's Own TestAcademic English Pre-sessional Programme (PSE) - Pass (valid for one year) Academic English Preparation Programme undertaken at other UK HEI - accredited by BALEAP and within 1 year of start of course

To study for a postgraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen it is essential that you can speak, understand, read, and write academic English fluently. These skills will allow you to understand lectures, produce high standards of written work, and perform well in examinations. We can assess your English language proficiency through a variety of means: through your nationality, through the qualifications you gained in high school, through the degree you undertook or are undertaking at university, or through a recognised English language test. Postgraduate Standard requirements are used by the Schools of Biological Sciences; Engineering; Geosciences; Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition; Natural and Computing Sciences; and Psychology. Please note certification must be within the two years prior to commencement of your course, unless otherwise stated.

Please use the checklist at the following webpage to determine how you can meet our English language requirements:

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/international/requirements-pg-266.php


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £14100 Whole course
EU £14100 Whole course
England £14100 Whole course
Northern Ireland £14100 Whole course
Scotland £14100 Whole course
Wales £14100 Whole course
Channel Islands £14100 Whole course
International £14100 Whole 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

This indicative cost is based on 180 credits of study over three years, starting in September 2024. The fee quoted above is based on you starting your studies with us in the 2024/25 academic year. We have confirmed that our fees will rise by 5% for the 2025/26 academic year. Our indicative cost includes a 5% fee rise each year. This is a pay-as-you-go degree. You do not have to pay the full tuition fee upfront. You can spread the cost and pay as you go, term by term. You decide how many credits to study for each term. At the start of term, you pay only for the credits you’re taking that term. This gives you control over your costs and workload for each term of your degree.

Sponsorship information

The University of Aberdeen provides an Alumni Discount Scheme: The University of Aberdeen is very pleased to offer a 20% discount on postgraduate tuition fees for all alumni who have graduated with a degree from the University of Aberdeen.

Process Safety (Online) at University of Aberdeen - UCAS