Engineering a sustainable world virtual work experience

You can discover and explore what it’s like to be a chemical engineer working in different industries, by accessing our new interactive virtual work experience programme called 'Engineering a sustainable world'. Alongside the programme is a mini project called the sprint where you can try a real-world task. 

Summary of the programme

Bite-sized interactive modules about chemical engineering and its importance in energy, food and drink, water and healthcare​.

• different career routes explained
• skills you need to help employability
• find out where chemical and process engineers work
• quizzes and tasks
• downloadable certificate to record your achievement.

The Sprint: an additional mini project

Set by an engineer, the sprint is a real-world task which you can complete at any time. You will be guided through this mini-project by a real engineer working in the energy sector.

Skills you will practise:

• problem-solving
• mathematical skills ​
• applying existing knowledge in a new setting​
• interpretation of an engineer’s process flow diagram​
• downloadable certificate and workbook as a record of the completed task.