About Us

Overview

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is located in the south-east region of the University of Melbourne campus and is located 1.5 kms north of the central business district of Melbourne. A close-up of the the area of the campus in which the department is located is shown here.

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering had its real beginning in about 1950. It is now the third largest of six departments within the Faculty of Engineering. The staff complement of the department is made up of 43 academic and research staff, 12 administrative staff and 10 technical staff. Of the academic and research staff, only one quarter are teaching and research appointments, the others are research fellows including postdoctoral appointments.

The principal teaching activity of the Department is the provision of courses to undergraduate students of the Bachelor of Engineering degree. A new unitised course which has been introduced gradually is now in place and comprises seven units per semester. Within the next two years the system of units throughout the majority of the University will be unified and will be four units per semester.

The philosophy behind the current program was to provide flexibility in the course to include the possibility of students taking a language at each level as well as being able to major in either Mineral Engineering or Biochemical and Environmental Engineering.

Combined degrees with Science, Arts, Commerce and Law are available and approximately 67% of the Chemical Engineering students are enrolled in integrated combined degrees, as well as in the Diploma of Modern Languages.

The Department has an active graduate level programme offering the following higher degrees:

• Master of Engineering Science (minor thesis)
• Master of Engineering Science
• Master of Applied Science
• Doctor of Philosophy

The major research activities in the Department are in the fields of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and associated rheology application, Extractive Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Separation Processes, Biochemical Engineering, Polymer Science, and Environmental Engineering.

For further infromation see the welcome from the Head of Department.

Visit the Departments News and Events page with information on awards, Open Day, new degrees on offer and seminars given in the Department.

How to find us

We give directions from Melbourne's international airport to the University, including maps. There is a detailed map of the campus showing Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and the entire University.

Contact us

For general contact information see here. For staff contact details see here.