The Cambridge course concentrates on the scientific principles that underpin the disciplines of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. These principles are essential to develop processes and products that address some of the problems currently facing humanity. These include the energy transition away from fossil fuels, the need for sustainable food and water supplies as climate change occurs, and the provision of improved global healthcare solutions and therapeutics.

The aim of our course is to produce graduates who meet the needs of today’s process and biotech industries by providing a thorough understanding of the subject, technical competence and transferable skills. The underlying theory is complemented by projects that teach process and product design for chemical engineering and biotechnology.

There are more details about this new undergraduate tripos on the Department's website: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate and on the University's website: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/chemical-engineering-biotechnology-ba-hons-meng 

A Level Entry Requirements: 

Essential: A Level Mathematics and Chemistry, and a third science or mathematics subject (Biology, Physics, or Further Mathematics)

IB Entry Requirements:

Essential: Higher Level Mathematics, Chemistry and a third science/mathematics subject

Written Work

None.

Admissions Assessment:

Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT): pre-registration required

Director of Studies - Dr David Fairen-Jimenez

Additional Teaching Fellow - Professor Clemens Kaminski, Professor Malcolm R Mackley, Professor Gabriele Kamninski Schierle

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology  (information from Cambridge Admissions website)

Last updated June 2026