Chemical engineering: scope and job areas

Chemical engineers work in process industries such as petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, fertilisers, food processing and energy. Your options depend on your skills and your willingness to work in plants.

• Learn process design, heat and mass transfer and reaction engineering well.
• Plant internships help a lot in the job search.
• Environmental engineering and data analytics are open to chemical engineers too.
• Higher studies and research are good paths if you like science.

Talk to seniors who work in plants to understand the daily work.