The BE(Hons) (program code: 2342) has been discontinued from 2020, as the program has undergone a restructure and has a new program code for students commencing in 2021.
Students commencing prior to 2021, should follow the course and program information for previous years . It is recommended that students go to the transition checklists for course information, as a number of courses may now be renamed, recoded or unavailable due to the program re-structure in 2021. Approved substitutions for your courses can be found in the relevant checklist .

Pre-2021 Students wanting to follow the 2021 structure will be required to program change and should seek academic advice prior to requesting the change.

The chemical and materials dual major comprises #60 of compulsory courses with #4 of electives available. Students will become qualified chemical engineers and materials engineers.

There are career paths in design, operation, management, research and consulting in Australia and overseas.

Materials engineers, and materials and testing engineers may be employed in the materials processing and manufacturing industries, including the automobile, whitegoods, steel, aluminium and polymer industries that create wealth and add value to Australia's mineral resources. Materials engineers are employed in large multinational companies and small to medium enterprises, in research establishments, in public utilities and in consulting engineering firms.

Chemical engineers work at the cutting edge of fields such as molecular biology, nano-materials and chemistry, mathematics and information technology. They work in a range of industries, government departments and private consultancies, within environmental protection, management and safety; natural resource utilisation and the energy sector; chemical, petroleum and petrochemical industries; biochemical, biomedical and pharmaceuticals industries; computer-aided process and control engineering; advanced materials design and manufacture; minerals processing and related industries; food processing and product design and development.