Chemistry degree career paths here or abroad?

yer man! · 05-05-2012 11:38PM #1

I'm in my third year of a Chemistry degree in Galway and I'm getting to the stage that I'm wondering what the hell to do after my degree. I was looking up career paths and I did find one that stood out for me, chemical engineering.... now i'm just wondering how does one get into this field? and are there many chemistry job prospects here in Ireland? Any industry jobs I seem to hear off people doing here say that it's really really boring.... is this true? it's sorta disillusioning me about my degree

cunavalos · 06-05-2012 01:44PM

If you have a degree in chemistry the easiest way to convert to a chemical engineering qualification is the one year graduate diploma in ul
http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Research/Graduate_School/Prospective_Students/Graduate_Programmes/Taught_Programmes/Science_&_Engineering/Chemical_Engineering
The course is open to both graduates from a chemistry and engineering background and is carries all the entitlement of being an engineer without a BEng qualification. Some employers do not look as favourably on the course as a full Chem Eng degree and i know people who instead of doing this course transferred after their primary degree in chemistry to 3rd year of the Chem Eng degree in CIT as they felt it would be a better qualification.

Chemistry degree career paths here or abroad?

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