Biochemical Engineering UCL

Overview

The Biochemical Engineering programme at University College London (UCL) delivers a unique national capability for training the next generation of highly skilled future leaders and researchers for the UK biopharmaceutical and healthcare biotechnology sectors. 

They will be capable of translating new scientific advances both in manufacturing technologies and new classes of macromolecular products, into safely produced, more selective therapies for currently intractable conditions at affordable costs.

In our internationally renowned department you are able to make full use of over £30m of investment into comprehensive and unique facilities. 

All our leading-edge facilities are underpinned by state-of-the-art analytical equipment and experiences obtained from these world class facilities make students from the department much sought after. 

Facilities and labs include:

• Fully equipped pilot plant;

• Micro-engineering and lab-on-a-chip facility;

• Cell therapy bioprocessing labs;

• Responsive bioprocessing facility

Employability

Recent graduates have taken up academic posts at UCL, and various international institutions. Others have found professional employment within organisations such as Merck, GSK and Pall.

Recent career destinations for this degree include:

• Bioprocess Development Engineer, Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine

• Managing Director, Medisieve

• Project Manager, Lonza

• Process Development Scientist, Cell Therapy Catapult

• Viral Vector Downstream Processing, Boehringer Ingelheim