Information for Current Students

This section of the website has been provided to give you information relating to your study within the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. All exam results, enrollment facilities and email will continue to be delivered from the University and MyUni websites.

For students, there a few key policies and regulations that all students should be aware of and follow. The list below give the most common rules that students need to be aware of:

• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Special Consideration

Download the curriculum map as a Powerpoint file

General information can be found from the Faculty of Engineering Handbook

Year advisors within the School are

First Year: Dr Marjorie Valix
Second Year: Professor Jim Petrie
Third Year: Dr Vincent Gomes
Fourth Year: Dr Howard See

If you're doing experimental work, you need to know about the School's safety procedures and you may also need to use the online MSDS resource

Information about broader University of Sydney student services can be found at the Student Services website.

The School offers exchanges with institutions in Sweden, Scotland, England, Hong Kong and Singapore

This popular scheme offers the School's top third year students the chance to spend 6 months of their 4th year working full time in an industrial placement. Typically, the placement starts in January and ends in July. Each year, early in semester 2, announcements are made to the third year students, calling on interested students to apply for the program. Interviews with potential MIPPS scholars are held in the middle of semester 2.

Doing Vac Work this year? Find out what you need to do when writing up your Vacation Employment Report

Job opportunities for our students can be found in the Jobs & Salaries section which can also be accessed through the menu on the left hand side of the page.

A number of scholarships and prizes are available to local and overseas Chemical Engineering students. Please contact the School directly for more information.

Students in their fourth or final year are expected to complete a thesis on a specified research topic. The thesis needs to be delivered typed and bound and students are also expected to present a seminar and present a poster explaining the aims and achievements of their thesis.

If you will be doing thesis in a given year, you will need to submit your top 10 thesis preferences, including the thesis topic number and thesis number by early March (the exact deadline will be announced well in advance). Please read carefully the guidelines when preparing your preferences list. To submit your preferences, please hand over your list of thesis preferences to administrative staff in the general office - do not leave them unattended, in pigeonholes or under anybody's door.

A compulsory thesis briefing is held mid-March (the exact date will be announced well in advance). All students writing a thesis must attend this session.

View the list of available Thesis Topics

View Thesis allocation information

Read about your Thesis Requirements