The Chemical Engineering Syndicate give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2006, the form of the examination for the Chemical Engineering Tripos will be changed as follows:
Paper 1: Compulsory paper (2 hours' duration).
Section A will contain three questions on States of matter.
Section B will contain two questions on Chemical engineering and society.
The rubric will read 'Answer three questions in all. Two answers must be from section A, and one answer must be from section B'.
Papers 2-10: Optional modules (each paper of one and a half hours' duration).
Each candidate is required to offer six modules.
Paper Number | Module |
2 | Catalysis |
3 | Combustion |
4 | Electrochemical engineering |
5 | Fluid mechanics and the environment |
6 | Modern metrology |
7 | Optimization |
8 | Particle technology |
9 | Rheology and processing |
10 | Sustainability in chemical engineering |
The examination paper for each module will consist of three questions. The rubric will read 'Answer two questions in all'.
Broadening Material: Each candidate is required to offer two out of the following three broadening material topics.
BM1 | Entrepreneurship and product design |
BM2 | Project management |
BM3 | Language module |
Research project: Each candidate is required to submit a report on an original investigation.