Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2006-07, by comparison with those examinations in 2006, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Chemical Engineering Syndicate give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2007, the form of the examination for the Chemical Engineering Tripos will be changed as follows:
Candidates will be required to answer five questions in all. Two answers must be from Section A, and three answers must be from Section B. Section A will contain three questions on Fluid Mechanics. Section B will contain five questions on Transport Processes.
Candidates will be required to answer five questions in all. At least two answers must be from Section A, and at least two answers must be from Section B. Section A will contain four questions on Engineering Mathematics. Section B will contain four questions on Process Calculations.
Candidates will be required to answer five questions in all. Two answers must be from Section A, two answers must be from Section B, and one answer must be from Section C. Section A will contain three questions on Equilibrium Staged Processes. Section B will contain three questions on Biotechnology. Section C will contain one question on Reactors.
Candidates will be required to answer six questions in all. Two answers must be from Section A, and four answers must be from Section B. Section A will contain three questions on Introductory Chemical Engineering. Section B will contain six questions on Mechanical Engineering.
Candidates will be required to answer six questions in all. Two answers must be from Section A, and four answers must be from Section B. Section A will contain three questions on Introductory Chemical Engineering. Section B will contain six questions on Introductory Chemistry.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. The examination paper will contain two questions on States of Matter and two questions on Sustainability in Chemical Engineering.
Each candidate is required to offer six modules. Each examination paper will contain three questions; candidates will be required to answer two questions.
| Paper Number | Module |
| 2 | Biotechnology† |
| 3 | Catalysis |
| 4 | Electrochemical engineering |
| 5 | Fluid mechanics and the environment |
| 6 | Modern metrology |
| 7 | Optimization |
| 8 | Particle technology |
| 9 | Rheology and processing |
| 10 | Transport processes |
† Note that the Biotechnology module will be assessed by a combination of course-work (30%) and examination paper (70%).
Each candidate is required to offer two out of the following four broadening material topics:
| BM1 | Computational fluid dynamics |
| BM2 | Entrepreneurship and product design |
| BM3 | Foreign language |
| BM4 | Project management |
Each candidate is required to submit a report on an original investigation.