化學工程師應用化學、物理和工程的原理來解決涉及化學品生產或使用的問題，並制定製造化學品的工序。他們亦須負責在工作時有可能接觸潛在危險化學品之人士建立安全程序、評估設備和工序，以確保符合安全和環保規定，並為管理層就生產成本做預算。
－行業特定能力：
1. 數學技能
化學工程師運用微積分和其他高等數學作分析、設計和在工作中解決問題。
－化學工程師基本資歷要求：
學歷要求
一般持有化學工程學士學位
專業資格
香港工程師學會化學工程專業界別會員或同等資格
工作經驗
4至6年相關工作經驗
化學工程英國排名榜：
| 學系排名 | 全英排名 | 大學 | 大學預備班 (Foundation) | 國際一年班 (International Year One) | 銜接班院校 | 銜接學位 | 開學日期 | 英文預備班 |
| 1 | 4 | Imperial College London | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| 3 | 16 | University of Nottingham | ✔ | Nottingham IC | MEng (Hons)/ BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 4 | 13 | University of Bath | ✔ | Bellerbys | BEng Chemical Engineering | Oct/Jan | ✔ | |
| 5 | 14 | University of Birmingham | ✔ | Birmingham IC | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan/Mar | ✔ | |
| 6 | 25 | University of Sheffield | ✔ | Sheffield IC | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan/Mar | ✔ | |
| 7 | 44 | University of Strathclyde | ✔ | Strathclyde IC | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 8 | 6 | Lancaster University | ✔ | Lancaster IC | BEng Chemical Engineering | Oct/Jan | ✔ | |
| 9 | 11 | University of Leeds | ✔ | Leeds IC | MEng, BEng Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 10 | 30 | Swansea University | ✔ | ICWS | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| ✔ | ICWS | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept | ✔ | ||||
| 10 | 19 | University of Manchester | ✔ | INTO Manchester | MEng (Hons)/ BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept | ✔ | |
| 12 | 5 | Loughborough University | ||||||
| 13 | 8 | University College London | ||||||
| 14 | 35 | Heriot-Watt University | ||||||
| 15 | 21 | Newcastle University | ✔ | INTO Newcastle | MEng, BEng Chemical Engineering‡ | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 16 | 85 | Teesside University | ||||||
| 17 | 51 | University of Portsmouth | ||||||
| 18 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | ✔ | INTO QUB | MEng (Hons)/ BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| ✔ | INTO QUB | MEng (Hons)/ BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | ||||
| 19 | 23 | University of Surrey | ✔ | Surrey ISC | MEng (Hons)/ Beng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Feb | ✔ | |
| 20 | 98 | University of Bradford | ||||||
| 21 | 26 | University of Aberdeen | ✔ | Aberdeen ISC | BEng Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 22 | 28 | University of Edinburgh | ||||||
| 23 | 107 | London South Bank University | ✔ | OnCampus London | MEng (Hons) Chemical and Process Engineering (Integrated) | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 24 | 56 | Aston University | ||||||
| 25 | 92 | University of the West of Scotland | ||||||
| 26 | 103 | University of Hull | ✔ | OnCampus Hull | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| ✔ | OnCampus Hull | BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | ||||
| 27 | 73 | University of Chester | ||||||
| 28 | 62 | University of Huddersfield | ✔ | Huddersfield ISC | BEng/MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering | Sept/Jan | ✔ | |
| 29 | 127 | University of Wolverhampton |
資料來源：The Times Good University Guide 2019