I was first attracted to Loughborough’s world-class facilities for sport and to the campus as a whole. I also liked the opportunity to incorporate a placement year into the course and there are good transport links to the rest of the country from Loughborough. The reputation of Engineering at Loughborough is amazing too, which was a huge selling point.
I chose Chemical Engineering because I really enjoyed studying Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Product Design at A-Level. These subjects combined provide a good base to study Chemical Engineering.
My favourite module was Process Balances and Stagewise Processes as this was the first real insight I had into their usefulness in industry – for example when calculating stages of extraction and the amount of a solvent that needs adding for high percentage purity at the end of the process. Process Balances also covered aspects of economics, which was very interesting and different to other similar courses in the country.
If we needed extra support, we could get help by dropping into the Maths Learning Support Centre (MLSC) or setting up further meetings with our tutors.