What I Wish I Knew Before Studying Chemical Engineering 

I usually don’t add comments but as a senior ChemE I feel like I should chime in. At first I had a lot of trepidation about pursuing chemical engineering because a lot of people do just think it’s just oil refineries and worrying about pipes and stuff. But the truth is it’s soooo much more versatile than that, and in my opinion it’s one of the best engineering fields to do especially if you have multiple interest. I lowkey could make a whole video on this too but I’ll just try to sum it up here rq 1) chemical engineers help build the fundamental building blocks of the society we live... literally everything. Think energy sources, consumer products from food to cosmetics to steel and concrete that are used in infrastructure to medicines and everything in between and EVEN THEN SOME. Seriously with ChemE you can segue into biomedical eng, materials science eng, environmental eng, etc... 2) The rigor of the courses makes you well equipped to handle situations that are even outside of your major. One thing I can say for sure is that ChemE teaches you how to learn, just because it pushes you so much. We not only have to learn basic engineering principles like physics, higher level math, thermo, fluids etc, but we need to apply them to chemical systems which is just a beast of its own. So even if you did decide that ChemE wasn’t for you, it wouldn’t be hard switching to another major and learning the content cause you’ve already been dragged through the trenches time and time again. If it’s any help I even know one ChemE who just wanted to diversify his skill set and completely shifted to electrical and computer engineering for his masters with little issue. I even know some people that just skipped out on STEM and easily picked up jobs at banks making hella money, just because their employers knew they could handle the work (of course they had taken some buisiness classes while in school, but they didn’t have to major in it) 3. It really is a great field once you discover your passion cause you literally have the capabilities manipulate the world around you. I like to think of it as chemEs being the closest to alchemy that you can get (besides straight chemistry) because you literally are taking raw materials found in nature and utilizing it to create something new, whether it’s a consumer product, energy, drugs, or whatever. I just think it’s really cool being able to manipulate the laws of nature to do your will basically (with constraints of course) 4. ChemEs make BANK. This is probably the reason a lot of people initially get interested in the field because on average we do make more than our other engineering counterparts. I honestly put this last because it really does depend on the situation, but on average I’ve definitely seen ChemE graduates get paid more than other engineers coming out with an undergrad (the highest I’ve heard straight out was around 120,000 but that was an extreme case). So if you are in it for the money good choice, but also good luck staying motivated to do all the hard work. So yea ChemEs pretty cool you just have to find your passion and keep it in mind as you go through your courses. Right now I’m currently getting set up to do research with cancer drug deliveries which is cool cause now we’re getting in the realm of bioengineering and theres a lot of cool stuff happening there. Bottom line do you research, find out what you like, and you’ll be straight. Peace

Chemical engineer here. Wish I knew that choosing a field to work in is much more important than choosing a major

Amazing!! I am a chemical engineering just graduated, I decided to work in Aviation, I have my job offer already! I will be taking on material sciences and engineering for my Master study because I miss sciences and as you said chem Engineering isn't much about chemistry but design. I am also learning to code because I want it all🤟 Chemical Eng is a versatile degree, you can do anything with the skills you develop. Great video.

Sounds like my dream job. Math and physics is something I enjoy, as well as chemistry AND I get to be somewhat antisocial?!? TAKE ME

I am a graduate chemical engineer and have been working straight out of university for 1 year. Found this video interesting as I had many similar views to you when choosing my course. At the moment I'm realising I don't enjoy what I currently do (process engineer oil& gas - office job designing the plant at FEED Stage). But, the beauty of ChemE is that it doesn't matter. You can look for a wide range of other jobs which should be relatively easy to get given ChemE is such a respectable degree. I am considering bioengineering / batteries / biomedical. I just cannot get motivated by non renewables in this age.

me, a second year barely getting into the engineering classes, watching this: 👁👄👁

i never understand why people say there's no chemistry in chemical engineering. I am currently in my third year right now and even though there's a lot of math physics and engineering but they all revolve around chemistry. Maybe people don't really know what chemistry is hahaha. If you enjoyed basic chemistry and lab experiments in high school well then chemical engineering takes it to a deeper level and better understanding and that theres a lot that goes on in those experiments. you need to know that you just cant carry out reactions in a testube you can carry them out on a larger scale in chemical reactor vessels . you need to know the design of those vessels . the pressure and temperature of design ,material balance, heat transfer, thermodynamics of the reactions, mass flow, fluid flow c'mon all that's chemistry and physics. the material of the vessel as well . in short The beauty of chemical engineering is that you get to know the real stuff you get to know things passed the eye. I think the problem with why most people don't like it or complain is because they are still stuck in love with that basic chemistry they took in high school and never thought shit could get real in chemistry and its not just all about simple reactions and that there's a lot of math, physics and engineering involved . So buckle up and keep on driving lads its the most beautiful course and c'mon why would anyone want to sit in a boring office haha lame come out and lets have fun ohhh and by the way they are a large variety of job offers for chemical engineering you just not looking in the right places.

If you used Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes by Felder and Rousseau as one of your Text Books, Chapter One "What Chemical Engineers Sometimes Do for a Living" would have answered your questions regarding what ChemE do. I have been working as a Chemical Engineer for 32 years. I wouldn't change a thing about my career.

Nice video! I am currently in the final design of my degree (producing sweet gas from sour gas) and sometimes I do question myself on why I chose this degree. But through this degree I have found passion especially in renewable energy and the environmental sector. Hopefully I can get into a graduate programme next year and start adulting

regarding ''not having chemistry'' in the syllabus, I think it really depends on where you are studying, in my case, half my syllabus is termodynamics, 1/3 is about chemical industry related stuff and just the first 2 years are made to get a strong sense of maths, physics and more base stuff; so yeah, I am glad as I love termodynamics and chem, guess you should just look closely at your syllabus before starting and that'd be it c:

I’m currently a third year chemical engineering student at Wits in South Africa. I don’t think you realise how tough it is unless you are in it. But always try stay positive and chemical engineering has many aspects to it. With an engineering degree you can honestly work anywhere. I know chemical engineers working at accounting firms with a chemical engineering degree because they like the way we think.

Environmental Engineer here. I feel like it’s a theme throughout engineering disciplines that people are attracted to it because they are into science, but don’t understand that an engineer is not a scientist. A chemical engineer is not a chemist, you’re not gonna be wearing a white lab coat looking through microscopes. You’re gonna be in a plant surrounded by pipes. Just like how an Environmental engineer is not an environmental scientist. They are not going to be in nature, studying plants and animals. They’d be in a plant surrounded by pipes. But instead of oil and gas it’s just poo.

I am a international student recently graduate in Arizona State University as BSE Chemical Engineering and just got admission in Johns Hopkins University as Master of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. If I knew all the jobs in U.S. as chemical engineer hard require citizenship, I will never step in this major. Watching most of my classmates and best friends got offer from those reputational companies but I got only interview invitations for salesman or manufacturing line worker with only high school diploma required is frustrating. Even if any of those companies opened their eyes and have my resume looked, their first question is always "Are you a US Citizen?". I am tired to pretend to be optimistic and now I just trolled no longer response to those online chats starts with citizenship questions.

I am currently in college for chemical engineering! It’s great reading these so I can prep for my future too. Thanks for the video!

A chemical engineering can work in petrochemical, offshore, research, plant or refineries, aviation officer responsible for fueling aircraft, management, gas based company and many. There are many options for chemical but we must be passionate about it

Im currently a third year student of chemical engineering course and I wish you all can pray the best of luck for me :,)

I'm a senior biochemistry and biotechnology student, currently doing undergraduate research for a University's Chemical Engineering department that involves coding. Don't be discouraged kids, a lot of these tools and majors are intermingled!

I am a senior chemical engineering undergraduate. I can relate to most things in this video and in retrospect wish I would’ve known more about CHME before diving in. I have had manufacturing experience that exposed me to electrical engineering / programming work and am now pursuing a masters degree in computer science because I enjoyed it so much.

I wish I knew that there are no entry-level chemical engineering jobs in my country and that most chemical engineering graduates are either jobless or doing work completely unrelated. I am an IT intern at a financial business

I took chemical engineering because it didn't have as much chemistry

Spot on! Had to laugh, thought I was the only one thinking that. At least it gave me the discipline to study further and hone my problem solving skills.

I'm 4th year Chemical Engineering Student, and I tell you this guy is true and I don't regret doing it. This is a good choice for me.

Chemical Engineer here, graduated in 2015. One thing I would say is the job market for a new grad ChemE is tough considering the dismal state of oil and gas, the green jobs haven't come close to replacing what has been lost. I was eventually able to find a job and have been working since then as a ChemE, but if I want to work for another company I need to be prepared to move to another state to do so as there just aren't many job opportunities where I'm located. When you're young and without family commitments/complications this is no problem, when you've lived life a little it becomes much more difficult. Not saying you shouldn't do Chemical Engineering, but just be aware it is much more niche than other disciplines and you may need to make more sacrifices than others if you want to progress your career.

I’m studying chemical engineering at University of Cincinnati! I like chemistry and lab work but I also like math a lot too. I’ve actually helped developed a program for ChemEs to enter the cosmetic science masters program here! You can do it as a chemistry major but I felt as thought the engineering degree would have more of an edge. I couldn’t see myself doing another major unless it was strictly cosmetic science as that’s what I’m passionate about, but I can meet the needs of a cosmetic scientist as a ChemE plus more. There are so many fields ChemE’s can go into I feel like, pharmaceutical, process engineering, environmental, oils, refineries, cosmetics, research. I do wish I knew more about Chemical Engineering as well, it’s been really tough but if I wasn’t doing this I don’t think I would’ve gone to college at all for any other major. Chemistry seemed to mundane for me (no offense) and not as many job opportunities as a ChemE, I like all the chemistry + math

Upcoming Chemical Engineer here!!! I wish i knew much about this branch, i thought it'll be fun as that in high school .

I just love Chemical Engineering This video was helpful bro

Thank you so much for your video. I am 26 years old, Italian girl, graduated in Master of science chemical engineer last year and I've been working as a junior process engineer since then. I totally agree with everything in your video, for example the small market jobs point: I work far from my family and friends in a city that I don't like and there is zero offer in my area, so almost no hope to get back home. When I chose this path I thought the demand was high, but the truth is it is an old field, industry is mostly based on oil and old style chemical plants. But the world is changing fast, that's why I agree with you also on the computer science point: I regret losing all that time studying, not learning enough about computer science. I think you can't have a complete role in scientific jobs, and also society in general, without knowing computers, the base and the foundation of everything nowadays. That's why I'm thinking that maybe it could be a good idea to start studying informatics as an online degree. I am going through a crisis period, doubting everything about my studyings. It very comforting to find someone that has a similar experience like mine, so thank you again. During university years I had an exchange experience of six months in Norway. The feeling is that there the engineering industry is like an alien world. They recognize the value of your knowledge and at the same time you have the possibility to learn other stuff while working and improve yourself, as they give big value to freetime and mental health. I hope I will manage to find a job there sooner or later, though Norwegian language is required and not so easy to learn. Thank you again, I'd be happy to discuss about these topics with anyone that's in the same position like me.

Recent chemical engineering graduate here. During my internship, my colleague shared that there are generally 4 types of company that every engineer graduate can work in: 1. End User - The companies with production/refinery plants fall into this category. Their role is to produce product(s) from raw material(s). E.g. Shell Oil and Gas, BASF and etc. 2. Service Provider - These companies provide services in terms of special parts such as pumps, compressors and adsorption towers to the end user to produce the products. E.g. Linde, Emerson Electric and etc. 3. Audit/Consultancy - These companies provide consultancy services to the end user. 4. Academia/Education - These types of companies compromise of universities where research is heavily emphasized. It's important to know this because the working environment, roles and salaries between each type of company mentioned above are quite different. So, I hope that this advice is helpful to anyone who is reading this and of course, I welcome anyone to correct or add onto this piece of advice. Cheers!

I'm a chemical engineering student, almost everything you said is the same I wish I knew before studying chemical engineering.... thanks so much for this video

chemE graduate here, even though the major does not have as much chem as it implies about 30% of my former classmates I know work in a lab so its not really a constrain if you want that kind of jb, everything else was on point!!! (also working in an office has given me a better lifestyle than when i was in a factory)

Y’all did soap in high school? I only did calculations of concentrations , equilibrium type thing almost everyone quit in 10th grade haha I’m from Portugal 🇵🇹 looking forward to chemical engineering!!

Hi! I'm a third year chemical engineer student and I'm currently doing my master in materials sciences and molecular systems. I have very broad interests so the mix of physics, math and chemistry is really nice. In the future I want to work on new nano/biochemical/biodegradable materials. You underestimate the future possibilities! I think chemical engineers are crucial to tackle the problems of climate change regarding energy sources (such as batteries and hydrogen), substituents for plastics (more sustainable etc) and increase efficiency overall by creating new materials.

Hi - I liked your video. I'm a licensed Professional Chemical Engineer (retired). One thing for sure, is that you need to be very good at Calculus in any Chemical Engineering Program. The best thing about getting my degree many years ago, was that I knew I completed a very difficult major and I became very confident in myself to take on other future challenges in my life. I did Chemical Process design (office work) for many years, but with the oil glut in the early 80's, those jobs became scarce. As you said in your video, Chemical Engineers can do a variety of things, and so I had a career path change and became a Director of Public School Facilities and had a very successful 32+ year career. I also agree with you in that other engineering majors such as civil, mechanical and electrical have more job opportunities. Thank you

Your insight is very interesting but may be limited to the USA. In Australia, I feel ChemE have a much larger choice of job application (process engineer, materials engineer for automotive/aviation, a metallurgical engineer electrochemical engineer, plastics engineer, oil and gas and refining, pharmaceuticals, plant operators, biochemical, chemicals manufacturing, and plenty of non-engineering roles, such as banking and computer science). ChemE have the fortunate ability to take on many different types of career paths/jobs due to the problem-solving skills you should develop at university but ultimately ChemEs don't have a small job market. Fundamentally, engineers are here to fix, improve, and design. Yes, automation is becoming bigger but software and computer engineers cannot design a reactor or oil refinery - ChemEs will be a necessity for decades.

One thing I wish I knew before studying chemE is that socialising becomes less. I mean the friends you end up having are the ones you studying with

I'm chemical engineering student and .. yes I really wanted to know this things before starting studying... but I like it too... I guess I need much more information !!!

Bro ! So true - I’m a junior in EE and I’m honestly just finding out what Electrical Engineering is ... tbh I could’ve taken an easier path and majored in Management Information System. But I’m glad engineering allows me to try different things like business

I'm currently doing my last year in high school and my dream has always been to study Chemical Engineering, I'm definitely applying for it this year.

I so agree.. i wish i knew its all about plant jobs coz recruiters are reluctant to take up girls as these are mostly shift jobs

Its honestly based on where you are. I was a intern for a startup biotech company in Bay Area for a year, initially i applied as bio student however when they assigned my independent project it was mostly focused on automation. After working there for a year, i decided to change my major to ChemE, they offered me a full time research position once i finish school (in 2 years) and im always welcome to come back every summer.

Working in a secluded area? As long as I have a stable internet connection, I'll be happy.

1)I think the most important thing to know before going to enginnering college is the lack of intuition. People have this image of an engineer, they think of projects and what not. You have to SLOW DOWN to get things done in university. Rarely do you see the bigger picture and the final product. You may have to learn something in math only to use it a year later. The lesson is THINK SLOW and THINK SMALL. Not in a bad way though. Think patiently, that's it. 2)Just because people study it, doesn't mean that they get it. Engineering is like building a house, You need to have a vision strategy. Every layer in the house may take six months and it is going to have its own details.The final product may take 5 years. Being a big picture engineer is different than a small picture engineer. Every time you hear someone talking about engineering, you need to ask yourself. What is his viewpoint? Are they talking about something specific or something general? Do they think they get the whole picture, when in reality they are just showing off about something that they know?

I'm a second year ChemE. I also went into chemical engineering thinking that I like chemistry and some engineering. The best thing that happened to me is that during college, I realized I don't like chemistry as much but I love thermodynamics and fluid classes. Just be careful when choosing ChemE, because ChemE is a LOT of PHYSICS.

Doing some internships before you graduate is a must! Take this advice if you're yet to graduate.

Thank you for finally the real useful information rather than just salaries and pay.

A lot of truth to what you said. I been in the industry nearly 30 years

chemical engineers can also work in Labs. May be if you focus your area to do research and development activities, you will do cool experiments and stuff. I am working in research university and i am doing lots of experiments.

Enjoyed your video. I laughed out loud when you said, "I wish I had known what chemical engineering was." That was my experience and the experience of most of my classmates. It wasn't until about junior year that we figured it out.

Im only in 7th grade but im planning to take chemical engineering:DDD for the future

Hello brother! Good to see you! Chemical engineering here too!

Great video, I’m currently a senior and I’m applying to be a chemical engineer. If I get in to my dream school I can change it to electrical, environmental, etc. I’m just scared about engineering because I’m not the smartest kid, hopefully I can overcome it

I also enjoyed chemistry in high school and that also influenced my decision. During uni though, I realized that the chemistry modules were a bit boring for me (that's just a personal opinion) compared to the other modules. The other 99% you're referring to is more math and physics related. Anyways not a day goes by where I wish I studies something else. Luckily If you don't like the plant environment, it's not a problem. There are also many consulting and design companies where you work in an office space. I have to admit that I did get a tad frustrated and bored during my first two years studying. When I did my internship and saw how real engineers thought and worked, I finally got motivated again. The problem during the course is that ALL engineering disciplines are extremely versatile. It's impossible to teach you everything in 4 years. In uni they try to expose you to many of the fields in chemical engineering. This results in a course where they teach you a little bit of each field, but they cover many fields. Only when you start working you will start specializing.

3:25 change your smoke alarm battery lmao This was a really good video, thanks for making it

actually comments felt like wiki. I learned alot through comments. I actually thought of taking chem engineering but i think i am gonna change it

I wish I knew my physics needs to be strong. Dropped out of chem eng back in college and switched to business. 9 years of experience in the finance field and hate it. Good money though! I was like you. Good in chemistry and math and really enjoyed it. Physics i also liked but did not invest much into it because I thought ChemEng is all about chemistry. Still wouldn't mind going back in time to improve my physics and study ChemEng again. But after your video, I changed my mind. Currently, I am planning for a degree shift to robotics

Not the smoke alarm beeep😭💀

Chemical engineer here, the only regret i have is completely devoting my life for good grades. Wish i had been fine with getting okay grades while still pursuing my hobbies

I think that now is the best time for chemical engineering bcoz of all the climate change, new battery technology, carbon reduction and the transition from fossil fuel to clean energy

I am an industrial engineer in chemistry and found good job. However, after graduating and searching for a job I soon realized Electromechanical Engineers are more wanted. For example when a chemical company wants a process Engineer they are likely going to ask an Electromechanical Engineer for this, and not a Chemical Engineer. Even though it still is a company that produces chemicals ....

ChemE senior here from a French system university, I wish I knew how much research is needed to look for a job and find opportunities hehe.

Good video!! Should i do one for Electrical engineering🤨

First year ChemE here, graduated already from Biochemistry

I’m a chemical engineering student at one of the nations top 5 programs. I wish I would have known about the superiority complex from some professors. Makes classes really hard to get through when the only justification for the difficultly of the class is “you’re better than everyone else”

I graduated from ChemE 9 years ago but in my case, at least 85% of my professors were chemists. It is not the same when you are in a faculty of Chemistry that offers a ChemE degree. But I usually meet other ChemEs that do not know or do not remember about very basic things like soft/hard Lewis acids, good and bad leaving groups, electron-donating groups, nucleophilic substitutions 1 and 2, and that even confuse ether and ester. Little ability to interpret NMR spectra, FTIR spectra, X-ray patterns or mass spectra, which were key for my PhD thesis. In turn, for me pumps and valves are things I just place in a P&ID while being utterly ignorant about how they work.

I graduated from ChemE a couple years ago. Although I enjoyed most of the subjects I felt totally identified with you in this video, specially when thinking of having studied software engineering or something related to computers and data, basically because as you said, the ChemE market is very little compared to those. In my country (Spain) 90% of the job offers for ChemE that you can find are either quality paperwork or as supervisor in chemical operations (leading a team of operators). They are not bad, but I am dissapointed as in most positions you can't apply the physics, maths, and all the technical knowledge you have acquiered during the bachelor's, which where the things that I liked about ChemE. In my case I have taken a Master in a Chemistry field, to compensate the poor knowledge in chemistry that we have and have more options in R&D positions. Even so, I think the best option to gain access to a bigger job market is to complement ChemE formation with some programming and/or electronics (which we already have basics), as it is a profile very wanted for the industries.

My man. Shit. I totally agree with. I am trying to transition to something else in a more corporate environment even after having graduated 2 years ago

I’m 17 right now and I’m looking to go for chemical engineering hopefully in 2 years!

Wow I love this I just got admitted to a University in lagos Nigeria To study Chemical Engineering❤ Thanks alot for this I need more of it please 😅

Lol, I think the biggest plot twist for all of us is the fact that there is so little chemistry involved. Lmao

Absolutely right, i liked chemistry in school but i do not like it now as much as i used to in school. I knew it before taking chemical branch that there will be more physics and maths and many other subjects more than chemistry. The way teacher teach us in most of the cases it doesn't seem fascinating.

i know chemical engineerings working in the cosmetic industry, biochemistry and even medicine! chemEs are truly needed anywhere, the limit is where you want to put it

I’ve been practicing as a Chem Engineer for four years now. I wish i knew how small the job market was, I’m currently in the process of finishing my Computer Science degree.

Just go for the CS, if you don’t want to work in a plant environment. I work at a major refinery in Texas as Cheme, there is no work life balance for the job since the plant is 24/7. Of course I am making 140K with pretty good benefits, but the stress and working environment suck. Don’t even mention the layoff. I would choose CS if I get a second chance.

that is so awesosme, i'm chemical engineer, and i really think that this field is between the mot important and the hardest engineering fields cause it contain every thinng so huge, i'm now studying for my second engineering degree in computer science, so my goal is to can apply data science and machine learning combined with chemical engineering (on some fields like energy, envirement , oil or pharma fileds too but the most important issue is the energy one in the world and the sources of energy ..) so i hope you will do a video like that about this matter (technology & chem engeneering ), i really want to hear some ideas and iam still searching about that more ... any help?

I agree with most of the points except the one about the market, chem engineering is a really broad major that can get u to a lot of different things in life

I wish I knew how difficult it was, because now I am unsure whether I would be able to complete my degree

Howdy! I am a ChemE , TAMU, Class of 2000. I have worked almost entirely in offices with visits to plants and offshore as needed. I would recommend to keep your vision broad. The industry is in dire need of digitization. One might consider minoring in computer science. I agree that internships are very important. They can inform your career direction and give you a leg up when looking for a job.

Aye now I know what your reddit is haha. I wish I knew how important gaining work experience while studying was. Thank goodness I ended up at a college that stressed gaining some sort of hands on experience. I also wish I knew (this could be in general for all majors) that employers like to recruit and hire locally. Again, thankful I ended up at a place with plenty desirable opportunities nearby, but I would have taken university location more seriously. Thank you for the video! Great conversation! And again thank you for the resume video. I used some tips to improve it. Many recruiters said it was impressive, and I got an internship offer with good pay today after just getting in contact with the company a week ago! Hallelujah!

I am 12 class pass out from India. I love physics and I wanted to pursue chemical engineering because it's a broad field and also I am not interested in coding stuff so I don't want to take software.

My grandson is a Bearcat Chem E. He had two manufacturing internships he did not love. This last semester he got into real Research and Development with a Cincinnati company. He was very happy with his experience and will return next summer.

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for this video!!

Of our chemical engineering graduates only about 20% work in petrochemical/energy Folks work in food, cosmetics, pharma, sales, government, etc

I'm a fourth year chemical engineer, and I knew within about a year of studying it that I hated it. I have next to no passion for it, no interest, no willingness to read more. I chose it based on the fact that I liked maths and chemistry, which is about 2% (chemistry, that is) of the course lol. Probably the biggest mistake ever, but thankfully a lot of our big process design projects are in groups, so I've got good at doing certain things like Energy Balance, and my final year research project only applies a few mass transfer ideas, but is mostly something that anyone working in maths/science could do. Thankfully I'm almost done, 1 month to go, and I don't think there is even a 5% chance I will actually go into the industry. Bottom line to anyone who is 16/17: Read up about what you choose to study, especially chemical engineering, as you without doubt need a passion for the subject, otherwise you could get caught out pretty quick!!!

Never seen these much of heavy comments on any video 😍. am a chemical engineer

I agree with some concepts you talked about, but I think that, as far as fields involved in chemical engineering, there are many differences caused by the country you live in. I'm italian and we don't have many plants, actually we have many chemical industries that treat fine chemicals... Not to mention the "green engineering"

I am looking to start chemical engineering in the spring not only for money but because I am passionate about making resources work. Like re use things make something out of something that seems un-usable and things like that. I also would like to expand my mind and knowledge and I love a challenge and it’s go to be even better for me because I would love to see myself build something that could help the world.

Nice honest, straightforward video

Studying Chemical Engineering. In South Africa there are few opportunities and being an operator is a lot of labour

I'm a HS freshman and I want to pursue this degree because it does help with the MCAT exam, this was very interesting though.

Idk if it is just me, my university professors are said there were plenty of jobs available after graduation. Now that I actually graduated, I found out that those claims were not true.😢😢😢

Ummmmm hello!! Have you visited Texas? We have plants all over the Houston area, which is definitely not in the middle of no where 🤣🤣

Something I wish I knew was how low the demand was for ChemEs in my area.

Many good points, especially the part about plants being in the middle of nowhere! However as someone with both degrees I dispute the concept that Chemical Engineering does not contain much Chemistry. ChE's still have to take basic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, P-Chem. They miss out on things like Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochem, but sometimes have to take those for various grad level classes. Also some courses build upon existing Chemistry foundations, such as Reaction Engineering/Kinetics. Overall I found Chemical Engineering to be built upon a foundation of 3rd year Chemistry and extending into Fluids and Thermodynamics. By no means is Chemical Engineering a physics degree as it is one of the least math intensive Engineering degrees.

Hi AlsworthTV, I enjoyed watching this video, as a Chemical Engineer myself, with exposure to several fields of this discipline. I agree with most of your sentiments; however, considering the skills and abilities forged by Chemical Engineering: Don't you think we need a lot of Chemical Engineers in developing economies like Africa?

This is actually every anti social’s dream. And of course, one of them is me. Jokes aside, I am relieved that there’s barely Chemistry in there. I mean, I understand Chemistry but I just don’t feel the “chemistry” with the subject. Currently, I’m enjoying Physics and Math so I’m glad I chose ChemE as my first choice.

Graduated Masters last year and will be working for a semiconductor manufacturer, i also agree with comments that field of work is way more important than choosing a major!

Dayum your skin smooth. Yeah I can't really focus. Maybe I should be a dermatologist but this make lot of money.

Hey man, studying chemical engineering and I feel what u say, what I wish I knew is the intense competition that exist in that field. I actually thought that not many people grad from Chem . But the truth of the matter is that u can grad and still not be enough. its kinda sad man. wish I knew that better.

I can't believe this. These are my thoughts too. It's like you're talking about me!

Thank you for this video👏🏼