Virtual work experience
Explore a Career that helps shape a Sustainable World
Want to engineer a more sustainable future but are not sure how?
Looking for chemical engineering work experience but struggling to find a placement?
IChemE's free Virtual Work Experience programme gives you the opportunity to explore the exciting world of chemical and process engineering from anywhere. Whether you're considering your future career options, applying to university, or simply curious about engineering, this programme will help you discover where chemical engineering can take you.
Why take part?
- Free to access
- Open to anyone aged 14+
- Complete at your own pace
- Earn a certificate of completion
- Explore real engineering challenges
- Learn from practising engineers
The programme includes more than six hours of engaging content, activities and quizzes to help you understand what chemical engineers do and how they make a difference to the world. The programme covers industries including energy, food and drink, water and healthcare.
Engineering a sustainable world
Discover how chemical engineers are engineering a sustainable world and how you could be part of the future
Start your virtual work experienceDiscover What Chemical Engineers Really Do
Chemical engineers help tackle some of society's biggest challenges, from creating sustainable energy solutions and developing medicines to ensuring access to safe drinking water and producing the products we use every day.
Through this virtual experience, you'll:
- Learn about different chemical engineering careers
- Hear directly from engineers working in industry
- Explore real-world engineering projects
- Take part in interactive activities and quizzes
- Build your understanding of engineering and employability skills
- Find out whether chemical engineering could be the right career for you
Gain Valuable Experience for Your Future
Join thousands of young people who have already explored the world of chemical engineering through IChemE's Virtual Work Experience programme. Many participants describe it as eye-opening and say it helped them gain confidence about their future career choices.
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Take your chemical engineering experience further
Alongside IChemE’s main Engineering a Sustainable World virtual work experience, you can explore additional activities focusing on specific areas of industry.
Take on realistic process engineering challenges in the energy and oil and gas sectors, put your skills into practice and gain another insight into what a career in chemical engineering could look like.
Process Engineering in Oil and Gas: IChemE Career Simulation
Learn how chemical engineers keep complex industrial processes running safely, efficiently, and responsibly. In this Career Simulation, delivered in partnership with IChemE, you'll explore the variety of tasks involved in an engineering career, discover the skills needed to succeed, and understand the tasks undertaken by real chemical engineers.
IChemE Sprint: Process Engineering in the Energy Sector
In this sprint, you'll join IChemE as a process design engineer, as you get to grips with energy engineering and one of the industry’s hottest topics: hydrogen fuel switching.
IChemE virtual work experience trailer
Watch IChemE's virtual work experience (VWEX) trailer to see what chemical engineering is all about.
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