Process Safety Engineering (Online) MSc

Become a qualified process safety engineer, ready to work in any chemical processing sector. Join an IChemE-accredited online degree you can fit around full-time work.

Join our accredited MSc and become a world-class process safety engineer.
Process safety protects society. With this degree, you’ll gain the skills to prevent and control events that can potentially release hazardous materials and energy.


• Learn to understand and manage risk.



• Study current industry trends.



• Train in the tools and processes engineers use to identify, assess and control risk across industries.



You’ll graduate with detailed knowledge of operational safety, risk assessment and management. And you’ll be ready to seek work across a multitude of chemical processing sectors.

You’ll study flexibly, part-time, with a university recognised as a major centre for safety engineering in the UK. We’ve been focused on safety-related teaching and research for over 25 years.

Who can study this online Process Safety degree
This distance-learning MSc is open to students with a background in chemical, petroleum or mechanical engineering.

This online MSc is accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). It’s the leading professional qualifying body for chemical, biochemical and process engineers.