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However, students who attend lower-ranked schools can still take a rigorous curriculum. Wherever you go to school, it's important to take the most advanced courses available and to take advantage of elective credits to strengthen your engineering education.
If you're thinking about a career in chemical engineering, you'll need to be good at maths. Don't be misled by the chemical bit of the title â maths and science are actually more important. The most common A-levels studied by chemical engineering students are maths, physics and chemistry.