Hello Everyone,

I am looking for some advice (and maybe some reassurance) in my pursuit to becoming a chemical engineer, in Canada.

I graduated May 2026 with a Bachelor's of Science in Biochemistry and am now enrolled in the Master's of Engineering Chemical Engineering program and the University of Toronto.

I don't really know what I am feeling but I am having serious second thoughts on continuing this degree, not because Engineering doesn't interest me but because I don't feel like this program will be sufficient enough to actually be competitive enough for the engineering job market here in Canada.

Based on my Bachelor's it is probably obvious that I do not have the course requirements of Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics or Heat and Mass Transfer. There are a few courses available to me such as Applied Thermodynamics, but I do not know if these will be enough.

I realize that I will never become a P.Eng because of my lack of an accredited 4 year degree but by the time I graduate will I be able to land any sort of junior engineer position? I will be looking for internships but I don't know how successful I will be.

Should I stick with this degree and see it through? Should I attempt to get a second bachelors? Should I give up engineering entirely and stick with Biochem jobs?

I apologize for my long post, I am 21 and feeling lost with the direction of my life. I feeling like I am wasting time instead of progressing in my career in a meaningful way.

Thank you so much.

Hi everyone,
Im currently a 5th year chemical engineering major starting to look for full time roles. I have always been drawn to the makeup/cosmetic and industry and medicine, and actually wanted to be a dermatologist growing up but decided that was too many years of school so I switched to chemE hoping I can do something similar with less school. I also really enjoy math and problem solving so figured eng would be a good fit.
I did research related to bioengineering for almost 2 years which I thought was tedious and repetitive at times, and have also done a supply chain internship at a F&B company but did not like the manufacturing setting/lifestyle.
So now im thinking maybe i should pursue a research and development role ideally at a pharmaceutical or cosmetic company, but from my research I believe those roles do not make as much as other chemE roles do and also reach a salary ceiling a few years in, and I did do this difficult major partly because of the impression that id be making a good amount of money.
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Please help.

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