the petrochemical industry, molecular modelling

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Steering and managing your career in the private
sector

• PhD CONFERENCE

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SASOLS INVOLVEMENT WITH UNIVERSITIES

• Undergraduate bursaries Chemistry, Chemical
  Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
  Engineering, Geology, Mining, Mathematics,
  Statistics,
• Post-graduate bursaries Chemistry, Chemical
  Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• University Collaborations Program R 23m per
  annum for research grants, salary subvention,
  capital equipment, post-doctoral students,
  visiting overseas academics/experts, Sasol RD
  personnel to SA Universities

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POST-GRADUATE BURSARIES RESEARCH AREAS

• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
• MATERIAL AND ANALYTICAL SCIENCE
• INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS
• CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
• CATALYSIS RESEARCH
• FUELS RESEARCH
• CONTROL ENGINEERING
• ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
• PROCESS ENGINEERING
• SEPARATIONS TECHNOLOGY
• SYNGAS AND COAL TECHNOLOGIES

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WHY SASOLS INTEREST IN PhD GRADUATES

• Learn to take an undefined project and structure
  it
• Know how to handle the literature aspect of
  research, i.e. read for their degree
• Gain experience of research techniques and
  equipment associated with their project
• Interpretation of results
• Learn to work independently
• Maturity
• LEARN TO THINK

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WHO DO WE AWARD BURSARIES TO?

• Academic excellence
• Good work-life balance
• Can think out of the box
• Potential
• Good/broad general knowledge
• Versatile/adaptible

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Completed PhD, now Sasol Employee

• Graduate Development Program (GDP) further
  development of new employees
• - Sasol Strategy and Structure, Sasol Processes,
  Project Management Processes
• - Discipline-specific modules homogeneous and
  heterogeneous catalysis, FT technology, syngas
  and coal technology, water and the environment,
  the petrochemical industry, molecular modelling,
  refining and fuels

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR SASOL EMPLOYEES

• ROTATION EXPAND EXPERIENCE
• PhD OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES
• POST-DOCTORAL STUDIES OVERSEAS
• SASOL BUSINESS UNITS LOCAL AND OVERSEAS
• WORK WITH OVERSEAS COMPANIES

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ADVANCEMENT WITHIN RD

• B Sc / Eng
• Level 7
• M Sc / Eng
• Level 7
• PhD

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