The aim of the course is to provide excellent theoretical as well as practical chemical engineering knowledge and skills, relevant to the needs of the chemical industry and society at large. Graduates of this programme will have the competence to apply engineering skills to chemical engineering problems and plant operations.
Type: Undergraduate Diploma
Duration: Full time 3 years
Compulsory Subjects
First Year Subjects:
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Computer skills
- Communication skills
- Chemical engineering technology
- Chemical process industries
- Engineering physics
- Inorganic chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Drawing: chemical engineering
Second Year Subjects:
- Chemical engineering technology
- Chemical plant
- Thermodynamics
- Organic chemistry
- Mathematics
- Management skills
- Chemical process design principles
- Process control
Third Year Subjects:
- Chemical engineering practice
Careers: Research Scientists and in industries of food processing, wine production, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, fertilisers, fuel technology, oil refining, minerals processing, chemical manufacturing, and synthetic fibres.
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