Overview

Department of Chemical Engineering is among the oldest departments at IUT, established in 1977, offers different degrees in various fields. Training qualified and knowledgeable students with the help of proficient professors and academic staff has always been among the key goals of this department.

The department of Chemical Engineering is active both in undergraduate and graduate levels by having currently about 524 undergraduate students and 153 graduate students (including M.Sc. and Ph.D. students). The department offers the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and Polymer Engineering. At the graduate level there are M.Sc. of Chemical engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Polymer Engineering and Biotechnology. The MSc of chemical engineering includes three different branches of Transport Phenomena, Processes Design, Separation. At the PhD lever, the department offer only two programs of Chemical and Polymer Engineering.

Degree Programs

• Bachelor's Program (140 Credits)
• Master's Program (23 Credits + Thesis with 6 credits)      
• Doctoral Program (18 Credits + Thesis with 18 credits)

Undergraduate students must take 20 credits in general courses, 25 credits in basic courses, 82 credits in compulsory courses and 10 credits in elective courses (total 140 credits) for B.Sc. in Chemical, polymer and Petroleum Engineering.

Graduate students must take 15 credits in required courses, 6 credits from elective courses, 2 credits from seminar and 6 credits from thesis, overall 29 credits to receive M.Sc. degree.

The complete Ph.D. program consists of 18 units of coursework, 18 units of thesis and the students must pass the written and oral comprehensive exam after completion of course works.