Undergraduate Programs

BEng. Chemical Engineering

BEng Chemical Engineering program is a four-year degree program that is envisioned to impart knowledge in focused areas of chemical engineering either to pursue a career in industry or continue to graduate studies. The degree is awarded after the successful completion of 132 credit hours of undergraduate work including a compulsory industrial internship and Capstone projects. Students can study the core Chemical Engineering program or select a program concentration in Petrochemical Engineering to satisfy the requirements for the BEng degree in Chemical Engineering.

Petrochemical Engineering

This concentration is designed to offer a wide range of attractive and challenging careers in the global energy sector and supports to qualify for positions in technical or managerial areas. This concentration will equip graduates to work in this modern world of tough competition to choose professions in the fields of design and development, production and exploration of the oil & gas industry, safety and process troubleshooting.

Career Opportunities

The Chemical Engineering graduates have employment opportunities in a wide range of fields and occupations such as practicing engineers, entrepreneurs, teachers and researchers, to name a few. To be more precise, they find opportunities in the Chemical & Process industries relating to their specialization and employed as design engineers, process engineers, materials engineers, quality and maintenance engineers and environmental engineers etc. The Chemical Engineering program with a petrochemical concentration will equip chemical engineers to work with a multidisciplinary team to get global experience as well as leadership skills. Chemical engineering graduates can look forward to exploring careers in Refineries, Petrochemical Industries, Process Industries, Design organizations, and Research Institutions.

Program Educational Objectives

Vision
Mission
Program Objectives

To produce graduates of Chemical Engineering who will take the lead in employment and entrepreneurship and to achieve regional and international recognition

  • Equip students with knowledge and practical skills which fully support the need of industrial market;
  • Enhance the personal and business skills as well as the long-life learning skills required for effective communication and success in engineering industries and businesses;
  • Develop partnership programs with industry through research and professional development;
  • Enhance public awareness and advancement of engineering knowledge through promoting local and international communication channels.

College of Engineering offers ABET compliant BEng programs, which are envisioned to produce engineering graduates to lead from the front in pursuit of systematic and continuous change in the areas of academic, industry and society.

The BEng Chemical Engineering (CHE) program is a four-year degree program for those who want to gain knowledge in a focused area of chemical engineering to pursue a career in industry or continue in graduate studies. The degree is awarded after the completion of 132 credits of graduate work including compulsory industrial internship and Capstone project. The following Educational Objectives of this program are attainable by the degree graduates within few years after graduation from the college.

PEO 01 Develop successful careers and practice Chemical/ Petrochemical engineering and related fields in a broad range of industries.

PEO 02 Successfully complete or pursue advanced education, research and development, and other creative and innovative efforts in science, engineering, and technology.

PEO 03 Participate as leaders with intellectual strength, creativity, professional skills and lifelong learning adaptable to the contemporary regional and global needs.

PEO 04 Conduct themselves as both responsible professionals and global citizens who understand ethical issues, environment and societal needs.

What will you study?

1st Year

Semester 1 Semester 2
COURSES CREDITS COURSES CREDITS
University English I 3 University English II 3
Calculus I 4 Oman: State and People 3
General Chemistry for Engineering 4 Engineering Workshop 1
Engineering Drawing 2 Calculus II 4
Introduction to Computer Programming 2 Physics I 4
    Basic Electrical Engineering 2
Total Credits (5 Courses) 15 Total Credits (6 Courses) 17

2nd Year

Semester 3 Semester 4
COURSES CREDITS COURSES CREDITS
Differential Equations 4 Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3
Professional Development for Engineers 2 Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus 3
Environmental Science 2 Physics II 3
Engineering Mechanics 3 Physics Laboratory 1
Material Science 3 Analytical Chemistry 3
Fluid Mechanics 3 Chemical Engineering Principles 3
Total Credits (6 Courses) 17 Total Credits (6 Courses) 16

3rd Year

Semester 5 Semester 6
COURSES CREDITS COURSES CREDITS
Probability & Statistics 3 Core Course I / Concentration Elective I 3
Integrated Project 2 Core Course II / Concentration Elective II 3
Heat Transfer 3 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3
 Process Calculations 3 Unit Operations II 3
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Chemical Process Dynamics & Control 3
Unit Operations I 2 Organizational Behavior and Management 3
Organic Chemistry 2    
Total (7 Courses) 18 Total (6 Courses) 18

4th Year

Semester 7 Semester 8
COURSES CREDITS COURSES CREDITS
Numerical Methods 3 Capstone Project II 3
Core Course III / Concentration Elective III 3 Core Course IV / Concentration Elective IV 3
Technical Elective I 3 Technical Elective II 4
Capstone Project I 3 Core Course V / Concentration Elective VI 3
Process Equipment Design 4 Industrial Internship 2
Total (5 Courses) 16 Total (5 Courses) 15

Electives

CORE ELECTIVES

  • Process Plant Economics & Management
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Chemical Process Technology
  • Polymer and Plastic Technology
  • Hazard Analysis and Safety Management
  • Mechanical Separations
  • Multicomponent Separation Processes
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Process Plant Design
  • Process Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVES

  • Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
  • Petroleum Production Technology
  • Crude Oil Processing
  • Petroleum Engineering Economics
  • Refinery Separation Processes
  • Petrochemical Engineering
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Hazard Analysis and Safety Management
  • Process Plant Design
  • Process Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering

Technical Electives

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Corrosion Engineering
  • Fertilizer Technology
  • Water Treatment and Desalination
  • Chemical Process Integration
  • Piping Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Green Hydrogen

TECHNICAL ELECTIVE II
(1x 4 = 4 CREDITS)

  • Transport Phenomena
  • Sustainable Process Engineering

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