Academic Program

The M.S. programs aim at training students to solve problems in chemical engineering by enlarging and deepening their knowledge base as well as encouraging the intellectual pursuit of creative ideas to improve human and natural environments. To receive their M.S. degrees, our graduate students must complete: at least 33 cr. hr.

(1)    6 cr. hr.of which must be M.S. Thesis (defense for proposal and final),
(2)    At least 6 cr. hr. from the core courses of Advanced mass transfer, Advanced fluid mechanics, Advanced thermodynamics and Advanced chemical kinetics;
(3)    At least 21 cr. hr. required by the Department and 6 cr. hr. of which could be undergraduate senior courses;
(4)    Seminar for 4 semesters within two years. (Option to elective one course for foreign student)

Our M.S. program also admits working adult students. The course is doing a technical thesis (3 cr. hr.) along with 11 courses (33 cr. hr.), 27 cr. hr. of which must be offered by our department, including 6 cr. hr. of the core courses of Advanced mass transfer, Advanced fluid mechanics, Advanced thermodynamics and Advanced chemical kinetics.   

The PhD program aims at developing the skills needed to identify issues related to chemical engineering and the ability to formulate and propose solutions to a problem in an independent manner. Regarding Ph.D. programs, the following graduation requirements must be fulfilled: At least 33 cr. hr

(1)    12 cr. hr. of Dissertation

(2)    At least 15 cr. hr. of electives offered by our department;

(3)    A high-quality dissertation being focused on original research (defense for proposal and final). Publish at least 1 paper in SCI Journal, attend and presentation the research paper in seminar of our department and the international conference abroad.
(4)  Students whose native language is not English must also demonstrate sufficient command of English. These students are encouraged to take appropriate courses offered by the Language Center .