Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with Honours

This four-year programme combines the three basic physical sciences – chemistry, physics and biology – with mathematics, which makes it one of today’s most versatile engineering fields. This allows room for specialisation in a very broad spectrum of fields, including bioprocess, petroleum refining, waste management and etc.  At UCSI, students are exposed to a myriad of new technologies that are rapidly reshaping the society we live in.

Chemical engineers are known as the universal engineers of all time and are well-versed in converting raw materials to more practical forms by applying both physical sciences and life sciences. Fusing chemistry, biology, microbiology and biochemistry with mathematics, this branch of engineering is versatile and allows room for specialisation in many areas, such as nanotechnology, refining, bio-diesel production and petrochemical production, to name a few. 

The Chemical Engineering degree programme offered at UCSI University is designed to equip students with fundamental engineering and scientific knowledge in the field of chemical engineering. 

The programme focuses on core technical operations in the chemical sector such as material handling, fluid flows, material and energy balances, mass and heat transfers, thermodynamics, chemical reaction designs, separation processes, environmental engineering and petroleum refining processes, to name a few. Apart from being solidly grounded in technical applications, the students are also furnished with management skills during the course of their study, in line with current demands of the industry. 

In this programme, students are also required to undergo industrial training under UCSI University’s Co-operative Placement (Co-op) Programme at the end of their 2nd and 3rd academic years. The objective of the Co-op programme is to provide an avenue for students to gain exposure to professional practices in an actual working environment in addition to developing the necessary soft skills pertinent to their individual development. Student learning is also enhanced by industry visits, talks by prominent guest speakers from professional bodies, laboratory works as well as plant design projects, among other hands-on activities. 

Accreditation

• All of UCSI University’s engineering degree programmes comply with the latest requirements for accreditation by the Malaysian Engineering Accreditation Council, which fulfils the international requirements drafted in the Washington Accord.

Assessments

The structure of the Chemical Engineering curriculum is developed to provide both breadth and depth across the range of Chemical Engineering specialisations in order to produce competent graduates. The teaching and learning approaches vary according to the nature of the course or topic being delivered. 

The programme employs a range of teaching methods to ensure the successful achievement of the learning outcomes that include:

• Lecture delivery
• Laboratory experiments
• Industrial experience / Co-Operative placement
• Plant design project
• Final year projects
• Seminar/site visits

Year 1

• Statistics
• Technical Communication
• Mathematical Methods for Engineers I
• Mathematical Methods for Engineers II
• Engineering Design and Drawing
• Engineering Physics
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Material Engineering
• Applied Chemistry Laboratory
• Material Engineering Laboratory

Year 2

• Safety, Health, and Environment 
• Programming for Engineers 
• Fluid Mechanics 
• Mass Balance 
• Energy Balance 
• Numerical Analysis 
• Mass Transfer 
• Thermodynamics
• Numerical Analysis Laboratory  
• Thermofluid Laboratory  
• Internship I 

Year 3

• Engineers in Society
• Engineering Management and Economics
• Process Instrumentation and Instrumental Analysis
• Chemical Process Simulation and Design
• Process Dynamics and Controls
• Heat Transfer
• Separation Process
• Environmental Engineering
• Reaction Engineering
• Unit Operations Laboratory
• Reaction and Process Control Laboratory
• Energy and Environment Laboratory
• Industrial Training II

Year 4

• Final Year Project A
• Final Year Project B
• Plant and Safety Engineering
• Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
• Chemical Process Design and Optimization
• Process Equipment Design
• Plant Design Project I
• Plant Design Project II

Elective courses (select one stream only)
Stream 1: Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

• Industrial Effluents Engineering
• Renewable Energies
• Energy Management and Conservation

Stream 2: Petroleum Refining and Downstream Processes

• Natural Gas Engineering
• Petroleum Refining Engineering
• Energy and Carbon Auditing

Stream 3: Advanced Management in Energy Engineering

• Energy Management and Conservation
• Energy and Carbon Auditing
• Economics of Energy Systems

Stream 4: Interdisciplinary (Select 3 courses only)

• Bioprocess Engineering
• IoT and Data Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Technopreneurship
• Nanotechnology

The programme is an excellent preparation for a career in the chemical engineering fields, such as the oil and gas industry, commodity chemicals, specialty/consumer chemicals and advanced materials. Chemical engineers can also be employed in other manufacturing industries such as electrical, electronics, pulp and paper products, medicine and healthcare, as well as the heavy machinery industry. 

Today, the field of chemical engineering is a diverse one, encompassing a wide range of areas. Graduates are able to find career opportunities in the following roles:

• Process Engineer
• Product Engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Design Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Service Engineer
• Health and Safety Engineer
• Risk Engineer
• Project Engineer
• Material Engineer
• Research Engineer
• Cost Engineer
• Lab Engineer
• Instrumentation Engineer
• Process Control Engineer