Master of Chemical Engineering Degree

A Master of Chemical Engineering (MChE) degree is offered as a non-thesis program for the working professional. The program has been designed for those persons who plan careers in plant operations, design and management. It is not intended to be competitive with the Master of Science degree, which is specifically research oriented, nor with the MBA degree. Rather, the goal of this program is not only to permit earlier productive use of the young engineer's technical skills, but also to introduce the engineer to the broad concepts of systems, analysis, advanced process economics, and technical management. The program is aimed at improving opportunities for chemical engineers in the chemical process industry and related industries.

Constituting the program is a core of five (5) required courses plus five elective courses, selected to meet the student's interests in the areas of process control, management and business economics, biochemical and environmental engineering, and petroleum engineering.

The courses are available in the late afternoon and evenings, and the degree can be completed in 2-3 years of part-time study.

Professionals working in the chemical process industry and related industries with degrees other than but related to chemical engineering (such as mechanical engineering or chemistry) are encouraged to apply.  If admitted to the MChE program, such students are required to take a number of undergraduate chemical engineering courses that will prepare them to take the graduate-level MChE courses.  A list of preparatory courses is composed by the MChE Director on an individual basis, depending on the student’s background.  Typical lists from which selection is made for students with undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering or chemistry are shown below in this page.  For a full list of chemical engineering courses click here.

Selection list of preparatory courses for MChE students with undergraduate degree in chemistry

Selection list of preparatory courses for MChE students with undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering

—ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS—

A bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, industrial employment, and approvals
of the MChE Program Director.

Admission:
Minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 (based on 4.00), and a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) minimum score (verbal + quantitative) of 1100.

Non-chemical engineering BS degree holders working in the chemical industry should contact the program director for additional course requirements.

—REQUIRED COURSES—

CHEE 6368	Chemical Process Economics I
CHEE 6369	Chemical Process Economics II
CHEE 6383	Advanced Unit Operations
CHEE 6367	Advanced Process Control*
INDE 6372	Advanced Linear Optimization

* Offered every two years

With the permission of the Program director, the elective courses can be selected from the list below.

—MChE DEGREE : Elective Courses—

CHEE 6330	Computational Methods for Chemical Engineers I
CHEE 6331	Mathematical Methods In Chemical Engineering I
CHEE 6332	Mathematical Methods In Chemical Engineering II
CHEE 6333	Transport Processes I
CHEE 6334	Transport Processes II
CHEE 6335	Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics
CHEE 6337	Advanced Reactor Engineering
CHEE 6360	Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals
CHEE 6365	Fundamentals of Catalysis
CHEE 6370	Advanced Topics in Biochemical Engineering
CHEE 6371	Pollution Control Engineering
CHEE 6375	Chemical Processing for Microelectronics
CHEE 6386	Air-pollution problems and control
CHEE 6397	Prob. & Stat. For Chemical and Petroleum Engineers
CHEE 6397	Introduction to Polymer Science
INDE 6332	Engineering Project Management
INDE 6334	Statistical Decision Analysis and Design
INDE 6335	Engineering Administration
INDE 6350	Design of Artificial-Intelligence Systems
INDE 6364	Advanced Engineering Statistics
INDE 6370	Operation Research, Digital Simulation
INDE 6371	Operations Research, Optimization Methods
PETR 6302	Reservoir Engineering II
PETR 6304	Evaluation Of Petroleum-Bearing Formations I
PETR 6308	Well-Diagnostic Methods and Remedial measures
PETR 6312	Evaluation of Petroleum-Bearing Formations I
PETR 6320	Enhanced Oil-Recovery Processes
PETR 6324	Reservoir Simulation I
PETR 6326	Reservoir Simulation II

Other engineering graduate courses can also be taken with the approval of the MChE Program Director.

—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—

Prospective students should contact:
Prof. Peter Vekilov
Program Director

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