About Us

Curriculum and Program

Department operates an academic programme which leads to a B.Eng. degree after a duration of five academic sessions for students who gained admission through Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME); and four academic sessions, for students who gain admission through direct entry (DE).

The five-year programme is broken into nine semesters of residence and one industrial attachment. Each semester is usually fifteen teaching weeks long and instruction is by courses quantified into course credits. Lectures, tutorials, practical sessions and projects are organized during each semester and every student in the programme is expected to participate fully since the grading system reflects each aspect.

Undergraduate Programme

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

In line with the program’s mission, the Chemical Engineering Department has set the following objectives. It is anticipated that Chemical Engineering graduates will be able to accomplish these goals in five years. Programme Educational Objectives (PEO) for Chemical Engineering
At the end of the five (5) year chemical engineering program, the graduates are expected to be:

1. PEO1: demonstrating professionalism and excellence in current engineering techniques and IT tools for identifying and solving complex chemical engineering problems, with an understanding of the limitations;
2. PEO2 – engaging in world-class innovative designs and implementation of  solutions for chemical engineering problems, systems, components and processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for sustainability, ethical and legal concerns;
3. PEO3 – entrepreneurs and employees with chemical engineering skills and knowledge, capable of self reliance, human and organizational management;
4. PEO4 – Give engineering graduates who are ready, employable, and entrepreneurial enough to take on technical, managerial, and financial obligations to the engineering industry and profession in Nigeria and beyond. communicating effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and the society at large,  while applying the knowledge and understanding of engineering and management principles in multidisciplinary team projects.

The Chemical Engineering undergraduate programme focuses the attention on seven major areas which include;

i. Unit Operations

ii. Process control and optimization

iii. Chemical reaction engineering

iv. Environmental engineering

v. Biochemical engineering

vi. Petroleum processes

vii. Polymer engineering

Postgraduate studies

The graduate programme has been designed to provide advanced training (course work and research) in those areas of Chemical Engineering, which are relevant to the immediate and global industrial development. Each student is equipped to be conversant with the current development in the basic research and application of the field of study to industry in general. Competence in the use and application of digital computer, software simulation packages and information technology in the solution of engineering problems is emphasized.

Student Work

The student workis divided into two parts: The Industrial Training aspect of the degree programme is divided into four parts. The first part is the Student Work Experience (SWEP) Program is held at the end of the 200-level just after the end of-session break in the Faculty’s’ Workshops. During this programme, students are exposed to workshop practice and have a “hands-on” experience of practical engineering. This serves as a channel for integrating entrepreneurial-development and skills into our programme in-house. The Community Based Experience and Services (COBES) held before the commencement of the 500 level is a programme that also exposes the students to solving community problems based on engineering skills.

Contact us

E-Mail: hodchemicalengineering@unilorin.edu.ng