The Emergence of the Department:

     The chemical engineering  department was  established  in 1975 to be one of the distinguished departments in the

university. It accompanied the development of the university in providing the necessary possibilities to come with the

technological and scientific process to graduate specialized geometrical staff.  

     The department is considered the main party in the process of industrial development in which it is interested in physical

and chemical technological process used in covering the row materials to other products by mixing the industrial technology

and the new scientific concepts, then producing the developed and  new transformational processes in the  lab to be applied

industrially with concentrating on the economical side and the  technical standards of the production process  are to be

take into consideration.   

    The chemical engineering filed includes a wide range of industrial sectors like oil refining and gas industry

and various chemical, food, pharmaceutical, biochemical, and construction, in addition to providing clean drinking water

and processing industrial waters to control on environmental pollution.

     The main qualifications of the  chemical  engineer  are  to  be  qualified  to  conduct  economic Feasibility for the new

production plants in addition to planning, designing, constructing, operating and managing these processes in a  way to

quality him to be a leader in controlling the process. Also he has to be able to become aware of the scientific and industrial

development to construct modern industries or to modernize an old industrial method of production.

     This is achieved by reviewing continuously scientific papers and the various industrial and economical   studies.