Chemical Engineering - Ph.D
Certificate: Ph.D. Degree
Specialization: Chemical Engineering
PhD study in chemical engineering is an important discipline in this scientific department. It was opened in the academic year 1987-1988, then it was discontinued in 2006-2007 and reopened again in the academic year 2015-2016.
Doctoral study aims to graduate the specialists in all fields of chemical engineering and to be qualified to work as university lecturers in the institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and other research centers in Iraqi ministries, as well as in the industrial sectors and the oil and gas industry.
The student in the first preparatory year studies advanced scientific topics in chemical engineering such as advanced heat transfer, advanced mass transfer, advanced fluid flow, advanced thermodynamics, advanced reactor design, advanced oil refining engineering, in addition to an optional course that the student chooses as desired from a set of options determined by the scientific department, as well as the student studies the English language, relying on international sources, in order to raise the student’s skill in the English language and prepare him/her to write doctoral thesis efficiently.
After the student passes the first preparatory year, the student selects the research for his/her project from a group of research presented by the department’s professors in all chemical engineering specialties, and he/she is required to pass the comprehensive written exam whose scientific subjects are determined by a quinquennial committee formed from professors in the specialization of the project that was chosen by the student. Members of this committee are from inside and outside the university; the examination includes basic and secondary scientific subjects in addition to a presentation (comprehensive oral exam) that the student makes in front of the members of the quinquennial committee.
Once passing the comprehensive exams, the student begins work in the completion of his/her research project in the department's laboratories or other research centers inside and/or outside the university under the supervision of one of the senior lecturers in the scientific department and the period of research completion is two years.
Fields of work for a PhD graduate in chemical engineering:
A graduate who has a PhD in Chemical Engineering is qualified to work as a lecturer in higher education institutions and research centers in government departments and the industry sector.
Entities and institutions that have employed the PhD graduates in chemical engineering:
- Public and private universities as lecturers within them
- Research centers
- Oil Ministry
Duration of specialization studies:
- At least three years after obtaining a master's degree in chemical engineering sciences
The scientific department that grants the specialization:
- Chemical Engineering Department
The scientific backgrounds that can be submitted to obtain the specialization:
- Master of Chemical Engineering - Master of Oil and Gas Refining Engineering
- Master of Chemical Process Engineering
- Both a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master's degree in Biological Engineering
