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Undergraduate Program | Chemical Engineering

  • 2024/2025 - Current Curriculum
  • - 2023/2024

2024/2025 - Current Curriculum

Curriculum

Each student majoring in Chemical Engineering must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 132 credits distributed as follows:

 

I. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (18 Credits)

A. Compulsory (12 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0330-100 Modern and Contemporary History of Kuwait 3
9988-123 English I - Intermediate Writing Skills 3
9988-221 English II - Technical Writing 3
0600-310 Engineering Ethics 3

 

B. Electives (6 Credits)

Free Electives

Students choose a minimum of 2 courses from the general education courses list approved by the college.

 

II. MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCE COURSES (27 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0410-101 Calculus I 3
0410-102 Calculus II 3
0410-111 Linear Algebra 3
0410-211 Calculus III 3
0410-240 Ordinary Differential Equations 3
0420-101 General Chemistry I 3
0420-105 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
0430-101 Physics I 3
0430-105 Physics I Laboratory 1
0430-102 Physics II 3
0430-107 Physics II Laboratory 1

 

III. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS (18 Credits)

A. Compulsory Courses (15 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0600-201 Introduction to Design and Product Fabrication 3
0600-208 Engineering Thermodynamics 3
0600-209 Engineering Economy 3
0600-304 Engineering Probability and Statistics 3
0600-307 Applied Numerical  Methods and Programming in Engineering 3

B. One of the following courses (3 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0600-200 Computer Programming for Engineers
 
3
0600-202 Statics 3
0600-205 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 3
0600-210 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Principles for non-EE 3
0600-221 Programming Fundamental for Engineers 3

IV. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (69 Credits)

A. Compulsory Courses (49 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0640-211 Chemical Engineering Principles 3
0640-241 Fluid Mechanics 3
0640-242 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 1
0640-291 Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Design 3
0640-321 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
0640-324 Kinetics and Reactor Design (A) 3
0640-343 Heat Transfer 3
0640-344 Heat Transfer Laboratory 1
0640-345 Mass Transfer 3
0640-351 Process Dynamics and Control 3
0640-352 Process Dynamics and Control Laboratory 1
0640-393 Chemical Process Synthesis 3
0640-428 Kinetics and Reactor Design (B) 3
0640-440 Mass Transfer Operations 3
0640-443 Mass Transfer Operations Laboratory 1
0640-461 Water Desalination 3
0640-472 Petroleum Refining Engineering 3
0640-482 Industrial Safety 3
0640-491 Plant Design 3

 

B. Compulsory Non-Dept. Course (11 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0420-208 General and Analytical Chemistry 4
0420-217 Physical Chemistry 3
0420-269 Organic Chemistry 4

 

C. Elective Courses (9 Credits)

1. One of the following two courses (3 Credits)
Code Course Credits
0630-241 Material Science and Metallurgy 3
0640-327 Corrision Engineering 3
0640-437 Polymer Engineering 3

 

2. Two elective courses of the following (6 Credits)
Code Course Credits
0640-302 Introduction to Chemical Processes 3
0640-304 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3
0640-314 Properties of Materials 3
0640-316 Hydrogen Technology 3
0640-327 Corrosion Engineering* 3
0640-333 Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Engineers 3
0640-346 Transport Phenomena 3
0640-353 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering 3
0640-395 Engineering Training 3
0640-437 Gas Chromatography for Chemical Engineers 3
0640-444 Two Phase Flow 3
0640-445 Thin-Film Structure and Deposition 3
0640-449 Multi-component Phase Separation 3
0640-450 Troubleshooting Chemical Process Operations 3
0640-452 System Analysis and Simulation 3
0640-457 Optimization Techniques 3
0640-462 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 3
0640-463 Wastewater Treatment 3
0640-465 Air Pollution 3
0640-471 Gas Engineering 3
0640-474 Petrochemical Engineering 3
0640-473 Polymer Engineering*  
0640-475 Gas Sweetening 3
0640-478 Liquefied Natural Gas 3
0640-479 Rheology and Polymer Processing 3
0640-481 Operations Research 3
0640-484 Topics in Chemical Engineering 3
0640-493 Equipment Design 3
0640-495 Senior Project 3

*These courses can full this category if other courses are passed in the restricted 

- 2023/2024

Curriculum

Each student majoring in Chemical Engineering must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 132 credits distributed as follows:

 

I. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (18 Credits)

A. Compulsory (9 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0330-100 Modern and Contemporary History of Kuwait 3
9988-123 Intermediate Writing Skills 3
9988-221 Technical Writing 3

 

B. Electives (9 Credits)

Restricted Elective

Code Course Credits
0330-102 Arab and Islamic Cultural History or one course from a group of humanities courses 3

 

Free Electives (6 Credits)

Two courses from humanities/social science electives: Students can choose any course from the approved departments at the university.

 

II. MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCE COURSES (27 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0410-101 Calculus I 3
0410-102 Calculus II 3
0410-111 Linear Algebra 3
0410-211 Calculus III 3
0410-240 Ordinary Differential Equations 3
0420-101 General Chemistry I 3
0420-105 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
0430-101 Physics I 3
0430-105 Physics I Laboratory 1
0430-102 Physics II 3
0430-107 Physics II Laboratory 1

 

III. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS (18 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0600-104 Engineering Graphics and Design 2
0600-205 Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 3
0600-207 Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Lab 1
0600-208 Engineering Thermodynamics 3
0600-209 Engineering Economy 3
0600-304 Engineering Probability and Statistics 3
0600-307 Numerical Methods and Engineering Programming 3

 

IV. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (69 Credits)

A. Compulsory Courses (46 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0640-211 Chemical Engineering Principles 3
0640-241 Fluid Mechanics 3
0640-242 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 1
0640-291 Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Design 3
0640-321 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
0640-324 Kinetics and Reactor Design (A) 3
0640-343 Heat Transfer 3
0640-344 Heat Transfer Laboratory 1
0640-345 Mass Transfer 3
0640-351 Process Dynamics and Control 3
0640-352 Process Dynamics and Control Laboratory 1
0640-391 Chemical Process Synthesis 3
0640-428 Kinetics and Reactor Design (B) 3
0640-440 Mass Transfer Operations 3
0640-443 Mass Transfer Operations Laboratory 1
0640-461 Water Desalination 3
0640-472 Petroleum Refining Engineering 3
0640-491 Plant Design 3

 

B. Compulsory Non-Dept. Course (11 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0420-208 General and Analytical Chemistry 4
0420-217 Physical Chemistry 3
0420-269 Organic Chemistry 4

 

C. Elective Courses (12 Credits)

1. One of the following two courses (3 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0630-241 Material Science and Metallurgy 3
0640-437 Polymer Engineering 3

 

2. One elective course (at least 200 level) (3 Credits)

From Chemical department, or the College of Engineering and Petroleum, or the College of Science

 

3. Two elective courses of the following (6 Credits)

Code Course Credits
0640-302 Introduction to Chemical Processes 3
0640-304 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3
0640-314 Properties of Materials 3
0640-327 Corrosion Engineering 3
0640-346 Transport Phenomena 3
0640-353 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering 3
0640-395 Engineering Training 3
0640-437 Gas Chromatography for Chemical Engineers 3
0640-444 Two Phase Flow 3
0640-449 Multi-component Phase Separation 3
0640-452 System Analysis and Simulation 3
0640-457 Optimization Techniques 3
0640-462 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 3
0640-463 Wastewater Treatment 3
0640-465 Air Pollution 3
0640-471 Gas Engineering 3
0640-474 Petrochemical Engineering 3
0640-475 Gas Sweetening 3
0640-478 Liquefied Natural Gas 3
0640-479 Rheology and Polymer Processing 3
0640-481 Operations Research 3
0640-482 Industrial Safety 3
0640-484 Topics in Chemical Engineering 3
0640-493 Equipment Design 3
0640-495 Senior Project 3