Introduction
The Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering programme aims at training students to acquire knowledge, skills and attitude required for immediate employment and successful career in the chemical and allied industries.
The programme has been carefully developed to enhance students’ ability to perform engineering design through creative thinking, synthesis and integration of inter-disciplinary knowledge to enable them to apply engineering solutions to national and global challenges.
Objectives
The specific objectives are to:
- Equip students with strong technical foundation in Chemical Engineering and communication skills for their professional advancement;
- Enable students identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, and to use the techniques, skills, and requisite tools necessary for engineering practice;
- Prepare the students for the changing technological environment with the basic knowledge central to multidisciplinary development and personal improvement for their life-long professional careers; and
- Inculcate in the students a strong sense of responsibility, to enable them act ethically in their professional endeavours.
Entry requirement for admissions of students
The duration of the Bachelor of Science programme is four (4) years, and to gain admission to the programme, an applicant must satisfy the following minimum entry requirements:
(a) SSSCE APPLICANTS
SSSCE holders who have credits (A-D) in the following three core subjects: English Language, Mathematics and integrated science, plus credits (A-D) in three science-based, elective subjects including Chemistry with an aggregate score of 24 or better.
(b) WASSCE APPLICANTS
WASSCE holders who have credits (A1-C6) in the following three core subjects: English Language, Mathematics and integrated science, plus credits (A1-C6) in three science-based, elective subjects including Chemistry with an aggregate score of 36 or better.
(c) HND APPLICANTS
- HND Chemical Engineering applicants will be admitted at third year (Level 300) but will take courses selected from the various modules.
- Applicants with other engineering and chemistry backgrounds would be required to take relevant chemical engineering and chemistry courses as prerequisites.
(d) DIPLOMA APPLICANTS
Students with Diploma in Chemical Engineering will be admitted at second year (Level 200).
(e) TRANSFER FROM OTHER SISTER INSTITUTION
Students who might have completed certain competencies in other institutions may be allowed to join the programme at a level to be determined by the Department Board.
(f) MATURE APPLICANTS
- Must be at least twenty-five (25) years old at the time of application;
- Must pass Mature Students’ Entrance Examinations conducted by KsTU; and
- Must attend and pass an interview.
Evidence of working experience will be an added advantage.
(g) FOREIGN APPLICANTS
Academic records of foreign applicants will be carefully scrutinised to determine the qualification equivalence and eligibility for admission as well as placement.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates of the programme are likely to be employed in the following industries:
- Soaps and detergents industries
- Polymers and plastics industries
- Paper and pulp industries
- Food and drinks industry
- Cement industries
- Mineral processing industries
- Water treatment and production industries
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
- Personal care products industries
- Metals processing industries
- Garments and textiles industries
- Fertilizer and agrochemicals industries
- Petrochemicals and energy industries
- Regulatory bodies
- Consultancy
- Academic institutions
- Research institutions
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
LEVEL 100-SEMESTER ONE
Module 1: Design Product I
Credit hours for courses under Module 1
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 101 | Applied Chemistry I | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | BCHE 103 | Calculus and Functions | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | BCHE 105 | Chemical Process Industries | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 107 | Information and Communication Technology | 1 | 2 | 2 |
5 | BCHE 109 | Applied Chemistry Laboratory I | 0 | 6 | 3 |
|
| TOTAL | 8 | 8 | 12 |
Module 2: Design Product II
Credit Hours for Module 2
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 111 | Applied Chemistry II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 113 | African studies | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 115 | Problem Solving andCritical Thinking | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 117 | Communication Skills | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
| TOTAL | 9 | 0 | 9 |
LEVEL 100-SEMESTER TWO
Module 3: Design Product III
Credit hours for courses under Module 3
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 102 | Applied Chemistry III | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 104 | Product Design and Development Strategies I | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 106 | Statistics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 108 | Applied Chemistry Laboratory II | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Total |
| 7 | 6 | 10 |
Module 4: Design Product IV
Credit hours for courses under Module 4
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 110 | Chemical Process Calculations | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 112 | Product Design and Development Strategies II | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 114 | Chemical Product DesignProject | 0 | 6 | 3 |
4 | BCHE 116 | Technical Communication | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total |
| 7 | 6 | 10 |
LEVEL 200-SEMESTER ONE
Module 5: Design Equipment I
Credit hours for courses under Module 5
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 201 | Thermodynamics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 203 | Fluid Transfer | 2 | 2 | 3 |
3 | BCHE 205 | Engineering Drawing | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 207 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
| TOTAL | 8 | 6 | 10 |
Module 6: Design Equipment II
Credit hours for courses under Module 6
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 209 | Numerical Methods forChemical Engineers | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 211 | Mechanical Separation Processes | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | BCHE 215 | Heat transfer | 2 | 2 | 3 |
4 | BCHE 217 | Chemical Engineering Drawing | 0 | 4 | 2 |
|
| TOTAL | 7 | 8 | 11 |
LEVEL 200-SEMESTER TWO
Module 7: Design Equipment III
Credit hours for courses under Module 7
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 202 | Mass Transfer | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 204 | Chemical Reaction System | 2 | 2 | 3 |
3 | BCHE 206 | Equipment designproject | 0 | 6 | 3 |
4 | BCHE 208 | Engineering Materials | 2 | 0 | 2 |
TOTAL | 6 | 10 | 11 |
Module 8: Quality Assurance
Credit hours for courses under Module 8
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 210 | Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | BCHE 212 | Analytical Instrumentation | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 214 | Analytical Chemistry Laboratory | 0 | 4 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 216 | Quality Control | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | BCHE 218 | Quality Assurance Project | 0 | 4 | 2 |
TOTAL | 6 | 8 | 10 |
LEVEL 300-SEMESTER ONE
Module 9: Design Process Plant
Credit hours for courses under Module 9
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 301 | Process Plant Design | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 303 | Process Economics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 305 | Computer-aided Process Design | 0 | 4 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 307 | Plant Design Project | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Total |
| 5 | 12 | 11 |
Module 10: Design Safety Systems
Credit hours for courses under Module 10
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 309 | Plant Safety Design | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 311 | Occupational Health &Safety and Management Systems | 1 | 2 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 313 | Basic Programming | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | BCHE 3XX | Elective I | 2 | 0 | 2 |
TOTAL | 7 | 4 | 9 |
LEVEL 300-SEMESTER TWO
Module 11: Industrial Attachment
Credit hours for courses under Module 11
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 302 | Industrial Attachment | 0 | 40 | 20 |
| Total |
|
| 40 | 20 |
LEVEL 400-SEMESTER ONE
Module 12: Design pollution control systems
Credit hours for courses under Module 12
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 401 | Pollution Control and Prevention | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 403 | Environmental Chemistry | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 405 | Pollution Control Project | 0 | 6 | 3 |
4 | BCHE 407 | Research Methods for Engineers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
| TOTAL | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Module 13: Manage and Operate Process Plant I
Credit hours for courses under Module 13
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 409 | Production Management | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | BCHE 413 | Final Project I | 0 | 8 | 4 |
3 | BCHE 4XX | Elective II | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
| TOTAL | 4 | 9 | 8 |
LEVEL 400-SEMESTER TWO
Module 14: Manage and Operate Process Plant II
Credit hours for courses under Module 14
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 402 | Process control | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 404 | Process control laboratory | 0 | 4 | 2 |
3 | BCHE 406 | Plant operation andmaintenance | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total |
| 5 | 4 | 7 |
Module 15: Entrepreneurship
Credit hours for courses under Module 15
S/N | Code | Course Title | T | P | C |
1 | BCHE 408 | Entrepreneurship | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | BCHE 410 | Final Project II | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Total |
| 3 | 12 | 9 |