Both the environment and chemical science/technology have attracted attention in recent years as themes addressing major needs of the industry and the society as a whole. The Department of Chemical Engineering offers two undergraduate programs: (a) In Environmental Science and Technology (suspended for new students since September 2016), and (b) in Chemical Engineering (since September 2017).

Chemical Engineering is about the science and technology to manufacture products in ways that are safe, economically viable and environmentally sustainable. Chemical Engineers design methods and processes for producing the multitude of goods that a modern society needs.

After complementing lectures with practical education, students are assigned to laboratories in diverse fields during their senior year while undertaking research for their degree.

The programme of Chemical Engineering offers a solid background in engineering that allows students to elaborate on numerous general and specific fields of the Engineering sector, such as Fluid Engineering, Mass and Energy Transport, Biotechnology, Petrochemical Technology, and Materials Science and Technology. In addition, traditional sciences such as chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics become the basis of numerous applications within the field of Chemical Engineering. Chemical Engineers are well equipped to address significant modern technological and societal challenges, such as the sustainable use of energy resources, environmental pollution and remediation, the greenhouse effect as well as other problems related with the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and the health sector in general.