BE in Chemical Engineering

BE Chemical ·

Kathmandu University

Bachelors

4 years

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Entrance Exams

Kathmandu University Common Admission Test (KUCAT)

Fee:NPR 850,000

Offering Colleges

Kathmandu University School of Engineering

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Chemical engineers play an important role in today's world. They are responsible for a broad range of activities that have direct impact on the daily operation of industries, and the overall design of processes, equipments and plants. Chemical engineers are dedicated to process engineering and product engineering. They operate and optimize the processes in all the manufacturing industries, and they also conceive and design new products that meet the high standards for sustainable and green solutions.

Although existing pharmaceutical, cements, steels, paper, food and beverage industries have high demand of chemical engineers, most of these industries recruit them from the foreign markets. Further, the country is currently running big and small industries and many mechanical, civil and electrical engineers are involved in such diverse fields. Until now, no single academic institute in Nepal has chemical engineering curriculum.

To uplift the economy and production capacity of Nepal, the government of Nepal is positively seeking to increase the number of industrial regions throughout the country. With such policies reinforcing the scope of production, Nepal will soon move towards more effective and intensive industrialization, and foremost, this requires the highly skilled chemical engineers. Hence, the proposed chemical engineering program is the first of its kind in Nepal and it aims to produce highly skilled graduates to fulfill the country's demand.

Salient Features

Fee Structure for 2022

The table below displays the total amount that each student must pay for the entire duration of their BE in Chemical Engineering studies for the 2022 batch.

Please note that the fees listed in the table do not cover expenses such as hostel accommodation, transportation, and end-of-semester or compartment exam fees. Students will need to pay separate fees for these additional services, as determined by the management of Kathmandu University (KU).

For	Course Fee
Nepali Student	8,50,000 (NRs Eight Lakhs Fifty Thousands Only)
Student From SAARC Nation	1.5 Times of Normal Fee i.e., NPR. 1,275,000
Students From OTHER Nation	2 Times of Normal Fee i.e., NPR. 1,700,000

Eligibility

10+2 (or equivalent) examinations with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate and 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM)

OR Minimum 2.4 GPA in aggregate and minimum C+ in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) and minimum C in other subjects. Note: Students who have completed +2 in Biology stream must have taken additional mathematics course and passed it with cumulative PCM of 50% or 2.4 GPA to be eligible for the indicated programs.

Note: Students who have completed +2 in Biology stream must have taken additional mathematics course and passed it with cumulative PCM of 50% or 2.4 GPA to be eligible for the indicated programs.

Candidates must appear in Kathmandu University Common Admission Test (KUCAT-CBT) and obtain the required threshold score in the test to be eligible for admission.

Admission will be offered on merit basis based on CBT score (rank) for both open and reserved (quota) seat categories.

Curricular Structure

The curriculum for chemical engineering consist of basic science (chemistry, physics and mathematics and biology), engineering, humanities and core chemical engineering courses.

The Course Structure

First Year

	Semester I			Semester II
Course Code	Course Description	Credit	Course Code	Course Description	Credit
Math 101	Calculus & Algebra	3	MATH 104	Advanced calculus	3
PHYS 101	General Physics I	3	PHYS 102	General Physics II	3
CHEM 101	General Chemistry	3	COMP116	Object Oriented Programming	3
COMP 103	Structured Programming	2	ENGG112	Elements of Engineering II	3
ENGG 101	Engineering Project	2	ENGT102	Communication Skills II	2
EDRG 101	Engineering Drawing I	2	ENVE101	Introduction to Environmental Engineering	2
ENGT 101	Communication Skill I	2	ENDGR 102	Engineering Drawing II	2
ENGG111	Elements of Engineering I	3	ENGG102	Engineering project	2
	Total	20		Total	20

Second Year

	Semester I			Semester II
Course Code		Credit	Course Code		Credit
MATH 207	Differential equation and complex variable	4	MATH 208	Statistics and probability	3
CHEG 201	Chemical Process Calculation	3	MCSC 202	Numerical methods	3
MEEG216	Engineering Mechanics	3	CHEG 210	Introduction to Transport Phenomena	3
CHEM 203	Organic Chemistry	3	CHEG 211	Thermodynamics I	3
EEEG201	Basic Electronics	3	CHEG 212	Fluid Mechanics	3
MEEG 213	Material Science and Metallurgy	2	CHEG 213	Principle of Biochemistry	3
CHEG 202	Engineering Project III	2	CHEG 214	Engineering Project IV	2
	Total	20		Total	20

Third Year

	Semester I			Semester II
Course Code	Course Description	Credit	Course Code	Course Description	Credit
MGST 301	Engineering Economics	3	CHEG 310	Unit operation	3
CHEG 301	Thermodynamics II	3	CHEG 311	Chemical Process Technology	3
CHEG 302	Process control and Instrumentation	3	CHEG 312	Chemical Reaction Engineering I	3
CHEG 303	Heat Transfer	2	INAN 301	Instrumental Analysis	3
CHEG 304	Biochemical Engineering fundamental	3	CHEG 313	Mass transfer	2
CHEG 305	Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering	3	CHEG 314	Process Equipment Design	3
CHEG 306	Engineering Project V	2	CHEG 3**	Elective	3

	Total	19		Total	20

Fourth Year