University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Engineering Outreach
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Chemical engineering is based on the application of mathematics and the fundamental sciences of chemistry, physics and biology. As a chemical engineer, you draw on your sound understanding of these scientific and mathematical principles to design, build, evaluate and improve systems, products and processes that benefit society, protect the environment and build the future.
Nearly every industry and aspect of life relies on your talents as a chemical engineer — like the gas that fuels your car (petrochemicals and petroleum industry), the electricity that powers your home (electricity generation), the water you drink (water treatment), the textbooks you read (pulp and paper), and even the fortified foods that nourish thousands of people around the world (food engineering).
You might also apply your background in chemical engineering to the biomedical field by creating artificial organs, artificial skin and devices for spinal cord regeneration.
Your work doesn't end there; you might have a hand in environmental consulting to develop recycling and waste treatment solutions, design and implement efficient and sustainable energy solutions, and clean contaminated sites to restore the environment back to its natural state.
Following your Year 1 foundation courses, you will get a solid grounding in chemical engineering principles during Year 2 through courses that examine process engineering, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics.
In Years 3 and 4, you will increase your knowledge of important applications through technical electives such as bioprocess and biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, food engineering, plastics and polymers, pulp and paper, and entrepreneurship. You will also expand your knowledge by taking complementary studies in humanities and other areas.
You will put theory into practice through innovative courses and laboratories that simulate industrial processes. For example, the Unit Operations Lab is a teaching facility filled with large-scaled industrial equipment, including a two-storey distillation column and batch reactors that students operate. In Year 4, you will participate in a Plant Design course that challenges you and your team to design an industrial processing plant from concept to implementation in just 10 weeks.
To get to know some of our students in the Chemical Engineering program as well as recent graduates of this program, please visit the Meet Our Students section.
For more information about Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto, please visit the program website: www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca
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