The idea of the creation of the Department of Chemical Engineering at A.M.U. was born with the visit of His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan of the UAE in 1975 as a beginning towards the larger goal of establishing an Institute of Petroleum Studies. As a first step in this direction, the approval of the UGC was obtained for the creation of the Department in the fifth Five Year Plan and it came into existence in 1978, when the first five year undergraduate course in Chemical Engineering started with an intake of thirty students (now it is a four year degree course as everywhere).

A Post-graduate Diploma in Petroleum Processing was started in the Department in 1987, which was upgraded to full-fledged degree in M.Sc. Engg. (Petroleum Processing) in 1988. The course was, however later transferred to the Department of Petroleum Studies in 1993. There was no PG programme in the Department for about 06 years.

A Masters programme of M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) was started in 1999 with specialization in Process Modeling and Simulation. Another specialization, “Computer Aided Design of Process Plant has also been approved by the University. However, this specialization could not be started due to shortage of teaching staff.

Thrust Area Of The Department:

	Thermosiphon Reboiler
	Process Modeling & Simulation
	Computer Aided Design of Process Plants
	Nucleate Pool Boiling
	Energy Integration and Mass Exchange Network
	Industrial Pollution Control and Waste Minimization
	Civil Engineering
	Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria
	Hazardous Waste Management
	Cellulose Chemistry & Technology