Process Engineering - Stellenbosch University

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The Home of Chemical Engineering at Stellenbosch University.

Welcome to the Department of Process Engineering, situated within the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University. We take pride in doing cutting-edge research whilst delivering well rounded and highly skilled professional chemical engineers. Our team includes 20 full-time academic staff, 20 postdoctoral researchers, and 28 technical and support staff. Here you will find information about our research focus and academic programmes, as well as contact details of our staff.

Applications for our Bachelor’s Degree (BEng) in Chemical Engineering for the 2022 intake has closed, but applications for postgraduate studies are still open.

Click here to read more about our Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering.

Click here to read more about our postgraduate programmes and apply.

May your journey with our department, in whichever capacity, be positive and enriching. Please reach out to us and let us know how we can assist you.

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Chairman, Prof Christie Dorfling

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Our facilities, current research projects, and students’ experiences

The Department of Process Engineering has excellent facilities for students studying chemical engineering. This video gives you a tour of our facilities, and showcases some of the research projects currently undertaken at the department. Students also share their student experiences studying chemical engineering at SU.

RESEARCH CATEGORIES

Within the Department, our research foci can be grouped in to six main research areas:

Bioresource Engineering

Extractive Metallurgy

Separations Technology

Waste Valorisation

Water Technology

Machine Learning

UNDERGRADUATE

The Department offers a four-year, ECSA accredited, undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Chemical Engineering, which leads to registration as a professional engineer. We take pride in developing highly skilled, well-rounded professional chemical engineers.

BEng Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering relates to the design, management and optimisation of processes used to produce valuable products from raw materials. These products are crucially important to almost every sphere of the modern society, be it in the form of basic consumables, commodities, or environmental services. The chemical engineer therefore plays a pivotal role in society and has the opportunity to improve the everyday lives of people!

Graduates with this qualification can work in a variety of engineering industries, including process design and management, mineral processing, petrochemical, water technology, machine learning, bioprocessing, waste valorisation, and many more.

POSTGRADUATE

The Department currently offers three postgraduate qualifications:

PhD

Candidates with an applicable Master’s degree are eligible to apply for a PhD in Chemical Engineering.

Masters in Engineering (MEng) (Research)

Candidates with a BEng degree, Hons BSc degree, MTech degree or a PGDip are eligible to apply for a MEng (Research) in Chemical Engineering.

Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Chemical Engineering

Candidates with a BTech qualification are eligible to apply for a PGDip in Chemical Engineering.

What Chemical Engineers Do

NEWS & MEDIA

Process/Chemical Engineering – Stellenbosch University

INDUSTRY

Industry & Research Collaborators and examples of employers for our graduates and alumni.

The Home of Chemical Engineering at Stellenbosch University.

Applications for our Bachelor’s Degree (BEng) in Chemical Engineering for the 2022 intake has closed, but applications for postgraduate studies are still open.

In Pursuit of the Best: Study Chemical Engineering at SU

Our facilities, current research projects, and students’ experiences

RESEARCH CATEGORIES

UNDERGRADUATE

BEng Chemical Engineering

POSTGRADUATE

PhD

Masters in Engineering (MEng) (Research)

Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Chemical Engineering

What Chemical Engineers Do

NEWS & MEDIA

Feature Friday: Steven Bradshaw - Rock Climber, Distinguished Professor, Friend.

Meet our new Postgraduate Student Council!

The sky is the limit for master's graduate Bovinille Anye Cho

Dr Margreth Tadie participant in Future Professors Programme

UNDERGRADUATE

POSTGRADUATE

RESEARCH

INDUSTRY