Pls frnds, between industrial chemistry and chemical engineering which one is better based on employment opportunity and which one is more suited in manufacturing of chemical products such as paint, soap, cosmetics and many more chemical products. Thanks for kind reply.

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Both are not the same. A chemical engineer is a professional who designs the machines used and ensures that there is 'safety' in the processes involved. He is like a mechanical engineer who has sound knowlege in chemistry. An ind. Chemist knows better the best way to combine chemicals to produce marketable products. A chemical engineer can work in any firm where an industrial chemist can work, but an industrial chemist might not be able to work in some firms where a chemical engineer is needed.

@Richiez, tanks 4 ur useful contribution. But can a chem. Engr. Produce industrial products at al because a frnd was telling dat chem. Engrs. can only work in oil industry and dat they can not be self employed in d sense dat they can't open and run a chem. product producing mini industry without inviting an ind. Chemist.

Good question, Pls Google up yr answer

I meant google up yr question

Any more ideal, pls.

i just got admitted 4 ind.chemistry,pls what's re d careers under ich nd can i later do masters in pharmaceutical or chemical engineering

Both courses are good and can almost each swap the other in job roles. The most important thing for you now is to obtain good grades in school and secure a job after graduation. Once you start working, you would find out that your interests might change to something completely different from chemicals or machines. I have both chemists and chemical engineers in my employ and assignment of job roles is based mainly on experience and not necessarily which course you studied at school. I hope you find my little advice candid enough

Either course, at the end of the day, if you are planning to study further, you would have had the very basic foundation, and a proper foundation at that. Goodluck

I studied chem engr and I can tell you that you will have more options in Chemical engr, ultimately ensure you get good grades in school as a poster rightly pointed.

Ind Chem i must say!

Industrial Chemistry is more important because this is what I studied and has a vast application than Chem Eng.

I am an industrial Chemist. The challenges are that most chemical engineers are taking up the works of industrial chemists while industrial chemist would hardly pick up a chemical engineer work. If you watch most job adverts, chemical engineers are more favoured. But the good news is that an industrial chemist can easily be self employed than a chemical engineer.

I am happy reading your posts cos i just gained admission into uniben to study industrial chemistry.

I am happy reading your posts cos i just gained admission into uniben to study industrial chemistry.

I'm an Industrial Chemist, the two are interwoven, while Chem Eng. is more engineering oriented, Ind. Chem focuses on application of chemistry in the industries and economic benefits and Good news is an Ind. Chemist can swap and do master in Chem Eng. Ind. Chm. considers pilot reactions before it goes into production on a large scale.
While making your decision on which one you should choose you need to think about your personal ability and again Nigeria is another big factor o.
Good Luck.

Folks, and dont know much about Industrial Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, but I am worried that line of discussion has been about Jobs and careers.

I am a Finance/Investment Professional, but I sincerely believe that the future of this country lies with you Science guys, the country needs inventors, we need a direct linkage between the school laboratories and the Market place.

A single invention will make you guys Multi millionaires without ever writting a CV, and when we have many guys like you, then we will have a ountry that does almost everything by herself.

Please focus on this direction and you wont regret.

I sincerely wish you success.

Am loving dis keep them coming guyz,after my bsc ind chm i wil surely further nd get master in chm eng.

@Poster

I have the opportunity to have been in Yr 1 in Chemistry and changed to Chemical Engineering later.

First, both courses are not the same in the course of study, while Ind Chem dwells on the science of chemicals (by this I mean the theories, calculation of moles,etc) and the industrial applications and tests; Chem Engr deals more with Processes and Systems used in manufacturing and processing.
If you are not interested in application of mathematics to engineering then leave out Chem Engr

In Nigeria, there is hardly much to do in terms of design of Chemical Engineering processes, most have already done and we only follow it, so it is difficult to do a personal business. Because of this, there are many Chem Engrs doing other things although the vacancies favour Chem Engr. This is because Chem Engrs can do well as petroleum engrs, drilling engrs, contract engrs, facilities engrs, etc

If you want to look for an engr job, then Chem Engr is your best bet but if you want to do your own chemical business, then Ind Chem is it.

Ind Chem is not only about mixing chemicals, you can be involve in the supply of such.

You can be satisfied in life if you do what you will be comfortable with (Not like been a successful Ind Chem and wishing later you were an Engr)

Let God guide you

@poster     Chemical Engineering was initially one of the 5 branches of chemistry but it grew so wide that there was the need for specialization. Hence it is a professional course.Deals with chemical principles indept most especially its application.Industrial chemistry is more of principles. Studied Industrial Chemistry @ UNIBEN and i can say it is a great course because it finds application in many areas which includes;materials(polymers),medicinal chemistry,phamaceutical chemistry.soil and food chemistry,electro-chemistry,environmental chemistry, Industrial chemists are grossly underutilized in Nigeria. I would say that a chemical engineer has greater prospect in the Nigerian scenario. I'm out.

I think as one contributor said, you may be better off with a degree in Chem Engr than with Industrial Chemistry. But I think for International jobs, it really might not matter as an Industrial Chemist can work as a process /Chem Engr provided he has the required work exp. I take my myself as a case study, I graduated with a degree in Industrial Chemistry from UNILAG and in the last five years, I have worked as a process Engr (for ConocoPhillips UK) and as a process safety Engr (traditional terrain for Chem Engr) and I'm a member of IChemE. In my career life, I have always found my Chemistry background to be very useful and it sometimes gives one an edge over Chem Engrs. So it really depends on where you want your career to go. You must always remember that courses like Chemistry, Physics e.t.c are central science courses and with them you are really very flexible (i.e you can move into any area you want). I guess with your Industrial Chemistry degree, you might want to (in future) think of specializing because even as a Chem Engr these days specialization is very important. I hope this helps.

I think Mechanical Engineering is the best option. However, you asked about Industrial chemistry or Chem Engrg. I'm inclined to say Chem Engrg. gives you a wider variety of choices of potential job choices. Mainly because it has more application to process/ process engineering. There is no industry, industrial/chemical/ especially petroleum/mechanical that does not follow a process.

Most importantly, many posters have said it. Get your grades up and the sky is the limit. It might be important to find people who are both and see if their work life is something you will like. Some courses sound gengen but the workload may not be right for you. Be sure you get a personality match. Ask many bankers or engineers who are bankers now, some of them may have a job they hate.

Good luck

@poster i would advice you follow your dreams! Ind chem is more versatile than chem engr reason being the former is a chemist and later an engr. As an industrial chemist your tutored chemical processes and designs. Just how a physicist is more valuable to decerning employers than an elect elect engr so also is a chem/engr. Bottom like get good grades, Gone are the days when prefixes to names matter!

Thanks to everyone that posted something.i also think its about your result and wat u know personally cos a first class holder in industrial chem is better than a second class holder in chem eng and the vice versa.

Good ideals.

ooohhh industrial chemistry is the koko, am a chemist too

wao its really encouraging reading your post cos ijst gained admission into futminna to study chem.eng

You guys make me laugh. You guys are talking abt which one is better [size=8pt][size=8pt]btw ind. chem & chem Engn.[/size][/size] 4getting abt Nigerian factor, your choice of course of study only matters if u will actually be able to get a job at all after graduation. my brother things have gotten so worse to the extent that it is almost impossible to get a job. my advice is that jst pass through a tertiary institution and pursue a goal to succeed in life no matter your course of study. I am perfectly sure your dreams at the beginning of your study will definitely be different from what you will find out when you are in job market. i can only wish you best of luck.

What about those that are studing pure chemistry?

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For chemical engineering, emphases are placed on design and optimisation of processes in addition to the core chemistry courses. For example, the chemical engineer will have advantage over the industrial chemist when it comes to industrial applications which involves thermodynamics, design of unit operations etc. Besides this, there is no significant difference between them when there is need for their services.

Generally speaking, any of the two will do in a typical chemical/paint industry. Industrial chemist will be more handy in the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the mixing/formulation process, while the chem engr will be more helpful in energy saving and efficiency of the process.