chemical engineering is an engineering course while applied chemistry is a science course

Follow your heart please.You can do a PGD in Chem Eng if you choose und. chem first.Good grades matter.

topsy1971:

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.

agreed wit d above quoted, it depends on wt u feel comfortable wiv, bt in my own point of view, industrial chemistry is stil beta dan chem.eng, wel not sure abwt in nigeria bt places like UK n so on, ind. chemistry is beta. All i cld jus say is both of dem works togeda. lemme give an example, i work in a chemical company as a research & development chemist, currently a new project is been carrried out by d company whcih worths millions of pounds, i and one of my wrk colleague were given dis project to handle while d process, designs and operations was given to a chem. engineer to handle. so in any chemical company, both d ind. chemist n chem. eng wil stil always wrk in line with one another.

Say if there is any need for formulations changes or troubleshootin, an industrial chemist wil b gud for d job part n if der is need for process optimisation, a chem. eng wil b d guru here, so if we r talkin abwt countries outside nigeria, both of dem r lucrative so it all depends on u personally.

High guys ind chem is my dream course where should i apply
and which company needs a chem graduate pls help.

Hi House,

Can i please, get a link to any lecturer preferably UNILAG from the Chemical Engineering Dept. to take private coaching classes in

1. Separation Processes & Multi-component Separation

2. Mass & Energy Balance calculations.

Please, the person can be a PHD student or possess an M. Eng & at least one year lecturing experience in this field and must also be lecturing currently.

Location. Island, Lagos.

Period is going to be for 20 days. maximum of 4 hrs per day.

Interested person can drop me a mail on adeola0072003@yahoo.com or send a msg here.

Fees: Negotiable.

thanks

@jpphilips you are so full of shiit!!!

Industrial Chemistry is just glorified pure chemistry that's trying to mimicking ChemE but unfortunately, it ain't good enough.

Industrial Chemistry and ChemE are not abi never the same. It is small scale vs large scale, basically. ChemE have a wider skill set (which the chemist lack) ; heat transfer, control engineering, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, design, too much to mention. Chemical engineers can be employed as process chemist or be involved in process development stage which is a traditional industrial chemist job. Industrial chemist can never be process engineers. They lack the practical and theoretical knowledge of unit operations, Process dynamics and control amongst others. They can never obtain engineering jobs. While we(ChemE) can work as chemist.
I can be a flow assurance, pipeline engineer, Process engineer, product engineer, plant engineer, Process chemist, researchers(doing mostly chemist related jobs), corrosion engineer, environmental engineer, biochemical engineer, a Petroleum&natural gas and petrochemical engineer, Resvoir engineer, control engineer, sales and marketing, just to mention a few.

So I think this comparison is done by the unenlightened mind. And people who know nothing about the beautiful world of Chemical Engineering should put a sock in it.
There is a sharp line between engineering and science (Chemistry)
Chemical Engineering is the future!
Choose ChemE!!!

darkhorizon:
@jpphilips you are so full of shiit!!!

I understand your frustrations.

Lucky4real28:
I am happy reading your posts cos i just gained admission into uniben to study industrial chemistry.

got 237 industrial chemistry in uniben with subject
combination of
English,
Chemistry,
Physics and
biology...
is the combination correct?
please it's urgent.. tnx in advance sir

Chemical2:
@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.

got 237 industrial chemistry in uniben with subject
combination of
English,
Chemistry,
Physics and
biology...
is the combination correct?
please it's urgent.. tnx Sir

First of all, engineering and sciences are very very different from each other.
Engineers apply scientific principles to design, model, synthesise, and develop processes and products that makes life easier.
Engineering training is very different from science training and it gives you this kind of intuition when you want to solve problems which is different from that of sciences. That's one thing we should be aware of.

There are two things involved in Industrial production.
The Product Design, and the Process Design. Industrial chemistry focuses on the Product design, the synthesis, how to make a lab scale or testube scale of some chemical, say A body was. How to develop it. And also how to improve it. They have negligible knowledge about the process design.

Chemical engineers (a.k.a Process Engineers) have considerable knowledge of product design but are more interested in the Process design. About the technology, equipment and process required to produce 55,000 tonnes of this body wash per hour, packaging it, and at times product sales and economics. Chemical engineers will design the plant, the reactors where the test tube reaction will take place in large scale. They will be concerned about heat and mass transfer, the various equipment, instruments and control elements needed to monitor the process. Where necessary, they will run simulation and all that. They are just engineers. And mind you, they have appreciable knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry, reaction mechanisms etc and in some cases, microbiology and biochemistry. They are more versatile...
N.B: All the above stated process knowledge is lacked by the Industrial chemist.

Chemical engineers have so many prospects. You can be at the leading edge of breakthrough research and development i First of all, engineering and sciences are very very different from each other.
Engineers apply scientific principles to design, model, synthesise, and develop processes and products that makes life easier.
Engineering training is very different from science training and it gives you this kind of intuition when you want to solve problems which is different from that of sciences. That's one thing we should be aware of.

There are two things involved in Industrial production.
The Product Design, and the Process Design. Industrial chemistry focuses on the Product design, the synthesis, how to make a lab scale or testube scale of some chemical, say A body was. How to develop it. And also how to improve it. They have negligible knowledge about the process design.

Chemical engineers (a.k.a Process Engineers) have considerable knowledge of product design but are more interested in the Process design. About the technology, equipment and process required to produce 55,000 tonnes of this body wash per hour, packaging it, and at times product sales and economics. Chemical engineers will design the plant, the reactors where the test tube reaction will take place in large scale. They will be concerned about heat and mass transfer, the various equipment, instruments and control elements needed to monitor the process. Where necessary, they will run simulation and all that. They are just engineers. And mind you, they have appreciable knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry, reaction mechanisms etc and in some cases, microbiology and biochemistry. They are more versatile...
N.B: All the above stated process knowledge is lacked by the Industrial chemist.

Chemical engineers have so many prospects. You can be at the leading edge of breakthrough research in so many fields; biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedicals, so much more.
you can work in manufacturing, renewable energy, oil and gas, brewing, food and consumer products, metal, glass and other materials, nuclear, you can be a mechanical engineer in many fields, you can be an electrical engineer as a Process control engineer, you can be a sales and economics engineer since you have good idea of plant and process economics. You can also become a Process Safety Engineer as you have good knowledge of loss prevention and process safety. You can also be a petroleum engineer. You can be whatever you want!

I don't know about Industrial Chemistry, but I can tell you, Chemical engineers rock!
I'm a Chemical Engineering Undergraduate myself, 4th year and I'm enjoying every part of it!

osjoshua:


got 237 industrial chemistry in uniben with subject
combination of
English,
Chemistry,
Physics and
biology...
is the combination correct?
please it's urgent.. tnx in advance sir

No sir, the combination is wrong, industrial chemistry should be maths, English, physics and chemistry. Please consider changing to biochemistry of microbiology.

It is very important that you be careful when using chemicals if you resell or use such chemicals very often, it is very important that you know the chemical safety data sheets that should be with any such class of chemicals and they are widely distributed in the autumn and are sds online management !