The Department of Chemical Engineering of Chung Yuan Christian University was established in 1955, one of the four founding departments. In 1974,the graduate program of Applied Chemistry was offered, which was later renamed to the Graduate Program of Chemical Engineering in 1980. The doctoral program was also established during the same year.In 2015, the university program was organized into three divisions, namely "Green Energy Division", "Biochemical Engineering Division" and "Material Engineering Division".

Through out the years, the department of Chemical Engineering has cultivated many distinguished alumni. Till the end of the academic year of 2021, total number of alumni obtaining a bachelor degree is 80,131,168 with a master degree and 66 with a PhD degree. According to the report of Academic Ranking of World Universities, the ranking of our university in the quantity and quality of research publications in the field of Chemical Engineering is placed on top 2 for all universities in Taiwan.

The goals of Chemical Engineering are the utilization of the physical and chemical sciences in the economical design and operation of processing plants in industry. To meet these goals, the De­partment offers a wide variety of courses, includ­es fundamentals of chemical engineering, required courses, and elective courses, which cover the vari­ous area of the discipline.

We have strong and widely-recognized graduate programs in which both Master`s and Ph.D. degrees can be pursued. The Graduate School of the Department also of­fers a large selection of courses in various special­ized areas. The Chemical Engineering Department has 18 faculty members engaged in graduate teaching and research, moreover, the members received many prominent awards such as, National Chair Professorship, Academic Award of Ministry of Education, Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, Outstanding Research Award of National Science Council, and Distinguished Teaching Award of CYCU.

The faculty members in the department belong to R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Research Center for Circular Economy and 18 research laboratories in different research area of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Energy Technology and Biochemical Engineering.

Distinguished Alumni

Year	Winner	Grad. year	Title
2021	Shu, Hai-Xiang	1991	I-SEE VISION TECHNOLOGY INC. / Chief of Staff
2020	Lin, Han-Fu	1968	USI Group / Chief Operating Officer
2019	Lin, Ren-Zong	1985	Epoxy Base Electronic Material Corporation Limited / President
2018	Tang,Ding-Guo	1980	Great Eastern Resins Industrial Co. Ltd./Managing Supervisor
2017	Chen,Hong-Yi	1989	Eternal Materials Co., Ltd. SRP Productive Industry Department / Minister
2016	Li,su-bai	1979	Superior Plating Technology Co. / Chairman
2016	Wang,Bing-Yi	1962	Taiwan VCM Corporation. / Chairman
2015	Chiu, Chiu- Lin	1977	Unixtar Technology Inc. / Chairman
2015	Kuo, Che- Chiang	1977	Shanghai Shenxing Chemical Industry Limited Company / President
2014	C. S. Warren Huang	1972	Afton Chemical Corporation / Retired President  Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia / Trustee on the Foundation Board
2014	Lin, Tian-Yuan	1976	Chang Chun Group / Technical association
2013	Chuang, Tsan- Hui	1964	3RCHEM CO., LTD. / Chairman
2013	Huang, Pei-Gear	1979	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wright State University, USA / Director
2012	Yeh, Shu- Chen	1986(Night)	Chuan Kuo Insurance Brokers CO., LTD. / Chairman
2012	Tsai, Chuan-Shih	1974	Formosan Union Chemical Corp. / President
2011	Huang, Teng- Hsiang	1972	Petrochemical business Div of CPC Corporation Taiwan / Chief Executive Officer
2000	Chu, Chiu- Lung	1975	Indoor Air Quality Association of TAIWAN/ Deputy Managing Director
1998	Chu，Shao- Hua	1969	CPC Corporation Taiwan / President
1998	Chung, Tai- Sheng	1973	Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering of National University of Singapore / Professor
1998	Luo, Bing- Huang	1976	Hai-Shan Education Foundation / Chairman
1996	Hung, Fu- Yuan	1968	Formosa Chemicals Fiber Corporation / President
1996	Tsao, Ming	1968	CPC Corporation Taiwan / President
1995	Lai, Juin- Yih	1964	Chemical Engineering of CYCU / Chair Professor
1995	Su, Feng- Chen	1970	Enviro-Chem Company / Chairman

The primary mission of our Department is to cultivate excellent chemical engineers who possess top notch professional skills and creativity. In order to excel in their future career, we especially emphasize on the integrity, working ethics and endurance of our students. The solid training of our curriculum and examples set by our faculty members would be a vital part of this program. These, along with the open yet self-disciplined atmosphere of CYCU campus, would guarantee the development of ingenious minds who will lead the industry, society and future innovations.

Objectives

In order to fulfill our mission as an excellent academic institute, the primary objectives are set as following categories to cultivate top-quality chemical engineers and scholars: Prepare students for solid foundation of professionalism and lifelong, self-motivated learning capability to stand out in fast changing modern technology.

Expected capabilities:

1. Graduated students should possess solid understandings of physics, chemistry, Biology and mathematics.
2. Graduated students can utilize modern information technology and direct their knowledge toward solving complex problems.
3. Graduated students can analyze micro- and macro- aspects in wide spectrums of mass-energy balance and transport phenomena.
4. Graduated students can examine the current trend of modern industry and adapt to novel ideas
5. Graduated students should devote to their lifelong quest toward better knowledge and welfare of the society.

Teach students vigorously to affiliate with indigenous practice and quest for authenticity in order to fortify multi-disciplinary cooperation and learning motivation.

1. Graduated students should be able to plan and execute projects to show their proper management skills.
2. Graduated students should possess capabilities to carry out system analysis and process design.
3. Graduated students should be prepared for their data mining, statistical analysis , oral and document presentation skills.
4. Graduates students should bear in mind the general safety and hazardous environmental regualtions.
5. Graduated students take responsibility and enjoy group-working environment.

Cultivation of solid integrity and working ethics and positive thinking toward future career and challenges.

1. Graduated student should understand the professional responsibility and ethics.
2. Graduated students should reckon engineers’ role and moral obligation in modern society.
3. Graduated students should possess good communication and negotiation skills.
4. Graduated students should be familiar with modern world issues and communicate with foreign languages.